Baketastic!

I have been a bad Bakerella.
I have only baked twice in the last two weeks.
Once was an attempt at a checkerboard chocolate and yellow cake, which went horribly awry because my Mother kept hovering over it like a sock to a nightgown in a load with no dryer sheet. She stole a layer which [...]

Friday evening I tried out a new toy from Wilton. A checkerboard cake pan set. It took forever and a decade to fill the pans. My Mother was salivating when she saw me put on my apron so as usual, I ended up having to give her an entire layer to keep [...]

I tried my hand at the two tiered cake for my best friends birthday. I really should have taken into consideration the size of the pans. I used 8″ and 9″ when I should have used 12″ and 9″. Poop!
The cake did have an amazingly wonderful flavor as did the icing. [...]