The Nocturnal Baker

We celebrated Claire's 4th birthday yesterday. I made two cakes for her; one to bring to school and another for the party that night. ...

We celebrated my Father-in-law's 70th birthday on Saturday night. I baked a two tiered cake. The top tier was a 7" round butter ca...

I got a new book from Amazon.com, "The Cake Bible", by Rose Levy Beranbaum. It's a great book with a complete range of cake r...

My children love cream puffs. So the other day I tried to make a batch. I made the choux pastry buns and filled them with whipped cream. If...

This is the baptism cake I made for my nephew, little baby Hugh. I made the baby and the two cakes a few days before hand. I also had the so...

I made this wee baby cake topper for my nephew Baby Hughie's upcoming baptism. I was inspired by the baby cake in the Wilton Fondant b...

Last night I baked some sugar cookies which I need for an upcoming "project". They were pretty easy and straight-forward to make. ...

This was a last minute cake for my niece Allyson's party tonight, so I didn't have time to use fondant. I baked a chocolate mud ca...

 On Friday, we celebrated my daughter Annie's 8th birthday. I wanted to make a special fondant cake for her. I baked four layers of cho...

 Annie and Claire celebrated Teacher's Day at school on Friday. So, I made some chocolate chip cupcakes for them to share with the othe...