Chocolate cake with buttercream

Delicious semi homemade chocolate cake with raspberry and buttercream filling and icing, topped with fresh raspberries and shaved Velrona chocolate . I added 1/2 cup of quinoa flower to a recipe of dark chocolate cake mix , used 1 cup of milk, 1 stick of non salted butter, 1/4 cup of sour cream full fat, [...]

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Key Club Cake – Chocolate and Butter cream

The final cake was a rectangle, easier to cut and you get more slices – and ew did get a lot, plus I even brought some cake back home. Took me about 3 hrs to decorate, just because I have to do it all, cut the cake, clean-up after each step, make the icing, different [...]

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Preparation for Florida Key Club Cake

I have been changing my mind about a cake I have to make for a Saturday barbecue for the Florida Key Club. First, it was going to be a yellow sheet cake, then I saw the round logo on the web site and decided to make a 14″ round cake to fit the logo design, [...]

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Baby Shower Cake – Super Mom-to-be

I made this cake for a long time friend that is having a baby shower today! She wanted the cake to be similar to the baby shower invitation and it came out pretty good. It’s a chocolate cake with buttercream icing. Yummy! I added the Super Mom-to-be cake topper because Mel is always so busy [...]

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Delicious Chocolate Cake with Swiss Run Buttercream

I decided to try a chocolate cupcake recipe as a cake for my husband’s birthday. It turned out delicious, almost like a brownie but not quite. And, the best part was that I used a different buttercrram frosting recipe made with egg whites and a lot less sugar, added a bit of rum and voila. [...]

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Happy Birthday Boss!

Made this cake for my cool boss – she loved it! See more Flower cake gift box pictures at www.webbyzard.com/la-petite-baker/

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Baking on Sunday – Cupcakes, wheat bread & more

This Sunday I had in mind that I would finish a lot of the stuff in refrigerator, like ½ can of cranberries and ½ can of crushed pineapple. So, in an effort to not let the food spoil; I was never a fan of it and specially now with the tough economic times, I hate [...]

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My Test Kitchen – Having Fun Baking

These are just a few pictures of my test kitchen in last few weeks. Ah, I am lazy and take pictures with my phone, not a real camera. Then, email myself, edit a few things and post on the blog. Even though the pictures are not the best, I can assure you the chocolate torte [...]

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Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day Honey! Brownie Heart I made a chocolate brownie, heart shape of course, for my husband and a nice gift. I got this beautiful 24 k gold rose! Hopping everyone can have a great Valentines Day and enjoy your loved one  

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Saturday Night Baking – Super Bowl Brownie

Well, I guess when you are 30 something, or more like late 30′s you enjoy a Saturday night in and even better, a Baking Saturday night in!!! At least last night was what I felt like. Around 7 pm I had the urge to bake a wheat bread, my first time aking bread and I [...]

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