Cheesecake Factory Cheesecake

A friend of mine celebrates her birthday in the month of December. Her birthday cake request was for a cheesecake. Instead of baking a cheesecake, I thought it would be a great idea to get a variety of different slices of Cheesecake Factory cheesecake.

Godiva Chocolate & Dulce de Leche

Tuxedo Mousse (my fav) & Tiramisu

Mika-san お誕生日おめでとう

Holiday Baskets 2009

After much debate, I finally decided what would make up my Holiday Baskets this year.

Soft Ginger Snap Cookies
Neiman Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookies
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
Snickerdoodle Blondies

18 dozen cookies later the finished product came out wonderful! Each year I look forward to making these Holiday baskets, giving a little bit of home away from home.

May all of my blog readers have a Happy Holidays and a very prosperous New Year!

Stay tuned... Christmas Baking is coming soon!

A Wonderful Gift

How cute is this cake server? A friend of mine who lives in Tokyo got this wonderful gift for me. I think it is the cutest thing! The funny thing is I didn't have one. I am now a proud owner of a very stylish cake server.

Kyokoサン本当にありがとう

Pumpkin Pie

I am sorry it has been a while since I have updated my blog. I made my very first homemade pumpkin pie. I personally don't like pumpkin pie but my husband and friends loved it.

Hole In One Cupcakes

Tyler's Ultimate Cheesecake

I made this cake for a friend as a thank you for her kindness and helpfulness! When I asked her what she wanted for me to make for her.... Cheesecake was her response. So the time came for me to make my very first cheesecake. I looked up some recipes on the web and deceided on Tyler's Ultimate Cheesecake from the Food Network.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/the-ultimate-cheesecake-recipe/index.html

Thank you Megu for your friendship and for being so kind and helpful!

Perfect Party Cake Take Two

I made that Perfect Party Cake for a friend that was celebrating her 18th Wedding Anniversary.

Happy Anniversary!

The Scoop On The Loop

My friend and I tried this new little cafe here in Okinawa called "The Scoop On The Loop." I wanted to share the pictures with everyone because all the little details were so cute.

We both had Iced Coffees

Cute little ice pitcher

My friend's Cheesecake

My Black Sesame Chiffon Cake

Lemon Cupcakes With Rasberry Jam Filling

Today we had a party for my friend's dog. My friend requested Lemon Cupcakes for us humans to eat. I looked up a cupcake recipe on Cassie's How To Eat A Cupcake blog and found these.

http://howtoeatacupcake.net/2008/02/lemon-and-black-raspberry-cupcakes.html

I topped mine with Scooby graham cracker cookies in the shape of bones. I am not a big fan of lemon flavored cakes but these were really good and refreshing. The cake in the picture below was made by the dog cafe we had the party at. Cafe Millet here in beautiful Okinawa, Japan.

http://millet.a-thera.jp/

Happy 3rd Birthday Bambi

Here is one of my furbabies at the party.

Perfect Party Cake

My friend's birthday is this month, the birthday girl requested a cake with fruit. I searched the blogs I follow on a regular basis and found the recipe on this great blog http://therepressedpastrychef.com/2008/07/22/dories-perfect-party-cake-revisited/ The cake was so delicious! It had a light lemon flavor, plus my combination of rasberry and apricot jam filling made it perfect. I would recommend this cake to everyone! I will definitely be making it again.

誕生日おめでと

Nanako!

Dooney & Bourke Cake

The customer's wife was getting a Dooney & Bourke purse for her birthday. What better way to highlight her special day than to have matching goodies to go with the gift.

My Little Pony Cupcakes

Chocolate cupcakes with homemade buttercream topped with miniature My Little Ponies. Per request one of the cupcakes was filled with the pink frosting for a game at the party. Whoever gets the cupcake with the frosting in the middle will win a prize.

Kahlua Cupcakes With Chocolate Fudge Frosting

Since I made my dogs a birthday cake for their birthday, us humans need something to celebrate as well. I found these Kahlua Cupcakes on this blog and they looked so yummy.

http://livinginthekitchenwithpuppies.blogspot.com/2008/09/cupcake-hero-kahlua-cupcakes-with.html

I made them exactly as stated on the blog and the cupcakes were a bit small. Next time I will make a batch and a half and fill the cupcake liners up more to make bigger cupcakes. The frosting is so yummy. I topped mine with chocolate covered espresso beans.