I made a variety of filled doughnuts last weekend. I’m still tweaking my super secret version - and will share it soon, along with a great little trick for using yeast dough scraps - but this flavor combination had me intrigued as soon as I stumbled upon it. Maple Bacon Doughnuts ( Read more... )

A HUGE thank you to those of you who've been voting for me in Project Food Blog, the national competition to "find the next food blog star." Willow Bird Baking is one of only 24 blogs to make it to Round 8, and I'm kind of floored! You all have been SO supportive and amazing throughout the whole process <3 ( Read more... )

Back in May I had the opportunity to meet Ree Drummond (a.k.a. Pioneer Woman) when she came to Charlotte. She's as warm, hysterical, and genuine as she seems on her site, and it was great to meet her, though I think I might've seemed sort of star-struck while talking to her ( Read more... )

I was hit upside the head with a craving for something like this a couple of weeks ago, and finally got around to making it. It's a cloud-like angel food cake slathered with delicious mascarpone whipped cream, but there's a surprise inside ( Read more... )

Now that the Secret Gardening is over with, I'm finally getting around to posting my (late!) Daring Bakers Challenge. And ohhh, this was a tasty one ( Read more... )

My mom has been debating over what she wanted for her birthday cake for literally months. She'd been leaning coconut, but settled on lemon at the last minute (as much as she ever settled on anything -- really it was more like, "I did love that lemon cake I made that one time . . . but you make what you want ( Read more... )

These are the best cupcakes I've made in a while...
after my last strawberry/orange disaster or a cupcake, I've been a bit wary of trying again.. UNTIL yesterday.

These are like drinking a tall glass of raspberry-lemonade in a pretty little paper cup.
Highly recommended!!


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Without further ado, I present scrumptious Raspberry and Mango Mousse Cakes!


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There are lots of recipes I want to try (including this one here, for Earl Grey mousse, at the very food porny Cloudberry Quark) that have a step that includes adding egg yolks to hot mixture, or vice versa ( Read more... )