The second round of the Triple Threat Throwdown took place on Sunday night – this time at a neutral location and with more variety in the audience. This round was cookies and took place over 2 courses. First, all three bakers presented their best classic chocolate chip cookie: Lourdes’ “Crispy Chocolate Chip Cookie” (left), my …
I recently discovered this amazing online cupcake competition called Iron Cupcake: Earth! Each month, a special ingredient is chosen and you make a cupcake with that ingredient. Then, all the entries are posted on a blog called No One Puts a Cupcake in a Corner and anyone can vote on them! According to the new …
A few months ago, I was invited (through a recommendation from Debbie of Ms. Debbie’s Sugar Art – thank you!) to do a demonstration at the Alachua County Newberry Library Branch. The description of the demo was “Need some fresh decorating ideas for your baked delights this holiday season? We have the perfect gift for …
Adam and I started to decorate our Christmas tree on Friday night. I say started because we got the lights and garland on and then realized we had no hooks for the ornaments. Needless to say, our tree still looks pretty bare. Anyway. we had joked about putting Nani in her Santa costume while we …
Adam and I have always known that Nani, like lots of other dogs, is FULL of personality! This weekend, she was very quirky and I caught a few things on camera. We gave her a Chew-Lotta bone on Sunday. She really likes these bones and I used to take them away when she was half …
My friends Jiejin and Jack got married this summer in China. Since it was literally on the other side of the globe, a lot of their friends from Gainesville couldn’t go to the wedding. They decided to have a little party here this week with a traditional American wedding cake and a champagne toast. This …
Today was very rainy and I was fortunate enough to be obligated to work at Michael’s so I could watch the rain from inside rather than from under my poncho at a Gator game. It was a tough job, but someone had to do it! I had 2 hours to sit at the entrance of …
This weekend, I’m making a Christmas Gingerbread House at Michael’s to be used as a store display for the rest of the holiday season. If you live in Gainesville and want to see the display, they usually put it on top of the end of an aisle near the cake decorating stuff. As soon as …
I just love tulips! They are my all-time favorite flower. I think I especially their simplicity & clean lines and their large waxy leaves. Adam bought me some tulips this weekend and I just love looking at them! I’m designing a wedding cake around tulips for a competition in February – I hope I don’t …
Lourdes, one of my labmates, recently challenged me to a bake-off. Of course, I was up for the challenge – any excuse to bake! We put various categories into a “hat” and Jiejin, the official Throwdown Director, drew the category at random. Round 1 = A Delicious Simply Decorated Cake. To make it more interesting, …