February 2016 – Long Distance Baking

Today we have a guest post by Kelly’s friend, Anna! She made this amazing Valentine’s Chocolate Cake for her boyfriend over the weekend and it was a hit! Anna and Kelly were in the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority together at USC. She currently lives in Seattle, WA.  Thanks for sharing with us, Anna!  Valentine’s Day was this weekend and it’s always a dilemma what to get your special someone. I had a lot of gift ideas and love buying my boyfriend gifts. But we were going skiing this weekend and with … [Read more…]

While making more technical, impressive looking desserts can be fun, there’s something to be said for a quick batch of cookies. You know, the kind you make when you find out you’re supposed to bring dessert to someone’s house later that day and have nothing made but since everyone knows you’re a baker you CAN’T bring store-bought? Yeah. That happens a lot. Ever since finding the little Kraft caramel bits I try to keep them on hand. They’re the perfect addition to cookies and bars, elevating … [Read more…]

As baking bloggers, we struggle with finding a balance between eating dessert and being healthy. We try to incorporate some exercise into our visits together, like hot yoga to detox after a New Year’s in Boise or a hike in Portland to counteract countless scoops of Salt & Straw ice cream. Sometimes though, our runs turn into Starbucks runs and we skip workouts completely… Oops! It doesn’t take a total overhaul to become healthier though! A few little changes here and there can add … [Read more…]

A few weeks ago I saw a Food & Wine article titled the Ultimate Cake Baking Bucket List. The goal is to bake a cake every month for a year and the idea is that each new cake will teach you new skills and give you an opportunity to practice your technique. Plus you also get to eat a cake every month, and what could be wrong with that? I’m not sure if I’ll actually try to keep up with this bucket list, but I liked the idea. Why is it that we have to have a reason to make a cake? Especially … [Read more…]