Cakes and Cupcakes · chocolate · Desserts

Marble Cake

I’ve never attempted a marble cake before, but it has always looked good to me.  So when I saw a recipe from Sally’s Baking Addiction where she actually made like 2 dozen cakes trying to find the very best marble cake recipe ever I was totally sold and had to try it. Verdict: this recipe is… Continue reading Marble Cake

bars · chocolate · cookies · Desserts

Congo Bars

Congo Bars.  Really just a fancy name for a chocolate chop cookie bar.  I tried to find out why they are called Congo Bars instead of blondies, or cookie bars, but alas, I found no definitive answer.  I did find this over on congocookbook.com though: Congo Bars or Congo Squares are a popular dessert in… Continue reading Congo Bars

bars · brownies · chocolate · cookies · Desserts

Butterfinger Blondies

We can all blame these Butterfinger Blondies on my sister.  She sent me one of those horrid/wonderful Tasty videos a few weeks ago with peanut butter Butterfinger butterscotch blondies and it got my wheels turning. This is not that recipe.  This one is my own. And it is bomb.  As my husband would say, these… Continue reading Butterfinger Blondies

Cakes and Cupcakes · chocolate · Desserts

Moist Chocolate Cake

I almost titled this recipe “a chocolate cake so good it may actually kill you” but I didn’t want to be over dramatic. But seriously.  All I can say is thank God I didn’t discover this during The Great Cake Binge of 2014. We had friends over for my good friend Leina’s birthday and when I… Continue reading Moist Chocolate Cake

cookies · Desserts · Easter

Splash Mountain Cake

BIRTHDAYS · DISNEYLAND · UNCATEGORIZED Splash Mountain Cake May 5, 2020Shannon (rumblytumbly.com)Edit My buddy issued his tallest order ever for his birthday cake this year. We went to Disneyland in August and he has been obsessed with Splash Mtn. ever since. I am not a cake decorator, but I think I pulled it off! Here’s what I did: I… Continue reading Splash Mountain Cake

Desserts · pies

Happy Pi Day!

Happy Pi Day, friends, from the person who loves pie more than anybody else in the world! The holiday of my people. Pie loving people.  I suppose it’s for math people too, but I hate math, so really, I’m just using it as an excuse to eat pie. If you click on the “pie” section… Continue reading Happy Pi Day!

Cakes and Cupcakes · chocolate · Desserts

Blue Velvet Cake

I have a little boy who turned four today.  He is an adorable, sweet, potty talking, sensitive, sister teasing little scamp with boundless energy and an intense love of two things (besides his big sister:) Chocolate and the color “dark blue.” Every morning while we pick out his clothes, he asks me, in his little… Continue reading Blue Velvet Cake