Cake Tattoo

Marjorie from sugarforthebrain.com teaches you how to “tattoo” your cake with icing and parchment paper. I cannot believe how cute it turned out. You could use her technique for any style cake- I really cannot wait to try this!

Purple Ombre Layer Cake

WOW! This is so pretty. I just bookmarked to try on the next rainy weekend. I need to practice before Harper’s birthday. She wants everything to be PURPLE these days! Purple Ombre Layer Cake

4 Ice Cream Cakes

Pavlova Cookies N’ Ice Creme Anglaise

Summer is really the only time I enjoy Ice Cream anymore (pregnancy was a whole different story!) One of my favorite summer time treats as a child was my mama’s ice cream cake. So, now I’m going to try making one for my kids. The ice cream cake she made had oreo cookie crust, mint ice cream and some sort of chocolate-y/carmel-y topping. I really need to see if she still has that recipe. It was AMAZING!

I found 4 ice cream cake recipes that I’ve bookmarked. (& I couldn’t leave out the ice cream cupcake!) Anyone else have a killer recipe?

Peanut Buster Parfait Ice Cream Cake

Oreo Ice Cream Cake

Black and White Brownie Ice Cream Cake

Mint Oreo Ice Cream Cupcakes

Cinnamon Sheet Cake

Something about the simplicity of this cake caught my eye. The creamy frosting & the thought of rich cinnamon flavor makes my mouth water. Quite possibly the most perfect dessert with a hot cup of black coffee?

For the recipe and BEAUTIFUL photos visit Scarlettabakes.com

my 3 picks for Valentine’s Day Dessert

Red Velvet Cookies with Hershey Kisses. These are dangerous, I can easily eat a dozen!

Lava Cake with Strawberries – don’t you love to dig into the rich gooey center?

a stack of Red Velvet Pancakes… better than cake?

Campfire Cake

“The Campfire Cake is made of roasted marshmallows on a bed of rich chocolate ganache crusted with crushed grahams.”

MMM…anyone up for some late fall camping?…and this? via littleonions.tumblr.com

Chocolate Cake

i was eating my fiber 1 chocolate brownie tonight while dreaming of chocolate cake! i decided to search online for yummy cake recipes and found this choco cake which left me drooling! MMMM….

INGREDIENTS
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup hot coffee (or 2 tsp instant coffee in 1 cup boiling water, or simply 1 cup boiling water)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease two 9-inch baking pans and set aside. In the large bowl of a standing mixer, stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add eggs, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla extract; beat 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in hot coffee. Pour batter evenly between the two pans and bake on middle rack of oven for 30 to 35 minutes, until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool completely on wire racks before frosting.

photo & recipe via foodess.com

christmas cake!

WOW! is this not the most beautiful Christmas cake ever?

i LOVE this photo of the naked layers:

and of course the final product:

for more photos and the recipe visit bakingdom.blogspot.com