Splurge: Yellow Butter Cake with Chocolate Ganache

Splurge. I love that word. Say this odd-sounding  magic word and anything goes. It’s like calling time-out in a game – get away from the rules and take a pause. Today I made my mother a cake to celebrate her birthday, a beautiful four-layer yellow butter cake covered in rich dark chocolate ganache and adorned … Continue reading →

White Velvet Butter Birthday Cake

High up on a shelf in the kitchen, there is a cluttered collection of well-worn cook books. And among these relics of recipes past (and present) there is…The Cake Bible. And with such a weighty title, it begs the question….does it hold true to its name? Is it really, in fact, the bible of all … Continue reading →