Baking – The Professional Domestic

Cakes and other Goodies I’ve Done Since March

After all of the March cakes I did and the 200+ loaves of St. Joe’s bread AND moving my mom and son, I had to take a break from baking for a bit. I took 2 months off and started back again in May (other than the orders I already had booked) and of courseContinue reading “Cakes and other Goodies I’ve Done Since March”

Construction of a Sunshine Cake

I posted a photo of the sunshine cake I decorated for an order this Spring but I never posted about it’s construction. I made this cake with a 12″ flower shaped cake pan. To feed the number of people needed, I did a double layer of this shape, and it was half chocolate and halfContinue reading “Construction of a Sunshine Cake”

Cakes 3/10-3/23

After the last few weeks and allll the cakes and orders I have had maybe I should do a weekly cake post? Why not right? Here are some of my cakes/cupcakes from the last 2 weeks. My favorite cake this time was the retirement cake. I didn’t get a good shot of it, and theContinue reading “Cakes 3/10-3/23”

This Weekend’s Cakes

I just want to start off by saying I don’t usually do this many cakes in a weekend but there were so many events that I got called for that I ended up do five and two of those were new customers! My favorite is definitely the Wizard of Oz cake. I have been doingContinue reading “This Weekend’s Cakes”

Spring and Summer Cakes

Here are some of the cakes and goodies I have worked on in the last eight months! Wow, it’s been a busy year so far. It was so much fun doing all of these cakes. I’ll update again soon! -MM

June-December Cakes

Here are some of the cakes and goodies I have worked on in the last six months! I had a whopping 10 graduations this season! Only a few were cakes. The 3 layered stacked cake was one of those graduations. Fun right? I’ll update again at the end of May. -MM

January-May Cakes – and Step by Step Turkey Camo Cake

Since the beginning of the year, I have been busy every weekend, but one with orders. Here are some of the projects I have worked on 😉 I had two very special cakes I did in this round. One was for a 60th anniversary, and one was for a wedding at our church for anContinue reading “January-May Cakes – and Step by Step Turkey Camo Cake”

December Cakes – Step by Step Cute Snowman Cake

December is always a rush of holiday orders. With cookies and confections I only offer at Christmas time like chocolate covered peanut butter balls and cream puffs, this year I had more birthday cakes than usual, five in all. One was a very special, a 95th birthday for a man I have admired since IContinue reading “December Cakes – Step by Step Cute Snowman Cake”

White Bread Recipe Step By Step

This recipe is for a basic white bread. This dough can be used as a base for just about anything. Add raisins and you have raisin bread, add blueberries and cinnamon brown sugar and roll it and you have a wonderful breakfast bread or braid it and top it with pepperoni and cheese and youContinue reading “White Bread Recipe Step By Step”

From Pumpkin to Pie

Another frustrating item missing from the shelves this fall has been pumpkin puree. The kind of pumpkin used in sweet breads, pies and cookies. The shortage is not due to the pandemic but due to the wet growing season last year. While waiting for pumpkin supplies to replenish in the grocery stores I for theContinue reading “From Pumpkin to Pie”