Posted on Wednesday, 11th August 2010 by Grace

What a fantastic weekend!  Rehearsal party on Friday, Vera, my niece, was married on Saturday, big barbecue on Sunday and we celebrated Gina’s Sweet Sixteen with this amazing Chocolate Layer Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting.  The wedding was amazing,

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A photo of a chocolate buttermilk layer cake on a glass cake stand.
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I was entertaining over the weekend and wanted to make an extra special, moist chocolate cake, something simple yet luxurious and Donna Hay’s Chocolate Mud Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache was perfect.  When I was flipping through Donna’s magazine I also

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A close up photo of chocolate mud cake with dark chocolate ganache frosting.
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Posted on Wednesday, 28th July 2010 by Grace

Happy Wednesday everyone!  I am a big food photography fan and you can usually find me drooling all over the food pics at FoodGawker. It’s amazing how many talented cooks and bakers there are out there. Last week a couple

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A close up photo of a 3-minute chocolate sweet cake baked in a mug in the microwave and garnished with a fresh strawberry.
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Posted on Wednesday, 21st July 2010 by Grace

I have yet to meet a person who doesn’t like Oreo cookies or Cream Cheesecake Cupcakes.  Who could resist cream-filled chocolate sandwich cookies?  Not Me!  Especially the double-stuffed Oreo cookie, it’s one of the best cookies for dunking into a

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A photo of 2 Oreo cookies and cream cheesecake cupcakes, 1 unwrapped Oreo cookie side up, and one wrapped.
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For the last few weeks I’ve found myself thinking back to my years in elementary school, not really sure why.  It could be Marly’s series, Real People, Real Names. Marly’s had me thinking about my proper name, the name my

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A photo of a group of One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes with Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting on a bunch of reese's pieces peanut butter cup chocolate wrappers.
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Posted on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 by Grace

I’m so happy I made these mini cakes - Chocolate Genoise filled with White Chocolate Mousse.  My son, Matt, definitely needed a pick me up.  Chocolate is a good pick me up, don’t you agree?  And double the chocolate is even better!

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A photo of 4 chocolate genoise
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Posted on Friday, 28th May 2010 by Grace

I always know when summer has arrived, the pool parties begin, sleep-overs, the doorbell rings non-stop, late nights by the fire pit and lots and lots of Cupcakes.  Weekends are always busy, the grill is going non-stop and the house

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A close up photo of 3 candied-hazelnut cupcakes on a white dish.
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Posted on Friday, 14th May 2010 by Grace

Time seems to be flying by, we are only a few weeks away from the big day. We have finalized the menu, wrapped the gifts for the bridal shower games, wrapped the bomboniere (favours).  We’ve decided on the flowers for

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A close up photo of a boston cream pie cupcake on an inverted champagne glass with a purple ribbon tied around the glass.
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