From the category archives:

Entertaining

Butterfly Cupcakes

March 25, 2010

I am soooooo excited about my latest creation with my daughter.
We made these this afternoon for a friend…

Ready for the next step

March 25, 2010

I’m making some special cupcakes and have to stop to run an errand.
But my kitchen waits… ready for the next step.
(I can’t wait to try it out in a bit!!)

Two castle cakes: One Lego, one for princesses…

November 7, 2009

I just finished making these cakes for our school dinner auction tonight and I just had to share:

No toys were stolen from my children for these projects… I promise.
Although my son was puzzled when he saw the pieces I borrowed from his stash to make the dots sitting in the sink covered in chocolate. And [...]

Recipes from a delightful ladies’ lunch

April 14, 2009

A few days before Easter I was invited to a luncheon with some pretty spectacular ladies.
Our hostess made this adorable edible bunny dip with a bread bowl, rolls, veggies and some spinach dip:

It was too cute to just keep for ourselves. I had to share!
And look at her centerpiece for just one of our tables… [...]

Princess castle cake and tiara cake!

March 10, 2009

My daughter celebrated her third birthday this weekend and, after hearing about my sister-in-law’s experience in making a few cakes just before me, I was able to learn a new secret for cake-decorating success: straws!
Using straws, a few other things, and a little help from my 3 children, I was able to present these cakes [...]

Beary Cute Brownie Bites

October 17, 2008

For my son’s first Cub Scout camp out, all the families were asked to bring a dessert to share. (Of course, I was wondering what happened to s’mores, but then I decided that maybe that was a Girl Scout thing.)
Anyhow, I remembered some cute bear brownie treats I had made for the kids in the [...]

Building an Indiana Jones birthday cake

August 28, 2008

For all but two of the 13 previous children’s birthday celebrations I’ve planned for my kiddos, I’ve called a bakery and had an absolutely delicious cake or cupcakes arrive at my home ready to be ooh’ed and ahhh’ed and devoured.
(For one of those parties I served pancakes, not cake, by the way. You can read about that here. But [...]

Ya gotta have friends to throw a baby shower

July 1, 2008

Okay, so that’s an obvious one… Who else would you host a baby shower for other than a friend?
But, other than that, ya gotta have friends to make it just right… or at least it certainly helps. A few weekends ago I hosted a baby shower along with 2 other women. Karen, an amazing single [...]

PJ Pancake Breakfast Bash

June 22, 2008

While trying to figure out how to celebrate our soon-to-be two-year-old’s birthday in an already action-packed day, my husband came up with the idea of inviting the girls in our neighborhood (instead of the usual long list of all our friends) over for a breakfast celebration. It wasn’t long after that I saw a flower-shaped [...]