When I was in culinary school I used a lot of sponge cake recipes. They were okay and for the French style of training I was involved with it was expected we knew how to do a sponge cake. As I began to step out […]
As a pastry chef, there are quite a few things that have helped me along my journey. I wish there had been a list of things that I should use for projects when I was scrolling ideas online. When I made the decision to become […]
Okay, so this particular blog is a long time coming. I rarely discuss who my clients are but sometimes it’s leaked. About six months ago I was asked to do a cake for Real Housewives of Atlanta star, Porsha Williams. One of the things that […]
Halloween town and Twitches are my favorite Halloween movies. My kids have been various Disney characters for previous Halloweens, even last year my daughter dressed as Kim Possible! This year I’m excited to share my love of Disney and all things spooky with some kid-friendly […]
Last Christmas the kids and I did several Facebook Lives. One of the most popular was the Winter Wonderland Cake Pops tutorial. For this, you can use any prebaked cake you would like. As a word of warning a darker color cake may require more […]
Christmas is my favorite time of year but eggnog is my least favorite thing to drink-however i’ll eat it. Insert me creating an eggnog pound cake on accident lol. I know I can’t be the only person that just can not get past the texture […]
As a pastry chef, I absolutely love coming up with new and special desserts. I love playing with a base vanilla cupcake and frosting recipe and then adding things to enhance the flavor. As a mom, I remember baking with kids and while they only […]
While its still September, pumpkin spiced everything is already in the air. About a week or so ago I was honored to do a mini demo class for some local Atlanta based sweet makers. I jumped on this opportunity to share some skills with other […]
As a super busy mom and overly creative Aunt, I’m constantly looking for ways to engage my seven-year-old nieces when they come over, especially when it comes to cookie art. Slime and Littlest Pet Shop dolls are high on their fun time at my house. […]
As a super busy mom and chef, I’m always looking for things my kids will eat and ways to save money! Because seriously what mom doesn’t want to save money? So one the things that I look for when planning out my meals is what […]
This summer has been a doozie! I’ve been to Vegas with my daughter, Texas by myself and took both kids to New York on an end of the summer road trip just last week! Needless to say, the summer months have kept me busy and […]
Today I had to honor of featured on Live with Lynn Lilly of the Craftbox Girls Brand. True story, I met her about three years ago when she did an intro to blogging class at General Assembly. I literally still have the powerpoint from that […]
Every so often I get a call or email from a network seeking kids for competition shows. Currently, the Kids Baking Championship is looking for new contestants. Kids Baking Championship is a fun baking competition show where kids compete in a series of baking challenges […]
