There’s nothing more girly and pretty than a pink strawberries cake. I was feeling the urge to make something very pink for my mother in law’s birthday – and the organic strawberry jam in the fridge was calling my name too. I’ve been suffering from a case of work life balance lately – I have […]
Dreaming Of Cakes: Instagram Lately
Drips and drops and glazes and buttercream. Cakes, ice cream and donuts! I’m so in love with Instagram – are you? Follow me for all the behind the scenes cakey-ness at Coco Cake Land!
Fuzzy Grey Mouse Cake DIY
Get your squeak on (Lyndsay? Is that even a saying at ALL?) with this cutie pie grey mouse cake DIY! I think this mouse cake would be best served with a sideboard of cheese. Yes, a sideboard. Not a stingy little wooden board, guys. We need mountains of cheese. I wasn’t born with an obsessive […]
Donut Try To Take My Donut Pan: Pretty Palette Of Donuts + Recipe
Gosh darn it I loved making these colourful pretty little gems. I used my newfound and trusted donut recipe to make these in my donut baking pans. Mauve, peachy rose and mint green tinted vanilla milk glaze with a light dusting of rainbow sprinkles. The lovely Tamara Taggart asked me if I would make donuts […]
Rose To The Occasion: How To Pipe Buttercream Roses
It’s tough to deny how pretty a rose topped cupcake is, especially a buttercream rose that you cram-jam into your mouth… mmmm! Find the whole DIY over at my How To Pipe Buttercream Roses post for Craftsy! xo Lyndsay
Total Splash: Sweet Mermaid Buttercream Cake + Cupcakes
Howย obsessed was I with: 1. The movie Splash starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah as the giant floppy tailed dolphin-barking mermaid. Um, also John Candy is in it. GOLD. Need to watch this again asap. 2. The original Hans Christian Andersen story The Little Mermaid where the sweet beautiful mermaid loves her prince so much […]
A Little Pep In Your Step: Easy Peppermint Chocolate Ice Cream
Irish or not, many of us ice cream lovers out there go wild for that minty green peppermint chocolate chip ice cream! This simple version is a snap to make with just a few ingredients. Blast on over to Poppytalk for this breezily easy peppermint chocolate ice cream recipe.
How To Decorate A Cake: One Cake Three Ways
I gots some sweet cake decorating ideas for lazies today! Check out my post on how to decorate a cake on You Are My Faveย – including this candy topped beauty. Shortly after this photo was taken all of the mini eggs and malt balls were destroyed by ingestion. Candy problem, right here!! PS you’re not […]
Pretty Pup: Pink Dog Cake For A Sweet First Birthday
I made this pink hairy buttercream dog cake for baby girl Quinn’s first birthday party. I die a little of cuteness whenever I make a little baby’s first birthday cake – it always reminds me of how emotional I was on my son Teddy’s first birthday. You can hardly believe you made it through those […]
Coffee Icing Glazed Vanilla Nutmeg Donuts Recipe
I finally found a sweet recipe for baked donuts that remind me of non baked donuts! The last few recipes I’ve tried were more on the cakey side – ie, they taste kind of like cake batter baked into a donut shape – but these guys really had that dense nutmeg heavier vibe going on […]
Hip Hop: Bunny Cake + Pink Cupcake Buddies
Gad sometimes it’s so hard to let these cake friends go. Pretty much fell in love with this orange buck toothed party animal bunny cake and matching pink bunny cupcake buddies that I made for the adorable little girls Sapphira and Nyla! Don’t you love how specific little kids can be? Orange bunny?? Amazing. Ahhh […]
Ziggy The Cat Starring In: Cat Cake!
Can we talk about best friends for a second? How lucky am I to count so many amazing people as dear friends. Kendra emailed me requesting a cake for her best friend Melissa’s birthday based on Melissa’s dear kitty Ziggy. Who am I to refuse a cat cake? I cannot! So happy to have made […]
Happy Birthday Little Gorilla Cake
Omg cuteness alert – I loved making this cutie pie gorilla cake for Eidee’s 1st birthday – it’s based on the 1976 book Little Gorilla by Ruth Bornstein. It’s such a sweet book … and all the more special because we’ve been reading it to our little son Teddy since he was 3 months old. […]
Raspberry Glazed Donuts + Candied Rose Petals Recipe
Find the raspberry glazed donuts with candied rose petals recipe on my guest post for Poppytalk!
Pretty Pastels: Pom Pom Cake DIY
Man I’m getting some pretty sweet use out of my heart shaped cake pan. The thing is on FIRE with inspiring me for cakey fun ideas! Guys, I know Val-day is totally over but hearts are FOREVER. This sweet pastel number I made for the adorable little 6 year old Ava on her birthday! It […]
Up + Away: Cute Balloon Cake Topper DIY
Up, up and away! Tough to get cuter than balloons, I say. Balloons are magical, suspended in air, temporary floaty colored bubbles that bob up and down with the wind. Pretty much the cutest party invention ever. Slam balloons together with cake? Instant party! So here I present… balloon cake toppers! You Will Need: A […]
