I love the monthly theme. I end up discovering new recipes or at least trying out some I always keep leaving for later.

So I had a mocha cake recipe, but I didn’t like it. I went around browsing and then I hit gold: mocha and chocolate. What could possibly go wrong?

A lot.


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So, being a student far from home, I decided to make myself a birthday cake. Due to rush, it didn’t turn out pretty, but it sure turned out tasty!


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My latest cake conquest is another gateau charlotte. The tone of my entry deviated from the usual blabbing about how I came to make the cake and instead condensed my feelings about making a gateau charlotte into a break-up letter.

It just came to me out of the blue, the rainy-stormy-gloomy weather added to the melancholy I was feeling when I was ( Read more... )

first time post even though I've lurked (and loved) this community for a while. and what a better first post than a birthday post? I made my own cake and decided to go with one of my favorites - tres leches. I've stuck with the awesome recipe from The Pioneer Woman for quite a while and decided to do a few little tweaks, hence, tres y medio leches.


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In between whipping the cream and artfully arranging the fruit slices on the cake, I realized how the French concept of love extends to their food. Their most comforting dishes encourage the cook to be very hands-on, patient, attentive, and gentle.

Bonjour, bakebakebake bakers!

Because school is getting hectic, I found that certain painful sacrifices ( Read more... )

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At the beginning of June, here in the UK we enjoyed a four day weekend to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Unfortunately I, and most of my colleagues, were denied that pleasure and had to work over the weekend. So in hopes of making some small compensation and spreading the slightest piece of festive cheer, I did what I know always works ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to try a joconde imprime for years. I'd always been a bit intimidated by it, so I filed it under O for "one day" and never gave it any serious thought. But when this months theme challenge was "layers", I knew it was high time I gave this a go. I'd been looking for an excuse to do another honeycomb topper anyway and had been ( Read more... )

It was my husband's birthday yesterday so I whipped up this surprisingly easy dessert for him! It was a big hit!


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Here is a super simple sponge cake recipe that my mother gave me. It's always turned out wonderfully! This is a great base for trifle, among other desserts, but it's also great drizzled with fruit purée and topped with whipped cream, or even eaten on its own. It's just about the spongiest sponge cake I've ever eaten!

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