Eating My Way Through the World

Tres Leches Cake from Animal (Los Angeles, CA)

Warm Chocolate Torte with Marcona Almond Ice Cream from Boqueria

Butterlane Cupcakes: chocolate on chocolate, strawberry on vanilla, maple pecan on vanilla

Not bad at all, but I have yet to find cupcakes in New York that top those from Sprinkles!

Snowmen Cake Pops

(Tip: Use strips of Airhead candy for the scarves!)

Warm Mint Chocolate Cake Topped with Mint Cotton Candy from L’Atelier (Four Seasons Hotel, New York, NY)

Old-Fashioned Pound Cake (II)

(Click here for recipe!)

Old-Fashioned Pound Cake

Yup, the kind with a pound of butter. (recipe)

A Chocolate Mess

Chocolate Cupcakes with Devil’s Fudge Icing

Oh, and sprinkles, of course. Sometimes you just have to keep it simple. Have a good 4th of July weekend, everyone!

(click here for devil’s fudge icing recipe)

Chocolate Cupcake with Raspberry Cream Cheese Frosting

Espresso Buttercream

I used this recipe and just added 2 tsp. espresso powder (mixed with 2 tsp. water) at the end. (You can use a little more if you want a stronger espresso taste, but I didn’t want to add too much liquid to the buttercream.)

Mocha Cake with Espresso Buttercream

(For the cake, I just replaced the liquid in my favorite chocolate cake recipe with really strong coffee.)