My Sweet Life

Happy New Year!

Sweet Baker — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:21:19 +0000

Happy New Year everyone. Today is the first day of 2012! I wonder what this year will hold for me and my family. I’m trying not to have any preconceived expectations because this year will inevitably be a year of change. But as Price Pritchett said, “Change always comes bearing gifts” and I do [...]

St. Paul Classic

Sweet Baker — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:53:07 +0000

My family had such a great time this last weekend riding in the St. Paul Classic. This is something that my kids and I decided that we wanted to do several months ago. We really hadn't ridden our bicycles for quite a while, so we decided it would be the perfect goal to get us a little more active and healthy.

A Speculaas Garden

Sweet Baker — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 21:09:50 +0000

I had such a fun time the other day while trying my hand at making Speculaas. Speculaas are a type of cookie popular in Holland and Belgium. Most of you probably know them as "windmill cookies."

Curtis Stone’s Low Cal Cupcakes

Sweet Baker — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:41:08 +0000

This past year has been a little stressful for me. And when I saw a “little” stressful, I mean that sarcastically. In reality, this past year has been MASSIVELY stressful. Which is not good for an emotional eater. What’s crazy is that I didn’t even realize until last month how much emotional eating I [...]

SpongeBob SquarePants and Icing Smiles

Sweet Baker — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 04:33:02 +0000

This past weekend I had the opportunity to make a very special cake — and I mean a VERY special cake. You see, about six months ago I joined a nonprofit organization called Icing Smiles. This group provides custom cakes for children who are battling critical illnesses. I was so excited to get started making [...]

Mini Fondant Cakes

Sweet Baker — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 06:00:58 +0000

I am pleased to have a guest posting today over at Frosting for the Cause. The purpose of this site is to raise funds for cancer research and to raise awareness of how we are each touched by cancer. In addition to making a monetary donation each participant bakes something, donates it to a local [...]

Two Decades

Sweet Baker — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:09:57 +0000

Tell me it isn’t true! Twenty years ago my baby girl was born and now she’s a beautiful grown woman. Age certainly changes your perspective of time. When I was expecting, I receive some advice from someone who had a five year old. I remember thinking not only that this person’s advice was rather dated [...]

The Gift

Sweet Baker — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:17:43 +0000

For the last two years we have been waiting to receive something. We weren’t sure when or if it would actually ever arrive. The reason for the wait was not the price of this object, because we didn’t exchange money for it; yet the value was actually priceless. It wasn’t a collector’s item or even [...]

Harry Potter Hullabaloo

Sweet Baker — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:51:37 +0000

Can you believe that the final Harry Potter movie is out? Today’s young adults have actually grown up right along with Harry and Hogwarts and all that magical stuff. My youngest was in third grade when it all started and she has thoroughly enjoyed every moment. I was quite happy to make a cake for [...]

Twenty Six and Counting

Sweet Baker — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 08:13:32 +0000

Today Marshall and I celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary. You know how holidays and special days go — some rate higher than others. For example, for our 20th Anniversary we flew to England where we stayed in a beautiful hotel and explored the city of York. Now that was pretty awesome and quite frankly it’s [...]