All Star Sports Cake

6" and 8" blue velvet cake with vanilla butter cream frosting and fondant accents.

I made this cake for my friend's nephew's sports theme birthday party.   Last year, I made him a race car track cake for his hot wheels theme birthday party.  In addition to this cake, I made two dozen of  the very same oreo cupcakes because they were such a huge hit last year.

Inspiration for this cake came from many of the cakes on Cake Central with the same theme.

Valentine's Day Recipes

With Valentine's Day around the corner, I thought I'd compile a list of my go to Valentine's Day treats for inspiration to share whether it's with coworkers, friends, family, significant others.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Salted Caramel Brownies and Mini Strawberry Swirl Cheesecakes

Cheesecake Brownies 

Black Bottom Cupcakes

Vanilla Bean Macaron with Chocolate Ganache

Best Brownies

Chocolate Cupcakes - Two Ways

Chocolate Souffles

Baby Lava Cakes

Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Thick and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

The other day, a fellow Cake4Kids volunteer, brought in some chocolate chip cookies to share at our monthly meeting.  The second I bit into that cookie, my search of 10+ years for the elusive best chocolate chip cookie ever was over.  When she emailed her recipe over, I wanted to slap myself on the forehead as it was from none other than my Baking Illustrated book!

A great tip she gave me was to definitely weigh my flour and sugars which I did.  A quick test had me off by 1-2 ounces each time I scooped and measured instead of weighed!  The recipe also called for semi-sweet but what I did was just mix my 60% dark chocolate chips with milk chocolate chips.  Yum!

Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake

 

For Christmas, I got a bundt pan from my brother and within a week of receiving it, I made two delicious bundt cakes.  The first one I made, a sour cream pound cake, got devoured within minutes; so I didn't even get any pictures.  But this one here is a lemon poppy seed pound cake with a powdered sugar glaze.  Both recipes came from my BH&G Cook Book.  I substituted cake flour for the all purpose flour which definitely gave the cake the texture I was going for; moist and dense.  I loved that this recipe didn't involve separating eggs nor beating egg whites.

Most Visited Posts of 2011

Here are the most visited posts of 2011 on BakedByJen.com!

Red Velvet Cupcakes Comparison

Desserts for Work: Salted Caramel Brownies and Mini Strawberry Swirl Cheesecakes

Hot Wheels Theme Birthday

A Giant Cupcake Cake 

Thank you for following along with me as I documented my past year in the kitchen.   It amazes me looking back and seeing how much I have accomplished because of the encouragement of friends and family; motivating me to create something that would blow them away.

My personal favorites of this past year was the Nikon cake for my cousin Dennis, the topper cake for a backyard wedding, and the winter wonderland cake for Cake4Kids.

Here's to an even sweeter New Year!