tropical wedding cake

Tropical Inspired Wedding Cake

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Brooke

I love fruit, and I love fruit with cake. When I cut into a cake and find some kind of fruit filling, I'm a happy, happy girl.

But what if you want something more interesting than ho-hum strawberries or lemon curd? (Both of which I adore, by the way.) Consider, my friend, a tropical twist.

This beautiful cake has its lovely white layers topped with a glaze of passionfruit. Omisosh. SO yummy. And equally beautifully with its rich yellow hue. But to enhance the tropical theme, Read More

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Let Them Eat Cake: Sunday Round-Up for August 19, 2012

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Brooke

Greetings and salutations!

I have a question for you: why, oh why, does it take going back to school for kiddoes to make life suddenly make sense and seem orderly again? I think that’s hitting the nail on the head. It’s a sense of order. A sense of order that my household has been sorely lacking since the Great Homeschool Experiment of ’11.

Homeschooling parents? God bless ’em. We found out that a) this career girl may not be cut out for that kinda thing; b) my daughter may not be, either. So maybe we’ll revisit in a few years. Or maybe not. You don’t know until you try it, and for now, we’re gonna throw the towel in.

What does this have to do with weddings? Oh, Read More