happy birthday momma!

lemon meringue cake!!

per momma's request...

she loved it!

hope you had a wonderful bday momma!! i love you!

pizza.pizza.pizza.

heirloom tomatoes make quite a tastee pizza sauce...

thank you anna for your tomatoes!!!! I loved 'em!

mozzarella pizza.

bebe cakes.

french vanilla bean cupcakes

+vanilla buttercream +cherries

+baby audrey = perfection...

thanks to audrey's mom & dad for my newest cupcake model...

cakes. cakes. and more cakes...

fresh lemon cake

+ tangy syrup filling

+ merengue frosting

+ candied lemons

= the ultimate limoncello cake...

craving chocolat?

so, i've been getting an itch to back something all week,

had my eye of anything chocolat' of course...

so here is what we enjoyed this fine thursday nite!

Mmmmm...Mmmmm..Good...

rich chocolate cake with a tangy chocolate frosting,

sprinkled with slivered almonds...

did you say s'more??

my new love... s'more nachos.

a little monday night sweet treat never hurt anybody...

they are so simple to make and are so tasty to eat!!

coco dono...

nothin like a little homemade chocolate cake donut...

with some vanilla ice cream on a Sabbath afternoon :)

happy birthday carli!!

whippin' up a batch of birthday cupcakes!

super moist chocolatey deliciousness...

practicing new flavors and toppings :)

cookies n creme. enjoy!

cookie nite.

peanut butter cups :)

the guilty pleasure cake.

german chocolate cake...

caramel creme sauce...for drizzling...

topped with whipped cream & crushed heath bar...

eat cake.

a touch of yellow can brighten your day :)

pumpkin in may?

believe it or not pumpkin puree

is impossible to find in may...

searched high and lo :)

all said and done this project

was successful and delicious...

worth the wait.

(p.s. vons carries it on & off year round,

luck was on my side this time!!)

pumpkin cakes.

whipping up cream cheese frosting,

p.s. don't know how i'd live with out my kitchen aid mixer...

frosted and sprinkled with a little tlc. enjoy!

cozy afternoons.

dark chocolat covered strawberries

+

a cup o' french pressed coffee

+

fresh cut flowers

=

tuesday afternoon bliss...

french macaroons.

ok peeps, i know its been a while since my last post.

but after finally settling into my new kitch,

here is my first batch of french macaroons...ever...

baking to perfection...

vanilla bean with lemon marscapone cream. Mmmmm. Mmmm..

vanilla bean with dark chocolate ganache.

i love color

had a wonderful day with the fam...

thank you jenni for hosting yet another wonderful brunch.

a few snapshots of our day...

centerpiece created by j.

vanilla bean cake with yummy buttercream frosting

&

carrot cake with homemade cream cheese frosting

all topped with cadburry chocolate eggs and coconut...

a few tasteee treats from sf.

miette patisserie. french macarons...

market bar. apple cinnamon crepes with marscapone filling..

mmm.mmm...donuts...

i recently became a fan of cake donuts and the urge to make them delicious & homemade... (have a gut feeling they will soon be the new cupcake...) and tonight i have mastered the vanilla cake donut, baked....not fried... which means you can eat and be merry... and yes, guilt free :) recipe found via family circle mag...

a muffin kind of sunday.

i woke up this mornin' feeling like eating some sort of pastry with my coffee... searched high and low for a banana nut muffin recipe... and here it went...

no mixer necessary...

pop 'em in for twenty min and...

voila!!!

cookie monsters.

one cozy saturday night...tonight :) with the help of my ladies, we whipped up delicious melt in your mouth walnut chocolate chip cookies. perfect with a chilled glass of milk! delish!

all said and done we were satisfied.

coconut anyone?

this recipe turned out so delish, everyone agreed! light and fluffy like an angel food cake... but coconut of course! frosted and filled with a fluffy coconut meringue... & topped with sweet coconut flakes. enjoy!