Mayhem in the Kitchen!

Cheesecake Filled Chocolate Birthday Cake

My mum and brother share a birthday, but every year I make two cakes for the occasion to acknowledge that it really IS two separate occasions. My brother requested ice cream cake again this year, so a little like last year, I decided to bake a regular cake-cake for my mum, but with a bit…

Homemade Carvel Cookie Puss

If you’ve been following Mayhem in the Kitchen! for awhile, you might remember that my mum and brother have the same birthday. As a result, every year I find myself trying to bake two extravagant cakes to make sure that neither one of them ends up with Christmas-Birthday syndrome. Like last year, my brother requested…

Cinnamon-Banana Oatmeal Bites

After several weeks of successfully finishing off our organic bananas, we were again faced with a dilemma – freeze, compost, or experiment? Given my husband’s request that I not expand upon my store of frozen overripe bananas and our aversion to food waste, I figured I basically had no choice but to experiment! After the…

Chocolate-Banana Oatmeal Bites

A few weeks ago I came downstairs and discovered that my bananas had moved from nicely ripened with brown specks to, um, black. Having wasted more than a couple bananas in my day, I knew I needed to act quickly if I wanted to put them to good use. My initial reaction was to just…

Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon-Brown Sugar Icing

You guys. It’s the second most wonderful time of the year! PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON Last year I bought the Costco pack of organic pumpkin puree, and based on how September has gone thus far, I’m going to need to stock up again this year. I know a lot of folks think this whole pumpkin spice…

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

My neighborhood is home to a fabulous nonprofit called The Cookie Cart. It was started back in the 80s by a nun as a way to engage teens in our neighborhood. She’d bake cookies with the kids, help them with their schoolwork, and get to know them, while hopefully keeping them out of trouble. These…

Blueberry Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Every year at my work we do a company breakfast and pajama party. We’ve had it catered in the past (though I’ve been known to bring something anyway – any excuse to bake!) so this year was the first time we’ve officially gone potluck style. I love baking for breakfast, and if you’ve visited before,…

Fudge Brownies with Cake Batter Frosting AKA ColdStone Birthday Cake Remix Brownies

I’ve mentioned before that work birthday treats are getting crazier and crazier. If it is pinned on Pinterest AND over the top, chances are it’s making its way to my office sooner rather than later. For my birthday last week, my coworkers surprised me with a lovely spread of veggies and hummus (they SO know…

30th Birthday Best-Of: 30 Baby Girl Cakes

In honor of my new birthday buddy, our sweet little niece who was born yesterday, here’s a bonus 30th Birthday Best-Of : 30 pink cakes, perfect for pink-a-holics, a baby shower, first birthday, or, in this case, welcoming a brand new baby girl! Pink Lemon Poppy seed cake from Aventuress Strawberry Layer Cake with…

30th Birthday Best-Of: 30 Birthday Cake Flavored Treats

Guess what you guys? Today is a BIG DAY for three reasons: I’ve finally hit the big 3-0. That’s right, today is my THIRTIETH birthday. Rumor has it I’m a real adult now or something? I’m really hoping that doesn’t mean I have to cut down on the sprinkles or start buying sensible shoes, but…

Quick Cricut Birthday Cake

I was tasked with baking a birthday cake for a colleague at work, and I needed something that was quick enough to make on a weeknight, but still festive and special. Technique I decided to use my Cricut Cake as it had sat idle for too long, but I didn’t want to cover an entire…

Zucchini-Cucumber Salad

First things first: I’m back, I’ve missed you all terribly, and I can’t wait to get back to cooking! Secondly, why didn’t anyone remind me how much work it is to move house? Seriously. We’ve been working nonstop to settle into the new house while simultaneously getting the old house ready to sell, and it…

Quick and Easy Gluten Free Peach Crisp

Similar to Mother’s Day, my husband and I were lucky enough to spend Father’s day morning at my folks’ place for breakfast, and the evening at his folks’ place for dinner. Plans for a Glam Doll Donut breakfast for my dad were thwarted by a line that went around the block AND torrential rains, but…

Brownie and Peanut Butter Covered Oreo Cupcakes

Birthdays at my office have taken a turn for the … extreme. It seems every week there’s a new treat vying for the title of “richest, “most over the top”, “most decadent”, “most likely to give that one guy double-diabetes”, so when I saw these on Pinterest, I didn’t really have any choice in the…

Soft and Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

Some of our favorite neighbors (the chia pudding folks! 🙁 ) moved out to the ‘burbs awhile back. We were super sad to lose them as neighbors, but were excited to hear that their house next door sold quickly. The new owners’ previous home was just a few blocks away, so they’re moving in gradually,…