Happy Birthday to the cutest twins I know!

Last Saturday was Nicholas and Ian’s birthday party. My mom bought them some snazzy outfits, friends and family were invited and I of course made my Almond and Orange Funfetti Cake. Nicholas is dressed to party! Hey Brother Can You Grab Me A Juice Box? 😉 It’s my birthday and I’ll pout if I want…

You Only Get One First Birthday!

A Funfetti Birthday This last February was my cousin’s birthday. She is a Valentin’s Day baby too cute 😉 It was my job to make the cake. Her favorite is funfettie with all the colors of the rainbow. The plan was to make a three layer over the top fettie cake covered in pink frosting.…

A Small Weekend Getaway and a Nectarine Plum Cobbler

Plum and Nectarine Cobbler Last weekend Ryan and I took his family to my parents cabin in Utah. We were all hopping to get way from the Vegas heat. The forest floor was covered in purple and yellow wild flowers, one of my favorite things about this time of year. There was a wild fire…

Wedding Favor Baking (What Have I Gotten Myself Into?)

Italian Love Cookies As some of you may have already read I am getting married to a really amazing and cute guy this April 18th. Yes that is less than a month away! And being that I want to save a little money on this wedding or because I like to make things complicated for…

Sweet Baby Girl

Strawberry Cheesecake Bites What could be sweeter than a new baby girl getting ready to come into this world? This past Sunday my fiancé Ryan and I attended a baby shower celebrating the upcoming arrival of a baby girl named Athena. The shower was mainly Filipino guest so along with all the fun baby games…

Covered in Chocolate

Raspberry Chocolate Truffles with Pink Lime Salt Love is mostly sweet but a little salty too. Well happy Valentine’s Day everyone! I know I already wrote a Valentine’s cookies post but I just didn’t feel right about not having a chocolate one as well! 😉 I mean seriously I would be very disappointed if I…

Jam Fills My Heart

Strawberry Jam Sandwich Cookies   Will you be my Valentine? With the big V Day coming up I wanted to make something playful, sweet and of course heart shaped! 😉 I had some left over buttermilk in the fridge from a cake and some pancakes I made earlier that week and I really wanted to use it…

Orange Scented Crepes

Crepe So guess what I learned to make over Christmas crepes! I made my first attempt at a crepe cake for dessert this last Christmas. One thing I learned is that crepe cakes do not transfer well 😉 The car ride to my mom’s house was smooth but I still arrived with the top half…

Hot Coco Marshmallows

Handmade Marshmallows for Christmas   Dr. Suess is really one of my favorite authors.That may seem strange coming from an adult but the great Theodor Seuss Geisel really has some of the most profound things to say about life and happiness. My grandpa had a giant collection of Dr. Seuss children’s books. They were piled…

Spicy Winter Sweets

Chocolate Spice Doughnuts Hello everyone! I hope you all had a magnificent Thanksgiving with all the turkey, sides and pies you could dream of 😉 For us Americans there is only one thing we may look forward to more than our Thanksgiving feast and that’s Black Friday! Take it from someone that spent 7 years…