Sunday, September 6, 2015

4-Hour Cake - Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cake



This cake is called 4-Hour Cake because I produced it in four hours.  Having never shopped, baked, frosted, decorated and delivered a cake in four hours I didn't know it could be done!



Monday, August 3, 2015

U.S. Coast Guard 225th Birthday Cake - August 4th

Happy Birthday U.S. Coast Guard!



Today, we celebrate 225 years of the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard traces its history to the Revenue Cutter Service which was established by an Act of Congress on August 4th 1790.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

One Pound Chocolate Brownies - Interns Last Day

If you want to feel domestic and make some homemade brownies, here's your recipe!

Recipe On The Lid - Oatmeal Dark Chocolate Cookies

Oatmeal raisin cookies are a scam for those of us who only like the oatmeal chocolate. While the recipe on the lid of a carton of Quaker Oats is a nice start, you have to replace the raisins with some chocolate to make a proper and decent cookie.  

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Going Bananas - Banana Cake, Peanut Butter Frosting, Chocolate Ganache

The nice thing about cakes is that they can go not-quite right, but still turn out just fine. So my Banana Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Ganache was an experiment that went pretty well. But the next time I make it, it'll be better!