Melting Chocolate 101

Hey there, it's Friday! Not only is it Friday it's a long weekend! I'll be honoring my soldier by baking up a storm this weekend (he gets to be the taste tester...win/win right? ) But for today I'm back with another "baking basics" posts, all about melting chocolate. With holidays and baking season just about here (yay!), I thought now was the perfect time to share all about melting chocolate. Who ... [ read more... ]

Buttercream 101

I guess I can no longer put this post off, today we're having the talk. You know...the buttercream talk. Now don't get me wrong here, I love making and working with buttercream. If there's one thing I've got down...it's buttercream. I've made literately hundreds of batches and I'm almost positive I could make it with my eyes closed, it's really that simple. But for some reason many "seasoned" ... [ read more... ]