It’s been 9 months since I last posted on Craftcake. That’s seriously messed up. I’ve been baking and crafting but not posting. So I’m going to try to catch you up before 2012 gets started.
First off is this cake I baked from my grandma’s 87th birthday. It’s a vanilla layer cake with the most divine [...]

My Dad’s birthday was a couple of weeks ago on 10-10-10 so I decided to bake him a special cake. He LOVES peanut butter so I went hunting for a peanut butter cake online. The problem is that my mom and I both don’t like peanut butter. So I had to find something everyone would [...]

I offered to make my brother cupcakes for his recent birthday – his choice of flavors. I gave him some options and he chose S’mores. So I went searching for recipes. I based my recipe on the Trophy Cupcakes version posted on Martha Stewart.
I thought I’d try to put a marshmallow in the center. Don’t. [...]

Last week was my mom’s birthday and she requested a red velvet cake. I normally make cupcakes for birthdays but occasionally I do make layer cakes.
I used Magnolia’s Red Velvet Cake recipe. It says it maked 3 9″ rounds but I only had 8″ pans and it turned out fine. The cake was a bit [...]

Saturday was my dad’s birthday and he requested carrot cake. He got carrot cupcakes.

I used the Carrot Cupcakes recipe from Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes. I omitted the golden raisins and added a cup of toasted chopped walnuts.
Everyone loved them so I think this recipe is a keeper. Here is the online version of the [...]

My dad’s birthday is coming up and I’m already thinking about what I’m going to bake him. He loves his bananas. Seriously, he really loves bananas. So I want to make banana cupcakes.
For Father’s Day I made Martha Stewart’s Roasted Banana Cupcakes with Honey-Cinnamon Frosting. Side Note – I got the recipe from her Cupcakes [...]