Happy New Year! Happy 2nd Blog Birthday! Happy eat-all-of-this Berry Bourbon Cake day! I’m thrilled to kick off the new year with a million things to celebrate all at once. It just wouldn’t be right if I didn’t do it with a bit of boozy baking, which happens to be my favorite kind of baking….
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Blog Birthdays and Facelifts
Cake, cake, cake, cake! — This little thing I call Southern FATTY is an entire year old! Ok… It’s more like a year and a half plus a month or two, but whatever. It’s always close enough to eat some cake and get a little e-Botox at our sip-n-see. To celebrate, I’ve (finally) ditched that MS…
Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts
Miniature desserts are just the best. Betchya can’t eat just one? Bet you’re right! Because, why would you? When they are small it’s perfectly acceptable to eat 3… or 4… or 10. Mini Carrot Cake Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Glaze & Toasted Sweetened Coconut.
Ginger Beer Cupcakes with Roasted Pear Mascarpone Frosting
Sometimes, I find myself daydreaming of new confections that Wonka would put out of his tiny-people ran factory. Maybe a snozzberry gumdrop, strawberry pie lollipops that are the size of your head, miniature chocolate Oompas for Loompa Easter. During my last daydreaming deluge, I came back to earth to decide on something almost as magical: Ginger Beer Cupcakes. Spicy,…
Berry Cool Ice Cream
Everyone loves a good science demo, right? A good explosion, crazy bubbles flying out of tubes, weird and creepy dissections. I may be a bit biased when it comes to the whole science being fun thing, but I can promise you that this will be the best tasting experiment you’ll ever ace! I’m going to…
Toasted Coconut Carrot Cake
Everyone likes carrot cake. Everyone. If you met someone that says they don’t, well, they haven’t had it or aren’t really your friend. With that said, I hate to admit that I had never attempted to make one myself. I know… the shame! I’ve always loved the bit of sweetness in the frosting balanced…
Poured Fondant Icing + Snack Cake Glaze
Once you start taking in Funfetti Whoopie Pies and Homemade Creme Puffs to work, everyone will know that you are a Julie clone and will start asking for some of the goodies. This is a good opportunity to start stocking up on IOUs with friends! Nothing says come take me to the airport at…
Banana Split Cupcakes + Crankin’ Ice Cream Social
Growing up going to church ice cream socials a couple times a year was so tough… Gallons on gallons of homemade ice cream, tables lined with fruit and candy toppings, endless jars of sprinkles. Basically a sweet train ride straight to diabetes. It was perfect. We throw those memories into a Banana Split…
Funfetti Whoopie Pies
If there is anything better than sprinkles, I’d like to know what it is! Everything tastes better with sprinkles on it, especially cake! I’m bringing out my inner 3-year old with these Funfetti Whoopie Pies. We’ll transform good ol’ Pillsbury Funfetti Cake Mix into perfect hand-held treats. While we are at it, we’ll just go…
Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake
There is nothing that I love more than a super-simple, sweet recipe. Well, other than Dolly Parton. This is Nashville, after all. This recipe combines the best of both worlds. The Cuppa Cuppa Cuppa Cake is a the sweet creation of Truvy (Dolly Parton) from one of the all-time best classic movies, Steel…