Monkey Cake

This is a cake I made for my little cousin. She wanted a monkey cake and this is what I came up with! She also said that she likes orange - hence the orange monkey. I don't do much fondant work, but I decided this cake just needed to be done in fondant. I readily admit that my fondant work is not the best, but I was reasonably happy with how this cake ended up.

Puppy Dog Cake

This is a red velvet cake/cupcakes with cream cheese icing. I can't claim the idea - a family found a picture of a similar cake online and asked me if I would make it for their daughter's birthday. It came out looking pretty cute!

Sourdough Bread

I LOVE fresh baked bread! Here's some sourdough bread that I made the other day. I make all of our bread from scratch.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Ok, I've wanted to try some version of this cake for a while now! It's a chocolate cake with peanut butter filling and a chocolate peanut butter icing. I kind of threw this together on really short notice so I used what I had. Next time if I have more time to plan, I'll work in some crushed peanuts and maybe something like heath or caramel into the filling. Still, I think this one is pretty fabulous as is!

Apple Coffee Cake......Take Two!

Ok, so here's the next incarnation of the apple coffee cake creation! It's pretty much the same thing as before, but with a few improvements. This time, I mixed the apples and the streusel into the cake. I also added a caramel sauce to the outside along with a cinnamon glaze to make it just a little bit more special and rich. Apples, caramel, cinnamon.....what's not to love?

Apple Coffee Cake

This is an apple coffee cake that I made for Ben and myself. We just wanted something sweet so I poked around to see what I had in the fridge and this is what I came up with. I looked at a few recipes and sort of did a mix and match and eventually just closed the books altoghether. So, this is one of those Leah originals that happened to turn out really well: a cream cheese coffee cake with an apple streusel filling. This has been great for breakfast!