Party sweets, drinks and decor
By now, it’s no secret that I love turning totally random things into birthday candles. We’ve lit up cherries, vegetable candles, and made crayon birthday candles, but these walnut candles might be my favorite DIY this season. Did you know you can literally light nuts on fire and make your own candles? True story, I’ll […]
Now that the weather is dropping, this hot chocolate cake recipe is a hit with my party friends. Taking the cocoa mug cake trend, but making it an actual 4-layer party cake size, was a sweet way to celebrate my BFF’s recent cozy cold-weather birthday party. A cake that looks just like a super sweet […]
Last week, I tried making jam for the first time. It was so fun, and as soon as it was done, I put it on a cake… a jam cake! A sweet end-of-summer treat with a great combo of fruit tart and sweetness. This cake is an instant showstopper at any summer party. You can […]
One of my kids is obsessed with PB&J’s, so last week I made this peanut butter and jelly sandwich cake. I took one of my family’s favorite ingredients, gooey, creamy peanut butter, and recreated it as frosting. Then I added sweet jelly spread between two pieces of sweet cake to create a fun peanut butter […]
I needed a last-minute birthday cake idea for this weekend, so I gussied up a simple yellow box cake and turned it into this fun Animal Cookie cake. The frosted circus cookies didn’t just decorate the outside of the cake; they also made a tasty crunch in the batter. I created this for a sweet […]
Did you know that in an emergency, a crayon will stay lit as a match for up to 30 minutes? I was so excited when I learned how to make crayon candles and immediately decided to try them at my recent emergency of a candle-less birthday cake (you know my love for finding creative birthday […]
Twinkies are wonderfully nostalgic to me. I remember the treats as a kid, and decided a Twinkie cake would be a fun way to celebrate our recent nostalgic birthday party. Since you can surround any cake with Twinkies to get this fun cake look, the recipe idea works for home-baked cakes as well as store-bought […]
We were creating a very Coquette birthday party which obviously had to include a stacked macaron cake. This cake came out much prettier than I ever imagined and was incredibly simple to make. With the addition of flowers, candles and party blowers, it’s a cute stacked cake to center any spring girlie birthday party. You […]
A birthday wine cake! There’s nothing my sweet friend loves better than her white wine. Making a cake filled with her favorite drink doubles as a fun party centerpiece and a sweetly thoughtful birthday gift. Plus bonus… there is no baking involved, just cheers! It was easy easier than I thought it would be to […]
Have you tried the viral trend of making birthday crack? I first tried it as a Christmas crack variation, but knew it would be so good for a recent birthday party that we had. There is a reason they call this crack, no matter what event or holiday you make it for… it is so […]
We celebrated 16th Birthdays last month and I was searching for a sweet way to make it special. Even though, my teenage son wanted no decorations and nothing fancy. So I decided to focus on the candles! Every sweet 16 party needs a birthday cake topper and this idea ended up being one of my […]