They teach you not to judge a cake by it’s cover, but this cake is truly as delicious as it looks.
It’s been a while since I baked a cake. I don’t bake cakes that often, but whenever I do this recipe comes to mind. It’s a recipe for Luscious Chocolate Cake from Lori Longbotham’s Luscious […]

Yes that’s right, it’s birthday week here at The CPB Gallery. My birthday was two days ago, and the ever awesome Taste Tester’s birthday is today. We kind of call the in between day “our birthday day” so we end up celebrating three days in a row… with lots of dessert.
So in honor of […]

Yay! Today is that one day that seems to take forever to roll around. It’s the day that I get to eat my very own slice of birthday cake! What? Presents too? Nah I don’t need those, just give me some cake and a fork. Actually forget the fork, I don’t need it. I have […]

So remember yesterday when I said I was going away for a little while? Well… I wasn’t kidding actually. Though I’m going on vacation, I will be posting when I’m able to, and well… I’m able to (at least today). And these photos found on flickr were just too crazy not to share.

Next time you […]

This was one of many cupcakes made a couple weeks ago for my sister, a high school math teacher, to give to her students at an end-of-the-year party. She didn’t request any particular kind of cupcake, so it made sense to go simple. The only thing she requested was that they have sprinkles and that […]

There are lots of ideas for graduation party desserts floating around the web right now and I’ve especially been noticing a lot of cupcakes. People toil making fancy graduation caps out of fondant but for your average person, this is far too much work. Luckily I came across this incredibly easy decorating idea on flickr. […]

I recently received Crescent City Cooking by Susan Spicer as a gift. My taste tester decided to try out her recipe for Chocolate Chip Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Icing, but used the batter to make cupcakes instead of a full on cake. He made them while visiting family in Chicago, but was kind […]

This beautiful birthday cake was made by flickr user Madness Rivera. Most of the time when I find chocolate peanut butter treats, the end result consists of two colors: that light peanut buttery brown and luscious dark chocolatey brown. It’s not that C&PB treats that are super colorful don’t exist, they can just be a […]

That’s seven. Count ‘em, seven luscious layers in this incredible Chocolate Peanut Butter Opera Cake. And as if all those layers weren’t enough, the recipe even includes an espresso sauce to enjoy with it. I don’t know when your next birthday is, but go ahead and guilt someone into making this for you. Really, do […]

To cap off a week of culinary creativity at The CPB Gallery, check out this amazing cake. It was made by Heather Gilbert (also known as flickr user Alizarin8) who is clearly a culinary genius. This is the anatomy (it contains 6 layers and 3 garnishes!) from bottom to top:
Pate sucre, salted peanut caramel, banana […]