It's been a long time

Where do I begin? I feel like a deadbeat dad, it's been so long since I've posted ANYTHING!!! Anyhow, I'm back and promise to be more attentive going forward.
Since my last posting, I've been perfecting my cakes and cheesecake recipes. Cranberry swirl is in my top 3 and I'm working on a flan/cheesecake hybrid that will be to die for once I get it right. In the meantime, here's a pic of my latest: pound cake with a "lion king" theme.... As always, I'm a work in progress but its a forward progression......enjoy

Tonight I'm watching the Grammy's while I clean up from a mini-marathon baking session from this afternoon. If I never see another cake, it'll be too soon (I kid...LOL) I'd like to post a few pics tonight of what I did today and what I've done recently that I haven't blogged about.
I hope you like them and hope to hear from you soon with your commenrts of my work as it progresses.

Bananarama!

One of my (rare) New Year's resolutions was to try something new every month. This month, I'm planning on working with bananas. They're my least favorite of all fruits, which makes it all the more challenging. Tomorrow is banana pound cake with Jack Daniels soaked walnuts......
Sounds good right? We'll be finding out soon enough. Until then, stay sweet everyone....

Happy New Year!!!!!

The past several months I've been offline working on recipes and holiday orders as well as working the ole 9 to 5 (gotta pay the bills, ya know?) Anyhoo, I'm back and looking to make things happen in 2011 and beyond. I look forward to hearing from you as well as commentary on my work as I evolve into a master baker.

Keep it sweet

It's been a while since I've posted but I've busy in the "lab" experimenting with a few things. Caribbean black cake is on the menu as well as guava cheesecake. I'm very excited and will post pics soon. Until then, keep it sweet!

This little confection was for a young lady turning 9 years old this weekend. I don't see her again until Tuesday and I'm a little nervous since kids can be BRUTALLY honest....

This weekend I experimented with mango and papayas in a cheesecake. I figured what the hell, what's the worst that could happen? Well, I didn't need to worry because it was a grand success!!! I'm making another batch for the office to see how it turns out there....