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Took it out of the mold after baking and the shape was awful 😂

My dad died earlier than I thought was fair, but he did leave me with great memories of coming home from the first and last days of school to a simple boxed cake mix cake in a 9x13 inch pan, coated with canned frosting.

It's just another time of year that I celebrate his memory with food, and I'm hoping my little preschool-age kids will have this association with him too, despite never getting to meet him.

Salty Caramel peanut butter cake with fudgy caramel icing (penuche) from Yossy Arefi's Snacking Cakes. This is the second time I've made this recipe, but it's the first time I didn't screw up the penuche!

The sides are not the prettiest, but I still think it's super pretty!

This is my first attempt at making a layer cake. It’s lemon sponge, filled with a lemon-yogurt mousse and a layer of raspberries. Still need to work on the aesthetics.

Turned out pretty good, super happy with the results! 😊

Recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/basque-cheesecake/#recipe

Apparently birthdays stop being special when you're a grown up, so 1 made myself a lemon tart to manufacture some whimsy

I always like challenging myself or trying new things in the kitchen, and in my 34 years of life (18 of those baking) I’ve never made my own cinnamon rolls until today!

I didn’t really follow a recipe because two weeks ago I made some Beignets, and I kind of thought “Oh this is about the same dough-wise” but I watched this amazing Muslim woman make some and I kind of followed her guidelines!

Everything was homemade EXCEPT the cream cheese frosting. I cut corners and used Pillsbury frosting - which really worked out well, tbh! I did use Kerrygold Irish Butter, not the store brand sweet cream butter. I also did the warm heavy cream trick and it worked beautifully.

I’m very proud of myself. Granted, cinnamon rolls are very easy to make, I’m just proud I did it. I’ll be making these at Christmas time lol.

If I were to critique myself:

1. A little more butter/cinnamon filling. It didn’t get much.
2. Find a warmer place to let the dough rise.
3. Take time with kneading.

Anyways, this is one of my rolls!

I made a jelly roll cake (minus actual jelly cause I don’t like jelly) but should the cake be more filled to avoid the weird gaping? Or should I have tried to roll it tighter? There are strawberries in the whipped cream filling, should there be more whipped cream? The recipe didn’t make a lot of whipped cream, should I double it next time?

Strawberry cake , chocolate cheesecake filling , and chocolate ganache frosting on top . Made this cake for my sister’s birthday tomorrow.

The tiramisu cupcakes were soaked in espresso, finished with lightly sweetened vanilla buttercream, and dusted with cocoa powder. The cannoli cupcakes have a mascarpone frosting, mini chocolate chips, and were topped with a chocolate-covered cannoli shell (from Wegmans lol).

I must admit I am loving ube flavored desserts! And with the white chocolate and coconut and macadamia, these were *chef's kiss*

Today I made Oatmeal Chocolate Peanut Butter cookies! They smell so good. Just letting them cool off a little bit longer before I try. If they're good enough, I'm sending a few to my family for them to try🤤

I really wanted to try making the viral fruit-shaped pastries and I thought lemon would be the easiest one. Super fun to make but it took forever and only made 6! Granted, I could have bought another mold but I only had one. 😅

I will definitely be trying more fruits in the future because I'm determined to get this right. I substituted cocoa butter for coconut oil when making the outer white chocolate shell. I am not sure if I just didn't use enough or if I really need to invest in some cocoa butter for next time because the shell was way too thick!

Has anyone ever tried making these and have any advice for me going forward?!

(The inside is a coconut mousse, lemon cake, and lemon curd)

Still tasted absolutely delicious 🤷🏻‍♀️