Lambert the Lamb

Easter is my second favorite holiday. Everyone knows the end of a long winter should be celebrated with chocolate, and I simply love the fresh start of spring. 

I always find different culture's traditions quite heartwarming, and there are plenty of traditions surrounding this holiday--one of which is the lamb cake!

(image credit: Nordicware)

The history of the lamb cake is somewhat unclear--starting in Germany--it soon became a tradition in Poland, Austria, Italy, and France. Original lamb cake molds were made out of cast iron, but the current molds by Nordicware are aluminum, so you must tie them together with baking twine to keep the mold together while baking. 

It gained popularity in America around the 50's and quickly became an American Easter tradition as well. One lamb cake mold even made it to the National Museum of American History! Though the lamb cakes popularity has dwindled, there are still many families that have kept this tradition alive. 

Meet Lambert the lamb! My very own lamb cake! It was just a tad depressing having to sacrifice him, but I think I'll resurrect him for next Easter and start my very own Easter tradition.

~Steph

Drip Cake

Welcome back blog world! 

So, I graduated (YAY!) and then had the craziest and best summer ever!!

Now the whirlwind of summer is finally slowing down, and I am gonna attempt to get back on the blogging bandwagon. 

Pictured is a fun drip cake I did last week topped with macarons.

Oh, and then there is me! We decided to kill two birds with one stone by getting profile pictures and a blog post all at once. 

~Stephanie

Dad's 50!

Assembling the cake

April 17th marked my dad's 50th birthday. Wow, Dad, can't believe it. You are all growed up!

It was a surprise party (the only way we could do something for him), and was he ever surprised!

 Celina and I adding the final touches to our oyster macarons.

Look at those cute little pearls!! Macarons have a way of making me smile.

^^ The few pics I have of the dessert table. Hi Celine!! (She asked when she'd be on here)^^

Please admire the double-matted brown frame and manually-blurred background.

Unfortunately, In all the craziness, there were not many pictures taken of the cake. Therefore I had to *ahem* rely on friends for this department... even though after several minutes of editing, the picture is still off-centered. *coughing*

Happy Birthday, Dad.

Much Love,

Steph

Color Blocking

Hello again! Hope y'all had a lovely Easter celebration.

With Easter coming early this year, we had quite the crazy month over here. 

To me, Easter time is somewhat like New Years, in the way that it feels so much like a new beginning. Celebrating Christ's resurrection this time of year is perfect in itself...right when all the flowers are peeking their heads out, and everything is waking up after a long winter.

 Let me pause and say that I love every season so much. When spring comes I say, "This HAS to be my favorite season." ...and then the next season comes, and I say the same thing. Haha. God definitely made a good thing when he made the different seasons. Right when I get bored with one, the next one's on its way.

Spring is definitely the prettiest season we have here in Porterville; the hills are in full bloom with wildflowers everywhere! This cake is copying nature's color block this time of year with all the wild mustard that is literally everywhere, and the white puffy clouds that make me want to go on a picnic every day. 

*sigh* Spring is pretty perfect, isn't is?

Why are you sitting here reading this blog?

Go outside and soak up all this lovely weather! 

Steph 

Fleur-de-lis Cake

  Many moons ago, back in 2011, I made my first 8" round, 3 layer cake. In my head it turned out perfect, and according to Pinterest , I "nailed it". It sure did look like I tried to nail it...with a hammer! Ha.

Making the most of it, I melted the frosting and poured it over top. My mom was a good sport, and the cake tasted great, so we ate it anyway and went on with her birthday celebration. However, I was not easily defeated.

    A couple years later, I would have never dreamed that I could do a birthday cake like this...much less get a birthday cake order! It is so exciting to see how every cake is better than the last, and very rewarding when you can make others happy with little things like a cake. That is not to say that I haven't had my share of fails, as I continue to do so occasionally. Nevertheless, my baking madness continues--which is now a journey that you too can be apart of, thanks to this little blog. 

There's captions!! (I am so tech savvy.)

8" round, 3 layer chocolate cake with buttercream frosting

~Steph