What? Is it really the 12th of December already? Where did the year go? How did this happen? Without me looking, it's been a year since I've started my new job, 7 months since moved into my own place in the city and well... the biggest thing of all, 4 months since Riz proposed! It's … Continue reading Ghirardelli Chocolate Orange cake
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Buttercream Ruffles
Buttercream and I have a love-hate relationship, in that I love that it doesn't taste like fondant (yuck), but I hate that sometimes it's too sweet and clumps up in my decorating tips. But now that I've figured out just how easy Swiss Meringue Buttercream (SMB) can be, I'm never going back to that sugar-heavy … Continue reading Buttercream Ruffles
Of Anniversaries, Chocolate, and Love
My parents met each other at different times. In fact, my mother met my father years before he met her. Don't worry, I'm not going to go off the recipe blogging track and begin writing a time-travel romance novel. To hear mum tell it, she had a crush on papa since she was fourteen years … Continue reading Of Anniversaries, Chocolate, and Love