by shortstreetcakes | Aug 10, 2011 | Family, Pictures, Recipes, Seasonal, urban homesteading
(Or: On Baking with Two Five-Year-Olds and a Puppy) Step 1: Steal figs from your neighbor’s yard: Step 2: Go try to buy a lemon from Tod’s Tasties, because you can’t bear to get in the car on your day off: (Tip: if you are accompanied by two adorable... by shortstreetcakes | Apr 21, 2011 | community, Family, Social Justice, urban homesteading
Some of our first wedding cakes of the season:Vegan Raspberry Almond Cake for 100Cake wonderland at Brahma RidgeSpring wedding season is here! We are busier than ever, and we are so excited to bust out the most beautiful, delicious cakes for the wedding feasts taking... by shortstreetcakes | Jan 16, 2011 | Family
(Lucy, outside the Cake Shop on a snowy early morning)I love this time of year, in all its cold, snowy, melancholy darkness. Though, for all intents and purposes, I am a summer girl, winter holds a special beauty for me, especially the time after the holidays. All is... by shortstreetcakes | Sep 12, 2010 | community, Family
This week, we celebrated Jasper’s 5th birthday! We started the day with birthday pancakes:And made birthday decorations with his friends. We had birthday dinner:Consisting of Jasper’s preferred menu of cheeseburgers, oatmeal, and “soft carrots with... by shortstreetcakes | Apr 22, 2010 | community, Family
Friends, you may have noticed the conspicuous absence of my husband from these pages in the past year, and you may have read in the very excellent recent article by Barbara Blake about my history that my son’s father and I are no longer together. I am choosing... by shortstreetcakes | Apr 20, 2010 | community, Family, News, Short Street Cakes
This article appeared in the living section of Sunday’s Asheville Citizen-Times. I feel honored to share my story, and I know that we each have a beautiful story to tell. Click to view the full article:”From scratch, with love: The woman behind...