Good morning, friends! Can you believe it's the middle of June already? This means lots of no-bake desserts, new boozy milkshakes in the works, and cakes upon cakes upon cakes! I've got a new strawberry shortcake inspired cake coming your way soon that I'm quite smitten with, and I hope you will be too! You can expect some new “Balancing the Buttercream” posts this season as well. I have so many fresh summer dinners and apps that I’m itching to share for summer entertaining! But before we dive into all these new summer sweets and dishes, ...
Top 10 Recipes to Kick Off Summer
Who's ready to dive into summer? It may not officially be summer for another few weeks, but it doesn't have to be official for me to get on board with ice cream sandwiches, boozy s'mores milkshakes and a margarita granita that's so good, you'll want to dive right into it. I'm always pretty pumped about Memorial Day weekend and after this past winter, which I kind of thought might never end, I don't think I've ever been so happy about it! I had to put together a collection of my top recipes to celebrate the warm weather and the start of ice ...
Buttercream Blondie gets a makeover!
Good morning friends and welcome to my new site! After all the makeovers I've done it was time for me to get one! I've been working on this for quite a while now, and I'm so excited to finally share it with you! This whole process started months ago. I studied and researched exactly what I wanted this new site to be. My goal was to create a one stop shop for all things sweet. Once we got started, I wanted it done like yesterday because that's me. Well it's definitely a process, and was a good lesson for me in the patience ...
Cauldron Cake
I'm wrapping up my Halloween series today with a fun cauldron cake. This cauldron is made out of chocolate, filled with cake and whipped cream, and topped off with loads of candy and sparkles. It's great for any skill level, and it's sure to be a hit at any party! I started out making my cauldron by dipping a balloon in chocolate. I used the dark cocoa candy melts you can get at Michael's. Once it set up I peeled the balloon out of the shell and started filling it up with the goods. I layered cubes of vanilla cake with snickers whipped ...
Serendipity Cake
Last weekend my friend Mia and I made a birthday cake for one of our friends. I named this cake the Serendipity cake because when we first met our friend Robin it was at our favorite nail salon and Robin was convinced it was serendipity! Little did Robin know that serendipity happens to be my favorite word so when she used it to describe our meeting I instantly knew we would become friends! We knew that she wanted a white tiered cake with hot pink and lime green decorations. We also know that she is a fan of hearts and sparkles ...