He still hasn’t seen it, his birthday is tomorrow! I’m so excited for him to see it! Everything on the cake is edible except for the ducks which I could have made but couldn’t find a good mold for one on Amazon so I bought fake ones lol

Every year I spend the first week of December doing Cookie Chaos: a week where I go nuts and bake a ton of cookies to give to family and friends instead of cheap gifts. This year there was 38 buckets, ten cookies and Italian strufoli. Total cookie count was 2,162 including the gluten free and sugar frees!

The recipes I can share are in a comment below! Unfortunately my aunts will haunt me if I share the family recipes 😬 German spiced cookies aren’t included cause I tossed the recipe.

Cookies in order are:

1. Spritz

2. Orange cardamom

3. German spiced gingerbread

4. Aunt Peggy’s molasses

5. More spritz

6. Funzie’s knots

7. Confetti

8. Chai trees

9. Double chocolate peppermints

10. Snickerdoodz

11. Italian Strufoli

12. Crème brûlée sugar cookies

I don't really enjoy baking. Following recipes exactly and regulating oven temperatures stresses me out a bit, so I usually stick to cooking.

I was just telling my friend how the 3 reallyyy reallyyy ripe bananas on my counter were staring into my soul every time I walked past, practically begging me to use them. She gave me a simple chewy brownie recipe, so today I decided to give it a try.

I decorated them before baking and was thinking, "Aww, these little brownie faces are actually turning out kind of cute!"

Guys, I didn't realise that you're supposed to put the decorations on after baking.

I'm absolutely screaming at the outcome. 👁️👄👁️ I guess I'll be eating these melted victims of the oven.

** EDIT: I didn't expect this post to blow up the way it did! Wow, this was so unexpected.

I just wanted to share my stupid, funny beginner baking mistake. I'm happy these little brownie trolls made some of you laugh and brightened your day. I'm glad I could be part of your laughs today! 😂

For those of you who asked for the SIMPLE recipe, here it is:

3 ripe bananas

2 eggs

5 tbsp cacao powder

½ tsp baking powder

1 tbsp protein powder

Bake at 200°C (392°F) for 25 minutes.

And yes... it is a simple recipe that I somehow managed to butcher. 😅

I started making cakes as a hobby about 4 years ago, and have made my own birthday cake ever since. To be clear, this is something I absolutely enjoy doing, not some sad case of nobody else wanting to make or buy me a cake 😄

This year is vanilla almond cake with cherry amaretto filling and whipped mascarpone cream.

Last year was strawberry cake filled with cream cheese frosting, strawberry filling, and a raspberry cheesecake layer.

The year before that was lemon raspberry cake filled with lemon curd, raspberry cream cheese frosting, and raspberry filling

And the very last pics (first cake I made for myself) was carrot cake filled with cream cheese frosting, and chocolate cake with whipped coconut cream filling and coconut buttercream

It's a triple chocolate mousse cake infused with a coffee liqueur syrup. Yes the D's in "did" are turned the wrong way but it was 3am by the time I did the lettering and I just didn't have it in me to do it again lol

Sponge Bob is her favorite childhood cartoon and it got her through some really difficult times in college!

HER INSTAGRAM IS @COFFEEFUELLEDCAKER

Update:THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH IT'S SO HADD TO UPVOTE EVERYONE LMAO MY MOM IS FREAKING OUT SHE LOVES THIS OMG. SHE NEARLY TEARED UP Update 2.0 My mom continues to be elated lmaoz. You guys are legit the best omg I love reading through the comments nd so does she omfg. She's based in ireland so sorry to ever1 else we can not currently ship to anywhere outside the country Would be nice if some of you could leave some lovely comments so I could show her. She can't focus on details that much for the time being so she's quitting cakes for a bit. This will be her last one for a while probz tyty:):) love ye lots omfg

was trying to make brownies, thought theyd cooled for long enough and cut into them then they started doing THIS and set my house's fire alarm off for like 20 minutes does anyone pls know what caused this im assuming i just cut into them too soon but this feels like a dramatic response to just trying to cut into a hot brownie

Haven’t made so many cookies in my life before. But this year I wanted to try my best, since my mum and grandma didn’t want to bake any. This is the outcome. During the whole process I struggled, I was desperate, I was helpless and at some point I just wanted to give up. But I did it. These are my first Christmas cookies ever. My Christmas cookies 2024.

Peanut butter cake, peanut butter mousse, grape jelly, and caramelized breadcrumbs for crunch. The "crust" was buttercream and a dusting of cocoa powder.

I also tried making bread-flavored whipped cream by infusing heavy cream with toast, but the flavor was too subtle to really taste with the peanut butter - it was fun though!

turns out he never liked hanging out with me. i baked for him every time we met up (if you remember my s'mores cookies!). to cheer myself up, i baked a lovely chocolate pudding n fudge cake. cherries just for decor, i wanted a full chocolate bomb inside 😇 the timing was awesome since my grandma from ireland is visiting so she had a taste of my baking too! this was the best chocolate cake ive ever tasted - super moist and the frosting was perfect too, as i dont like buttercream!

recipe from ash baber https://ashbaber.com/brooklyn-blackout-cake/

This is pretty indicative of my life in general these days. Sigh. Question-if I were to rinse off the beans and make sure there was no glass, would there be any value in reusing them or are they going to be devoid of vanilla-ey goodness after their 18 month bath?

Edit: wow…I certainly didn’t expect this kind of response. When I came back a few hours later to check if anyone had responded I was overwhelmed and now a day later I’m just flabbergasted. I’d be sitting here for a month if I tried to respond to every comment but thank you to everyone for the kindness, gives me a little more faith in the world. This was a mega bummer for sure but it can just get in line in the mega bummer department, honestly the worst part for me is the time aspect.

To the multiple people offering to send me vanilla, so SO very nice of you! I’m an avid cook and baker and I’ve got tons of vanilla in all forms on hand to tide me over while I wait for my next batch to cure. Give it to someone in need instead 💜💜

To the few crabbies, I get it, the world in general is extra hard right now and I and just about everyone I know seems to be having personal troubles as well, but kindness and human connection is going to get us all a lot farther in the long run. Hope it gets easier for you.

I had been wanting to try a strawberry cake (never made one) and figured my birthday was a good excuse. This ended up being a strawberry and raspberry cake though because I love raspberries the most 😄

I used this recipe for the cake layers:

https://sugargeekshow.com/recipe/strawberry-cake-recipe/

The fillings are cream cheese icing, raspberry filling, and then between the middle and top cake layer is more cream cheese icing and a raspberry cheesecake layer. I cut it while it was still somewhat cold since all the fillings were very soft, which probably doesn't do the look of the crumb any favors. But it was so moist and flavorful and overall delicious!

Ignore the messy plate lol. I ran out of piping bags when I did the beak and feet too. But the inside is red velvet and French vanilla with vanilla icing

The cake was cherry almond flavored

I love making these, my goal is to always achieve the most spirals possible haha