Healthy-ish cake, cupcakes, pie, and cheesecake recipes and decorating tips
These heart-shaped cupcakes didn’t come to be subtle...they came to steal hearts and look cute doing it. Dressed up with pink and red sanding sugar and candy hearts, they’re the ultimate Valentine’s Day treat: flirty, festive, and ready in about an hour flat. They’re easy enough for last-minute baking but cute enough to pass for… Continue reading Easy Heart-Shaped Cupcake Tutorial
These gluten free strawberry Kiss cookies are what happens when Valentine’s Day meets zero patience and maximum sparkle. Soft strawberry cookies get rolled in pink and red sanding sugar (because choosing just one felt wrong), then crowned with a strawberry crème heart-shaped Kiss...a.k.a., a chocolatey little love bomb. They’re cute, festive, and ready in under… Continue reading Strawberry Kiss Cookies
This raspberry cake is what happens when Valentine’s Day, a box of pink heart sprinkles, and a serious love for all things extra get together and feel their feelings. Layers of soft raspberry cake are smothered in raspberry buttercream, then dressed up with hot pink brushstrokes, a glittery heart on top, and a sprinkle heart… Continue reading Raspberry Buttercream Valentine’s Heart Cake
This gluten free peanut butter chocolate cheesecake is proof that sometimes the best things in life require zero baking and maximum peanut butter. It’s rich, chocolatey, unapologetically creamy, and so easy to throw together it practically makes itself (minus baking the crust...but gluten free Oreos ARE involved, so it's worth it). If you’re here for… Continue reading Peanut Butter Chocolate Cheesecake
Since winter clearly forgot to show up this year (one sad snow sighting does not count), I took matters into my own frosting-covered hands and gave myself the only snowstorm I could rely on in the form of my 39th birthday cake. This icy showstopper is dripping in white-and-blue snowflakes, pearly sprinkles, and an irresponsible… Continue reading Winter Birthday Cake
This two-toned white-and-red Christmas cake didn’t come to play: it came to sleigh. With a holly-jolly sprinkle surprise tucked right in the middle and swoops of green buttercream dancing across the top like tiny evergreen waves, this cake is basically wearing its holiday sweater loud and proud. It’s sweet, it’s merry, it’s serving serious North… Continue reading Holly Christmas Cake
Step aside, Santa, this winterscape cake is sleigh-ing the whole season. Dressed in shimmering snowflakes and the tiniest ornament-studded trees, it’s basically the dessert version of stepping into a holiday snow globe. With silver accents that glisten like freshly fallen snow (but without the whole freezing your face off thing), this cake is here to… Continue reading Sleigh the Day with This Teal Winterscape Cake
“Do you like scary cakes?” Because I sure do. This Ghostface Scream cake is a total slice-tacular tribute to one of my favorite horror franchises and the most spooktacular time of year. Forget phone calls from creepy strangers (who still answers unknown calls?), the only thing you’ll be dialing up here is seconds because this… Continue reading Scream Ghostface Cake
“I’ve got my eye on you…” and by “you,” I mean these adorable Mike Wazowski cupcakes! Inspired by everyone’s favorite one-eyed wonder from Monsters, Inc., these gluten free goodies are equal parts spooky, silly, and sweet. With bright green frosting, a homemade eye worthy of the monster himself, and that signature goofy grin, they’re so… Continue reading Mike Wazowski Cupcakes
It’s not even sweater weather yet, but I’ve already fallen head over heels into pumpkin season, and I’m not sorry about it. Some people say it’s too soon, but when it comes to pumpkin desserts, my motto is gourd early, gourd often. The only snag? My husband starts giving me that look when I break… Continue reading Pumpkin Rum Cake (GF)
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