Daily Archives: December 28, 2008

buttercream frosting

Buttercream frosting is easy to make and delicious on cakes and cookies. I used it to frost the snowflake cake earlier this week and also frosted DH’s birthday cake with it today. The recipe I started with is here. In a nutshell, this is how I used that recipe. 6 tablespoons butter, softened 1/4 cup […]

happy birthday, my sweet

Today is DH’s birthday. I made his favorite…red cake. Used the leftover snowflakes from Monday night’s dessert to decorate the cake. DD put five candles on one side and four on the other to mark DH’s 54th birthday. “You HAVE to have candles!” Well, of coure you do! I used a butter cream frosting instead […]