Category: Cakes

When I was a little girl, I LOVED watching Sesame Street. There was this one episode where a little girl had a llama, and I told my Mom that I needed a llama too. It was a dream that I didn’t ever give up. As…

  I married a Chicago boy. He introduced me to Cannoli’s on a visit to Chicago a few months after we got married.  They looked delicious sitting there in that display case, and I was excited to taste one. Unfortunately,  the place he took me…

Banana Pudding Cupcakes… I love making cakes, but I do NOT like making cupcakes.  They very rarely bake up the way I want them to, and it drives me crazy!  So, when Caking Kid 1 said he wanted to make a Banana Pudding Cupcake, I…

Harry Potter.  It wasn’t until I had children of my own that I fell hard for these beautiful books and movies.  Two years ago, I took my sisters to Universal Studios Orlando for my youngest sister’s 21st birthday.  There we entered the Wizarding World of…

If I had to pick one word to describe my Caking Kid 2.0 it would be vivacious.  She is SO full of life, and adds a splash of color wherever she goes. She has always been creative, very imaginative and when she sits still long…

Banana Cake. It’s one of my all time favorites.  When I was a kid, my Mom would make banana cake whenever we had over ripe bananas. She used my grandmother’s recipe, and it always turned out perfectly.  As I got older, my favorite thing was…