• Toasting the Preakness with black-eyed Susans

    Since we were out of town for the Kentucky Derby, we decided to have a Preakness party (even though we are within driving distance of Baltimore, where the actual Preakness is run). I made some items that were derby-themed, and we didn’t have any crab cakes (since they’ll kill me), but I figured a pitcher […]

  • The Mobbies

    I am a little late on this, but I wanted to thank everyone who voted for me in the Mobbies (the Baltimore Sun’s best blog contest). I didn’t win, but I did make the top 10 in food blogs this year. Last year, you could see how everyone was ranking all the way through, but […]

  • Cake Spy visits Baltimore

    Are you guys familiar with Cake Spy? She has a magical pink blog with unicorns on it. Seriously. She also does all sorts of sugary experiments and creates super cute art. You should definitely check it out. Jessie (her real name) just published an awesome cookbook — with recipes for things like Cadbury creme eggs […]

  • Tell-tale heart chocolate-raspberry cupcakes

    “It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.” It was the old man’s pale blue eye (with a film over it) that turned me into a cake-flour coated madwoman. Well, that and a heart bundt cake Isabel baked a few months ago. […]

  • Baltimore Cupcake Camp

    As I mentioned the other day, Toby and I went to cupcake camp on Saturday. I had never heard of cupcake camp, but apparently it’s a thing. The idea is a free place where people can share and eat cupcakes. Attendees had to sign up ahead of time for a free ticket, but not everyone […]

  • At-home Ace

    OMG. I was just reading a very serious and important story in the Baltimore Sun… and then I saw this. Duff Goldman, of “Ace of Cakes” fame, now has a line of cake-making supplies. Truthfully, some of them sound a little shady. And I wish the website had some ingredients listed so I could decide […]