Long time No...post?

WOW...it feels like it's been FOREVER since I was last on here! I've just been SO busy

with just, life, i guess. I havnt had much time to just sit and write like this...

but all that time I havn;t stopped baking once! I've been working,

and cooking and baking non-stop!

I started my senior year in high school(draggg),

so i've been focusing a lot on that, and college apps and what not.

SO stressful=[[..but hopefully all the hard work we've done("laughs")

will eventually pay off!

However I do want to get back into the whole blogging thing when i'm

not CRAZY stressed out. Because doing stuff like this really does

help calm down all the stress of life.

ANYWAYS!...the picture up there is from a batch of cupcakes I made

for my best friends birthday the other day. They're "coffee and donut cupcakes"!

How cute is that!? It's really not much of a recipe though.

I just took a good recipe for coffee flavored cupcakes, looked up a coffee

buttercream frosting, then top it all off with store-bought

mini donuts! I dipped the donut tops into the buttercream(hehe)

and this gave me an excuse to go ALL OUT and decorate each one

with tons and tons of sprinkles (or whatever

you happen to have in your pantry!)

Everyone LOVED them. And my best friend couldnt believe

how cute, and fun they were! These would be great to make

for a kids birthday party, or even for sucking up to your boss

or coworkers at work!

Feels good to be back!

Happy 4th of July!

Little late on this post, BUT hope everyone had a great 4th of July!

My family and I went to our friends beach house in Malibu to watch some amazing fireworks right on the beach !

How beautiful is that?

Anyways, I brought dessert, and I made Martha Stewart's Fruited Cheesecake Flag, and Patriotic Ice cream Sandwiches(I forgot to take pictures of those).

You can find Martha's recipe here. But this cheesecake was absolutely AMAZING! It was so good, and it made a lot, so everyone kept going up for 2nds and even 3rds! It was a huge hit at the party! Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Amazing Carrot Cake

I made Sherry Yards( Executive pastry chef at Spago, Beverly hills) Carrot Cake for my dad for fathers day! The recipe is from her first baking book, which is absolutely amazing. The recipes in her book have NEVER failed me.

This cake was a HUGE hit with my family, everyone loved it. It was incredibly moist, the right texture and spice that a great carrot cake should have. And the frosting? AH, just amazing!

I have no recipe for you today, seeing as i'm a little too lazy to type it all out, but i highly recommend picking up Sherry's book if you can.

Hope everyone had a good fathers day!

TWD: Normandy Apple Tart

Soo I know this weeks recipe was supposed to be the Parisian Apple Tartlets, but we were having a huge laker party at my house, and I needed to make something bigger than just the tarts. 

When I saw the picture of this tart, I was sold on making it! The picture looked just beyond amazing. And it was not at all hard to do.

The finished tart came out wonderful, and I served it with a little vanilla ice cream. Everyone loved it! I would make this again for sure!

Next time, i'll try to make the tartlets, i'm sure those were amazing as well.

TWD: Chipster-Topped Brownies

Yet again, this week's TWD recipe was AMAZING. Though, I was not surprised. I mean, how can you honestly go wrong with a layer of chocolate chip cookies baked ON TOP of a goey, chocolate-y BROWIE?! This was HEAVEN. I'd just like to give a HUGE shout out to Beth of Suppilicious for a great pick!

Since I had so many different baking chips I needed to use up, I just threw in handfuls of peanut butter chips, white chocolate chunks, and butterscotch chips along with the chocolate chips.

To say these were DEVOURED when they hit the table was an understatement. People were FIGHTING over them! It was actually quite hilarious to watch my friends and family go at it.

I will of course be making these again!..gonna try topping a square with some ice cream...oooh i'm baaaaad !

Mmmmmm...SO good.