Sunday Favorites - some of my cake creations

chocolate truffle wedding cake

This super rich and delicious Chocolate Buttercake filled and frosted with the most amazing Chocolate Ganache - TO DIE FOR!

The scent of chocolate completely filled the entire reception hall - you should have heard the comments! Even the kitchen staff came out to see what smelled so good.

red velvet wedding cake vanilla buttercream

A Petite Red Velvet Wedding Cake filled and frosted with Vanilla Buttercream - Interior ruby color was stunning!!!

vanilla wedding cake

Vanilla Butter Cake with Vanilla Buttercream - Classic!

vanilla buttercream wedding cake

Vanilla Almond Pound Cake filled and frosted with Vanilla Buttercream. Decorated with a stunning variety of fresh flowers and Rose Hips.

rose hips wedding cake

The top tier to the cake above. I adore the rose hips - I added them at the last minute because I didn't thing the cake looked complete. I'm so glad I made a middle-of-the-night trip to Wal-Mart. Btw, I haven't seen rose hips there since.

vanilla and raspberry tiered cake

An amazingly delicious Vanilla Butter Cake with Fresh Raspberry Puree Buttercream filling and Vanilla Buttercream frosting - accented with fresh flowers and ruby red raspberries.

vanilla and raspberry cake

Another delicious Vanilla Butter Cake with Fresh Raspberry Puree Buttercream filling and Vanilla Buttercream frosting - accented with fresh flowers.

NYC Cheesecake w/Wild Maine Blueberry Sauce

New York Style Cheesecake with Wild Maine Blueberry Sauce - Delish!

These goodies were all made pre-blog, so I can't post about them specifically, but I'll be sure to get lots of pictures of future baking projects!

Eastern Redbud in bloom

One last photo of the gorgeous Eastern Redbud that is blooming all over our part of Virginia right now. It's stunning, and the blooms last for weeks and weeks!

Favorite Kitchen Things - Magnetized Measuring Spoons by Progressive International

To be completely honest, I really prefer to weigh my baking ingredients in grams, but for some ingredients, a good set of measuring spoons is a must.

This is actually my 3rd set of measuring spoons, but thes magnetic stainless steel measuring spoons are my favorite.  They're made by Progressive International and they've quickly become my favorite. It's a 5-piece set (1/4 tsp, 1/2 tsp, 1 tsp, 1/2 Tbsp, and 1 Tbsp). The really neat thing about these spoons is that they're magnetized and stick together during storage (get it... "neat").

As you can see, the spoons are double ended - same size measure at each end, one is round and one is oval. Great for when you want to measure a dry ingredient after you've already measured something wet. And they have a flat base to allow them to sit on the counter without tipping.

My two other sets are a jumbled mess since their little ball-link chains rusted and were thrown away years ago. This magnetized set isn't quite as sturdy as my others, but there isn't anything in the world that would fit in these tiny spoons that would weigh enough to make them bend, and I don't plan on putting them to the ice cream test, so they should be fine.

I just might have to replace the other sets with more of these - I love them!

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