Doggie Birthday Cake Recipe, Chaka and Some Very Opinionated Advice on Training a Puppy

Doggie Birthday Cake It’s not the most attractive cake made from the Puppy Mold. But your DOG will think it’s fantastic! The main ingredients are liver and eggs, you can also add grated cheese. This cake is similar to my dog Chaka’s favorite treat.  I remember once when I was making a batch, I turned [...]

I ♥ Low Fat, Healthy Brownies

HEART-HEALTHY BROWNIES Easy, Chocolaty & Guilt Free (Also Cute)! I first tasted black bean brownies at a party after an Aikido seminar in Boston.  I thought they were fantastic; fudgy dense and chocolaty.  These will definitely appeal to kids and are easy to make with a little adult help with the food processor. These brownies [...]

And the winner is…

Betty Crocker Super Moist vanilla cake mix If you have to use a mix, grab this one. See tips below for getting the most detail from a traditionally baked cake. BTW, I was NOT compensated in any way for this recommendation/review. We’ve been testing all sorts of cake mixes and of course found that ‘bundt’ [...]

Butterfly Brunch

How to make a Butterfly-Themed Garden Party/Tea Party   Yes, I had to wait patiently for the apple tree to bloom for this shot – and for a sunny day! Jump over to the Zanda Panda website to see how to make all the goodies pictured above, such as butterfly cake and cupcake toppers, embossed [...]

New Video, New Chocolate Technique!

Kaleidoscope Heart and Kaleidoscope Butterfly Molds Make two-tone chocolate cake toppers or No-Bake Backwards Cakes™ I’m very excited about this new chocolate technique!  I had been making multi-colored chocolate cake toppers by filling just the hearts or butterflies with a separate color.  I realized, quite by accident, that the scrollwork and flowers could also be [...]

Valentine’s Day Kaleidoscope Heart Chocolate Cake Topper

Kaleidoscope Heart Cake Topper for Valentine’s Day See step-by-step instructions below. Watch the VIDEO to see how easy it is! This Kaleidoscope Heart Cake Topper is very easy to make and is perfect for Valentine’s day. All you need is: ♥  Silicone spatula ♥  Gel food coloring ♥  White chocolate I used Ghirardelli’s Candy Making [...]

Pup-O-Rama!

    I’m back from QVC training.  The Kaleidoscope Heart and Butterfly Molds will be featured there soon.  I’ll post the date when it’s finalized. So I finally had time to have some fun with the prototype Puppy Mold.  Here are cake, cookie and chocolate puppies of various breeds.  

Heart-Healthy Cream Cheese Cake

Heart-Healthy Cream Cheese Cake   This cake is very easy to make, even for kid chefs and novice bakers.  The recipe has lots of room for experimentation to give it your own special twist.  It also uses the tub from the cream cheese to measure the other ingredients, so clean-up is very easy. The recipe [...]

Unicorn Birthday Party!

Unicorn Birthday Party! Gorgeous cakes for a mystical Unicorn 5th birthday! I love the expression on this little girl’s face!  And the Unicorn Cake looks delicious!