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 […]
If you’ve been following me for any amount of time you know that I have a soft spot for kids in the kitchen. My background is in Pastry but I definitely grew up in the kitchen, so all things culinary are my jam. So perhaps […]
Disney’s Frozen 2 hit the theatres this weekend and the kids are in a frenzy. What’s next in the adventure for Queen Elsa and Princess Anna? And what happened to my friend Olaf? We’ve got tons of questions about the future of Arendale and while […]
It’s Party Time! Over the weekend I had an opportunity to do the cookies for the most adorable two-year-old ever! Craft Box Girls Founder, Lynn Lilly, brought me on board the party planning train to do some custom cookies for her daughter’s Sesame Street themed […]
Halloween is one of my daughter’s favorite times of the year. I’m not into gory films with gross looking eyeballs and cut off body parts. As a family, we love to watch all the Disney Halloween movies but rarely will you find me watching an […]
I recently became an instructor at a children’s cooking school and I’ve been trying to think of fun and exciting kid-themed Halloween monster treats. I was doing my weekly shopping trip and came across some miniature rice crispy treats at Aldi. Of course, you can […]
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 […]
