Wow, hi, hey. Where the hell have IIII been? I'm completely aware its been about

7 years since I posted a recipe here, but I am back in the swing of things! The month

of June was a nutty one for me. So many birthdays, bbq's, and vacation planning.

Speaking of BBQ's, I made these little numbers for a recent one that we went too last week.

I sometimes feel like I need to bring the best dessert, and all other desserts must be less astonishing 

as mine. Yes this is what goes through my head at night. Its probably a sickness, but I like my dessert

too be the showstoppa. So, I took to the internet and looked for some ideas. I saw a picture of 

little cakes that looked like burgers and was immediately intrigued. I just had to make them.

Bake yourself up a batch of cupcakes. You can make them really thin so that you don't have to cut them in half, or you can make mondo ones and slice them. I prefer mondo. Be sure to make some chocolate ones as well for the "meat". You can just add cocoa powder to the left over white mix.

Once fully baked and cooled, remove wrappers. I suggest putting them in the frig to make sure they are extra cool. You don't want them to break apart when you remove the liner.

Take a chocolate cupcake, and slice it in half. These will be your "burger". Cut up as many as you need.

You can also start to cut up your mondo "buns" at this point.

Prepare your icing, or use the canned stuff. Color 1 part green, 1 part red, and 1 part yellow. I actually didn't have red coloring on hand. I know, shocking. So I just used pink and yelled at all the people who made fun of me.

The green will be your lettuce. The red, your ketchup - and the yellow, your mustard.

You won't need a tip for the red & yellow. Just snip the end. For the "lettuce", you're gonna wanna use a leaf tip to get the right effect.

Dollop some frosting onto 1 slice of a cut cupcake, and stick your chocolate burger right on. Make sure it is secure.

Using your leaf tip, wiggle around in a circle to give it that rigid lettuce look.

Continue with your "ketchup" and "mustard" going around in a circle on top of your lettuce.

Of course you can go in any order you like, this is just what I felt like doing.

Pop on another half of the cupcake, or a small thin one. Wet your finger with some water and sprinkle on a few seeds for a more realistic feel.

Place them on a pan, cutting board, or any flat surface and refrigerate them for a few hour. Over night is best.

How cute are they???? Sure to be the life of your next BBQ! Show off your skillz, and make

all your friends jealous!

Oh boy, another year down and another birthday to celebrate. Which of course just means..

another cake to bake.

I've had some people ask me "Why would you bake your own Birthday Cake? Shouldn't your 

beloved boyfriend who cares so much about this day, make it? " My answer is easy.

I was just really dying to make a "Rose Cake".

I figured it had to be colorful and it had to be sweet. So I just went with a traditional white cake, colored too look like a big mesh of rainbow. Originally, I was going to do a 6 layer rainbow cake, a layer for each color, but I decided against it when this cake only needed to feed 5-6 people. And who likes to waste cake??

That will be for another day, and another blog post. Soon.

I gave the layers a crumb coat and left it in the refrigerator over night.

Crumb coating is just giving your cake a quick, messy, coating to make the finish product look nice and smooth. Its a good way to conceal the actual cake part, or if you'll be using fondant.

This morning I filled an icing bag with plain ol vanilla frosting and used a 1M tip to make the roses.

Start on the sides, and use your 1M tip (or any swirl/star tip) to make your roses. Start in the middle and circle around it. Trust me, its easier then it looks. You can do it while you're wasted. I mean...

When you have the entire perimeter of the cake covered in roses, start on your top.

Silly me didn't have enough frosting to cover the entire top like I wanted, so I just did the outside and 1 in the middle. My frosting was also melting since for some reason its basically 115 degrees in the Spring.

By the time I took this picture, my roses already started to "wilt" from the hot weather. I know, you're disappointed in me. I promise to regain back the respect. Amen.

P.S - Never let a guy light the candles. It turns into a waxy mess.

Thank you all for the wonderful Birthday Wishes! 

Hope you're all having a good Memorial Day Weekend!