Sunday morning scenes from my kitchen

One last cake for my grandmother

Chocolate fudge cake, filled with salted caramel buttercream, topped with dark chocolate ganache buttercream. 

Octopus cupcakes!

Chocolate and vanilla octopus cupcakes for my cousin's kiddos! I adore them. And I love the above photo of the two of them with my brother.

Tres leches

Giant (11 inch!) tres leches cake, filled and topped with chantilly cream and fresh berries.

Cupcake garden

Chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream roses.

Strawberry rhubarb

Vanilla buttermilk cake, filled with strawberry rhubarb compote and strawberry rhubarb buttercream, topped with vanilla Italian meringue buttercream, and decorated with Nova Scotia wildflowers.

Dessert for a big family dinner.

I'm in Nova Scotia with my whole family, celebrating the life of my grandfather. I made these crisps for dessert last night... strawberry rhubarb, blueberry, and strawberry, raspberry, and blueberry, with homemade ice cream.

Sugar cookies

Made for a family gathering.

A cake for my grandmother

Chocolate fudge cake with vanilla Italian meringue buttercream.

Cupcakes

A recent order:

• Chocolate fudge cupcakes with chocolate mousse buttercream and a chocolate chip cookie
• Coconut cupcakes with coconut buttercream and a white chocolate and coconut cookie
• Confetti cupcakes with vanilla buttercream and a confetti shortbread cookie
• Lemon cupcakes with fresh strawberry and lemon buttercream and a lemon crinkle cookie

Vanilla and rhubarb

Vanilla cupcakes with rhubarb buttercream.

A few random treats

Chocolate cupcakes filled with dark chocolate ganache, topped with chocolate buttercream and more chocolate ganache; salted caramel macarons.

New Mexico sugar cookies

Cupcake garden

Dark chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream.