Baking Season Pics

Neapolitan Cake

I never got a chance to fully go through baking season, so I thought I would post a few pictures of some of the goodies the kids and I baked up.  It should be obvious why my pants are a little tight.

 

 

Carrot Cake Cheesecake

Orange Cranberry Coffee Cake

Red Velvet Cheesecake

Strawberry Minnie Mouse

Lemon Pirate Ship

1st attempt at Homemade Gingerbread House

Texans Jersey

I Lied

 

I basically spent my last month and a half of 2015 baking non-stop.  It’s usually my sweet spot (that was completely unintentional but now I’m giggling).  Somehow I ended up exhausted and drained from it all. Add in a minor car accident the week after Birthday Season ended, and getting sick after Christmas and I said these words on New Year’s Day, “I think I’m going to take a little break from baking.  I need to dial it back a bit”.

Tomorrow is  Epiphany or Three Kings’ Day.  The holiday celebrates the visit of the Magi to the Christ Child.  For a New Orleans girl it marks the beginning of Carnival Season and King Cake!  I said I was going to cut back on the baking and I really meant it at the time, but one look at a post from a high school friend saying she can’t believe she’s actually home for King Cake Season and I am in the kitchen making King Cake dough. Jealousy is a horrible thing.   I lied.  I’ll be having something that looks like this tomorrow.