Vancouver! I’m having a Plantcakes Book Party at my sweet bud Erin Ireland‘s beautiful To Live For Bakery! Join us on Thursday September 28th from 6:30 to 8:30pm to celebrate the launch of Plantcakes. Meet and greet, book signing, chit chatting and hanging around – there will also be CAKE! Plus Yummy snacks and drinks […]
PLANTCAKES IS HERE!
Time keeps on slipping into the future, and yes PLANTCAKES is now available!!! Wowza times a million wowzas. It was 2020 when I pitched a book called Kawaii Animal Cakes (SUPER CUTE book idea, folks!) and while publishers thought it was indeed super cute as heck, no one was interested because my first book didn’t […]
Vintage Lambeth Cake for Pink Mountaintops
I made this vintage lambeth cake for a special bud, our old friend Steve McBean of Pink Mountaintops! Many moons ago, I played and performed in the first iteration of Steve’s band – a rock n roll outfit of 7 or 8 pals, lots of percussion, harmonies and a hazy California Dreaming vibe of good […]
Frog Cake Aesthetic
I mean, LITTLE frog sitting on top of BIG frog!? Frog Cake Aesthetic representing in this hilarious cake. I think I’m just going to get better at piping these blobby little froggies – here’s one I piped on top of this Frog Cake/Jabba The Hutt mash-up cake from a while back. I haven’t piped tooooo […]
Kawaii Shave Ice Cake!
My Kawaii Shave Ice Cake has a bit of a tan, just like me! Hehe. We were in Maui for Spring Break with my whole fam! So of course we ate all the things, including several stops for shave ice. After a wild and windy day at a beach in Paia, we hit Ululani’s for […]
Kawaii Easter Bunny Cake
HEAD! ON! A! PLATE!!! It’s tough not to love this Kawaii Easter Bunny Cake, even if there’s a gentle morbidity to it. I adore these “animal loaf” style cakes and I wanted to make a super cute bunny one! The fun part about these style of cakes? I used ONE single cake layer. So you […]
How To Make A Baby Yoda Cake
KAWAII BABY YODA CAKE!? Oh, my heart! I really had the urge to snuggle down with this little Grogu cake sweetheart and curl up for a nice afternoon nap with cake baby Yoda as my pillow. But, well, you know – him being a cake and all… I’ve been wanting to make a baby Y […]
Vegan Strawberry Heart Cake Recipe
Strawberry Heart Cake Cuteness Got a heart-shape cake pan? If so, you can easily make this strawberry heart cake! The cake is a single layer strawberry cake with piped strawberry buttercream and chocolate chips for seeds. This cake is perfect for summer birthdays, for a FRUIT PARTY!? or, of course, a twist on a Valentine’s […]
Vegan Ramen Cake Tutorial
This vegan ramen cake was so much fun to make! I was really excited to make a plant-based cake in this popular gravity-defying ramen cake design. My big creative challenge was coming up with a way to make fun vegan “eggs.” I was pumped when I tried making these coconut jelly eggs! and they worked […]
Vegan Almond Butter Banana Snacking Cake
Easy breezy almond butter banana snacking cake – when you need a baked good and you need it now, this simple cake is easy to slam together. Bake this cake up and have it ready for that late afternoon munchies session. Add a dollop of your favourite yogurt and a spoonful of tangy jam, or […]
How to make the Vegan Very Hungry Caterpillar Cake
He’s back again – the very hungry caterpillar cake, cupcakes style! This time in dark chocolate with vanilla buttercream. Oh he’s a cutie. Plus – this time, he’s a vegan very hungry caterpillar cake! How to make a vegan very hungry caterpillar cake What I love about baking nowadays, is that you can take any […]
Coconut Jelly Eggs
Your new pal: jelly faux eggs! Why go horse hooves when you can go seaweed?? Agar-agar coconut jelly eggs are a hilarious and realistic addition to a gravity-defying ramen cake! I was so excited when I began thinking about a vegan option for my ramen cake decoration that wasn’t fondant or too difficult or fussy […]
Vegan Swiss Meringue Buttercream
Have you ever tried making vegan Swiss Meringue Buttercream?? If not, you may be asking yourself – how can I make meringue without using eggs? Well, I’m here to tell you that it is super duper possible. I was so excited when I first learned about vegan SMBC. Swiss Meringue buttercream is known for being […]
Vegan Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Buttercream
Ooh, she cute!! (Sheet cute?!) I’ve been really enjoying the advent of sheet cake-type cakes in the last few years. Simple, one layer moist and delicious cakes, with a layer of frosting – pretty great, right? This one is a vegan chocolate cake with raspberry buttercream! I’m pretty excited about vegan Swiss Meringue buttercream. Like […]
Vegan Almond Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
The Best Vegan Chocolate Chip Cookies I’ve been baking chocolate chip cookies for twenty years now – they are my danger food, my sweet and salty kryptonit. I love cookies more than cake, but possibly not more than salt and pepper ripple chips. This vegan almond butter chocolate chip cookie recipe rips other vegan cookies […]
Happy Puppy House Dog Cake
I made myself a friend! He is a Happy Puppy House dog cake aka cakey loaf pup. He has a nice Pochacco-like face! My wicked cool friend Amanda turned me on to these hilarious, simple cakes that just have the BEST most comforting faces. The cakes have a loaf-like vibe, and they often post pics […]
