CAKES!

My cake caddyhas gotten a workout over the last few months...

Chocolate panda cake filled with chocolate ganache and raspberry jam, frosted with whipped white chocolate ganache:

Spice cake filled and frosted with brown sugar buttercreamcheese frosting:

Almond cake filled and frosted with French raspberry buttercream (with raspberries between the layers):

Yellow cake filled and frosted with whipped white chocolate ganache and filled with raspberries and jam:


Posts with recipes to come (eventually).

Beer Can Chicken

I'm behind on my posting-- this was originally written in July, and then set aside until I got around to uploading photos, six months later.  Pretend it's summer, and fire up the grill!

This has become a staple dinner for us; we've been eating it almost weekly all summer.  It's very easy, and turns out a perfect chicken every time, with juicy meat and crispy skin.  Except for once.  It turns out that turning off the middle burner IS important.