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Tarte au Chocolat

Tarte au Chocolat I made this for a post-Easter Dinner dessert where it was very promptly devoured by people who variously were: full, lactose-intolerant, distracted by StarCraft tournaments & university, dislikers of cake, and people who adore chocolate. It was universally admired and praised by all, and thus I highly recommend you make it. If someone […]

Warp speed into deliciousness!

Star Trek cupcakes! Science, Command, Engineering and Medical if you feel enterprising enough to make the full crew…

An Ancient Tome of Cake

One of my favourite creations to date!

I don’t wanna be buried, in a Pet Semetary…

I don’t wanna be buried, in a Pet Semetary…

Mousse au Chocolate

Mousse au Chocolate

I adore chocolate mousse in part because it amazingly rich and delicious, and in part because it can be very fancy with minimal effort. It’s deceptively simple to make. I present, for your consideration, one French version and one Vegan version. Premierement, la recette from my cooking class in France, in which I apparently took […]

Toxic Tentacle Cupcakes

Toxic Tentacle Cupcakes

Our cupcakes were accidentally exposed to radioactivity and sprouted tentacles!

In which there are furry animals and an internet meme

In which there are furry animals and an internet meme

We took an idea from Hello Cupcake! (the second one?) and ran with it. Can you spot the extra friendly cupcake?

Tiramisu Cupcakes v. Chocolate

Tiramisu Cupcakes version 2.0 – Chocolate

Nevermore

A lovely friend of mine has a book with horror-related cupcake decorating ideas, and we both were excited to try this one and work with fondant for the first time. If you look closely you will see such delightful details as raven footprints, maggots and gleaming eyes!

Peppermint Cakes

My first somewhat successful attempt at a layer cake was around christmas. I discovered that it is entirely possible to have too little icing, but it was still very delicious. ‘Twas a dark chocolate cake layered with peppermint white chocolate swiss meringue buttercream icing. I also put crushed candy canes in-between the layers for an […]