Just Baking

This would probably have been a better recipe to share before Easter, since now you can’t possibly make these for breakfast on Easter morning, as we did. However, since it’s an awfully nice recipe, I would say you shouldn’t wait for next Easter to make it. Tomorrow would be fine. 
Every year for about fifteen years now, I’ve […]

Miss Martha. I know I am not alone in experiencing the unreliability of her recipes. One minute you are celebrating a culinary success, and the next, you are cursing her name when a recipe (or two… or three) lets you down.
I turned to a recipe for Baby Bluebird Cupcakes for my nephew’s baby shower a […]

Impressive centerpiece for dinner parties. Quick and simple to make, this is the perfect recipe for beginners. This is a dish often suggested for pre-Christmas parties, but served with a fresh green salad, we could almost imagine that spring has arrived. In fact, this dish is all about tremors of excitement and anticipation. At […]

It helps to have in your repertoire an all-purpose recipe for when you are in need of a dozen cupcakes or something you can decorate. For me, it’s this yellow cake recipe. I’ve used this recipe for my Halloween cupcakes, the heart from Valentine’s Day, and for my Easter Bunny cupcakes this past […]