Cooking in Kirkland

I made a pumpkin cake ( using this recipe ) with this cream cheese buttercream for my teammate's birthday a few weeks back. It was alm...

I've been a sugar-cookie-making machine lately.  I made them twice in the last week for birthday celebrations.  I tried out this new fro...

I haven't made a cake in a while, so was excited to make this for my birthday twin: cutie pie Amaya. I thought it turn...

Happy belated Thanksgiving! My first Thanksgiving out of the country was really nice.  I felt a little twinge of homesickness on Thursday ...

First off, thought I should mention that this is my 100th post!  Kind of fun to think about the fact that I've documented 100 of my very...

I've been wanting to make a ruffle cake for a while and my niece Sophie's birthday was the perfect opportunity.  I knew she would ap...

This is a slightly different buttercream than what I've used before, but the result was good and I thought it was a little bit easier.  ...

I think it's pretty normal to have tastes and preferences change as you get older.  Buttercream would not have been my frosting of choic...

This post is for my friend Joyce, who loves treats as much as I do. When I told her I was starting a blog, she asked if I was going to put t...

I experimented a bit the other night and came up with these.  Believe me, these were DE-LISH! They have a graham cracke...

My mom is an amazing cook.  Growing up we mostly had homemade treats which meant that I loved store-bought goodies.  Weird, I know.  My sist...