Days of celebration
We’re continuing the celebration of Mama having 80 years! Tonight I baked her favorite spice cake into a two-tiered beauty with cream cheese frosting and paired it with pumpkin ice […]
Birthday cake trial run
I’ve been itching to bake and since my birthday is next month, I decided to make a birthday cake. I used this SmittenKitchen recipe for the cake itself and this […]
Birthday cake for days
I made Mama’s favorite spice cake for her recent birthday and we’ve been enjoying a bit every day! We’ve been enjoying it Park Chow-style with pumpkin ice cream and caramel […]
A sweet, creative birthday
Today’s #OneGoodThing with Mama was celebrating my birthday with this delicious cake and fun pottery painting project! Many thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes! What was your #OneGoodThing today? […]
Spice cupcakes bring sincere joy
The boxed spice cake mix that Mama adores arrived on our doorstep yesterday, thanks to a generous angel in the NY Times Cooking Community. And so today was baking day! […]
The most wonderful birthday box
In preparation for Mama’s upcoming birthday this week, I asked a group of fellow home cook enthusiasts for advice in recreating a boxed spice cake mix she loves from scratch. […]
The kindness of strangers online
In preparation for Mama’s upcoming birthday, I’ve been researching recipes to recreate her favorite spice cake mix—the red box one, she insists. Though I’m at least a decent baker, my […]
Last of the leftover birthday cake
I baked a two-layer chocolate cake from scratch for my birthday last month. I swapped out the middle layer of frosting for seedless raspberry jam, but otherwise, I followed the […]
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