Have you heard about “The Smearing”? No, it’s not some new horror movie. I really don’t like horror movies. I mean, in the most basic of horror movies (i.e. PSAs about avoiding your basement), the characters are so asking for it. If I were home alone and heard screeching/whispering/scratching/bubbling coming from my basement, the absolute last […]
My track coach is a very wise man. He always pushes the point that although painful, the 200 meter dash takes up a mere 30-seconds of your life, and that sometimes, one has to suck-it-up for a little bit to reap serious rewards. I’ve applied his wisdom to less painful pursuits than the 200-meter dash […]
Remember how much my family loved the mocha marble cake? This cake has the same, milky coffee flavor and is frosted with my famous coffee buttercream. Battenberg is a traditional English sponge cake with a gorgeous checkered pattern on the inside. The cake was originally created to celebrate the marriage of Princess Victoria and Prince […]
It was around 1 in the morning, and the pantry was a bit sparse: a box of instant coffee, half a bag of chocolate chips, and a tin full of Pirouette cookie crumbs. My friend Veda and I decided to bake a cake – and that’s how this mocha marble cake was born. This was […]
