Cardamom butter cookies

These were sold out in a single day. Baby G and Hubs leading the assault .

Base recipe from Serious eats 
Added about a teaspoon of fresh cardamom powder, brushed with egg white and springled with a mixture of pistachio and granulated sugar.

Best crisp ginger molasses cookies / ginger snaps

From serious eats
So the first time i made these , i made the disastrous substitution of whole wheat pastry flour.Do not do that! Use normal whole wheat flour ( i used gold medal).

These continue crisping up over a period of time ( they lasted about a week at my home)

6th birthday winx cake

Dundee cake from 80 cakes around the world

Made this a couple of months back when my uncle was visiting. Easy to make and that marmalade added a nice orange peel flavor with no work. It was on the very sweet side for me but hubs and uncle scarfed it up precisely because it was so sweet. The almond decoration was very easy to make and is a keeper.

Dundee cake from Around the world in 80 cakes

Pistachio strawberry ( fraisee cake)

Made this cake from epicurious( link here) and subbed a pistachio marzipan topping for the almond marzipan to complement the pistachio in the cake. It was mind blowingly delicious

Barney & Rubber Ducky chocolate party favors

My daughter is crazy for barney and rubber ducky, so I made these chocolate favors of barney and ducky from white chocolate using molds. I will post recipes and methods soon.

Rubber Ducky in Bathtub Cake: 2nd Bdday

My dear daughter turned two on the 11th of December. This is the cake i made for her birthday party. The cake is a Ducky in a bathtub with glass bubbles covered mostly in fondant. It is a butter cake with creme anglaise buttercream frosting and is served with lemon curd and strawberries.

The total cake took me about six hours of work, two for baking and four for decorating with fondant. I will also post recipes here soon.