A Cake to Celebrate

Fish cupcakes for school

There are many ways to put together a little party. But in my book, if you add a homemade cake, the occasion is always a party! So in honor of the re-launch of our blog, I thought we’d slice a few cakes…and the celebratory party would subsequently follow! Here are a few of the cakes [...]

Birthday Red Velvet Cake

Birthdays are magical. But I do believe that the third birthday is the most magical of all. At three, you awake from beneath your lavender sparkle quilt – just like you do any other day – but this day, you get special birthday smiley-faced pancakes with Wisconsin maple syrup and peanut butter. And for the [...]

Three Cakes, Including Pancakes

Not many little girls get the opportunity to make their world ballet premiere and turn five years old in the same weekend.  But that happened to my daughter Saturday and Sunday.  Saturday began with ballet-slipper-shaped pancakes (not hard, most of mine usually turn out more oblong than round anyway.) Then it was off to the [...]