Category vanilla
All too often, the ones we love the most are the ones who bear the brunt of our indiscretions. The last time I wrote to you, I went on and on about how much I wanted to build and maintain… Continue Reading →
Her name was Lola. She was a show girl. With yellow flowers in her hair, and… Huh? Oh, sorry. I’m sure you all know by now that when someone from my culinary school asks me to make them a cake,… Continue Reading →
I am not familiar with the game, but my heart simply began to melt as I was I constructing the charming, cartoon-like characters on this cake. Gluten-free chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream. Tiger Lily. Broom Shroom. Fire Peas. I… Continue Reading →
It is time once again to play catch up on a backlog of photos! The next few posts will be short, sweet, and filled with eye candy. 6″ personal sized pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting. Sort of difficult to… Continue Reading →
I grew up in Menlo Park, which is right next door to Palo Alto, the home of Stanford University. Living so close to a college town made local traffic on game days little short of miserable. The joke in the… Continue Reading →
2 dozen mini vanilla cupcakes. (Not pictured: 2 dozen chocolate and red velvet minis; 1 dozen each cheese biscuits, cinnamon rolls, sour cream blueberry orange muffins, coffee cake muffins.) Breakfast of champions.
I suppose I really ought to break down this “thingie drawer” post full of pictures into several more coherent slices of life. But I must say that I am quite content to stay busy enough that posting projects as they… Continue Reading →
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Mark and Summer, a wonderful couple who said their I Do’s on October 3rd. Inspired by their joy for each other, I made it my personal mission to make their requested “basic-looking” wedding… Continue Reading →
On April 6, 2009 my journey began. It was a journey filled with new people, new rules, early morning hours, and plenty of pastry cream. It required dedication, teamwork, respect, clean uniforms, and an insatiable passion for building things out… Continue Reading →