by shortstreetcakes | Mar 21, 2013 | Easter, Recipes
One of the recipes on our new menu, Aunt Yidie’s RC Cola Cake, calls for mini marshmallows to be baked in the cake. (More on Anna’s Aunt Yidie and how the RC Cola Cake came to be named for her- in another post) So, anyway, we thought to ourselves, why go... by shortstreetcakes | Mar 19, 2012 | Cake Ladies, Cupcakes, Recipes
Click on the link to see the first of three recipes I shared on Carolina Kitchen on our local news station, WLOS: Asheville, NC :: Newsroom – Carolina Kitchen – Pineapple Upside Down Cakes. 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 | Jun 9, 2011 | cake shop, Recipes, Short Street Cakes, southern petit fours
Or: Southern Petit Fours: An Illustrated Sort-of Recipe (with instructional video) In Europe and elsewhere, all manner of small, elegant desserts are known as “Petit Fours.” In the South, the term usually refers only to the category technically known as... by shortstreetcakes | Mar 8, 2011 | Mardi Gras, Recipes, Seasonal
I’ve been promising my little one that I would teach him to make beignets for quite a while now. But now that he is currently obsessed with “The Princess and the Frog,” a Disney movie set in New Orleans with a Mardi Gras plot theme and beignets... by shortstreetcakes | Dec 21, 2010 | buche de noel, Recipes, Seasonal, yule log
This holiday season in the Cake Shop has been busy, bustling, warm, and cozy! I keep feeling this rush of joy when making new recipes that I haven’t perfected before: the Gingerbread People that Lucy figured out, the Sweet Potato Spice Cake making the perfect...