I have been a bad Bakerella. I have only baked twice in the last two weeks. Once was an attempt at a checkerboard chocolate and yellow cake, which went horribly awry because my Mother kept hovering over it like a sock to a nightgown in a load with no dryer sheet. She stole a layer which happened to be the Keystone, if you will, so the cake turned out marbled and unattractive. Next I mastered a Cream Cheese Buttercream Carrot Layer Cake which was quite delicious. Ooooohhhh Yeaaaaahhhh. Be...

Friday evening I tried out a new toy from Wilton. A checkerboard cake pan set. It took forever and a decade to fill the pans. My Mother was salivating when she saw me put on my apron so as usual, I ended up having to give her an entire layer to keep her out of the rest of the cake. I made the mistake of giving her the even layer, so the cake came out swirled rather than checkered. So much for a chocolate and yellow checkerboard cake, it looked like a sadly marbled cake instead. The homemade milk chocolate buttercream icing went perfectly with the butter and chocolate cake. It was delicious. Be...

I tried my hand at the two tiered cake for my best friends birthday. I really should have taken into consideration the size of the pans. I used 8″ and 9″ when I should have used 12″ and 9″. Poop! The cake did have an amazingly wonderful flavor as did the icing. Vanilla Almond cake with Amaretto Buttercream filling and Vanilla Buttercream icing. There is nothing left to be said for the decorating. I will definitely be taking the Wilton’s course at my local hobby store, and soon! Hahaha! On a sweet note, Oh! How Lovely is giving away one of their Sassy Aprons, click...