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 There are some people in this world that hate chocolate and mint together. They're wrong. Mint and chocolate together, to me, are only rivaled by peanut butter and chocolate together, and that's just because I have a borderline unhealthy obsession with both. I absolutely love when March comes around since St. Patrick's Day is the… Continue reading Mint to Be

 I don't celebrate Valentine's Day, but I do look for literally any reason to make a tasty dessert. I really celebrate the day after Valentine's Day when I can procure 15-30 pounds of chocolate for like three bucks. But since I'm still waiting for that glorious day to come, I knew I needed to get… Continue reading A Berry Big Deal

Well, as I take an introspective look back at my 33rd year on this planet, I guess I'd have to say I am thankful for those three or four times I was able to leave my house in 2020. In all seriousness, it was a rough year for everyone, but as an introvert, 2020 had… Continue reading I Just Swanna Eat Cake

 Picture it: a glorious 48-hour window in Florida where the humidity was below 50 percent, and the temperature was low enough I could finally turn the air conditioner off. Winter was so beautiful while it lasted, but as it snow happens, the A/C is back on, and I've returned to a general existence best described… Continue reading Let It Snow or Let It Go?

Anytime we have company visit, obviously, I roll out the red carpet by serving a dessert fit for royalty. I mean, how much of a let down would it be if you came to the house of someone with a blog named "Kate Bakes Cakes," only to be served stale Oreo's or a week-old, store-bought… Continue reading For Fox Sake

 As Baketober draws to a close, I knew I needed to create one last Nightmare Before Christmas, so to speak.You could argue literally everything about this year has been one big fat nightmare before Christmas, so my final spooky bake is firing on all cylinders, really...if you've got it, haunt it, I say. Many years… Continue reading One Last Nightmare Before Christmas

I think we're all painfully aware at this point that 2020 is pretty much a sack filled with horrors (all things considered, I'm extremely glad murder hornets didn't become a bigger problem). I also happen to be a huge fan of another stitched up sack of gross curiosities- Oogie Boogie from Nightmare Before Christmas. I… Continue reading "Well, Well, Well, What Have We Here?"

 It's October, which means I can be as creepy and weird as I want and it's just considered festive, unlike the rest of the year when my dark sense of humor and love of the color black are totally lost on most. After suffering through 2020, it's possible to be dead inside but still really… Continue reading Owl About Cupcakes

 Well, it appears my baking schedule has aligned with yet another hurricane, so I'm either slowly gaining control of the climate or 2020 is still just ripe with unlimited possibilities when it comes to disasters. Baking allows me to go to my happy place, where Pandora's Box, 2020 Edition, is not allowed to be opened.… Continue reading This Dessert Brought to You By Another Hurricane

 Well, in an act that is just so 2020, the Gulf of Mexico has not one, but two tropical storms brewing right now. I've lived in Florida long enough to know we're fine in tropical storms or Category 1 hurricanes as long as we have plenty of water, toilet paper, and alcohol. In my case… Continue reading Tropical Storms Mean Tropical Cupcakes