Fault line cakes are one of the most popular cake trends in the last few years. Similar to a geode cake, a fault line cake is made with deliberate crevices (but this time, around the middle of the cake). This crevice is then filled with sprinkles, cookies, flowers, and more to create a “fault line”! Despite its elaborate look, a fault line cake is surprisingly easy to make and customize at home
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geode cake tutorial
Geode cakes are one of the most popular wedding cake designs to emerge in the last few years. The cakes mimic the natural rock structure’s crystals with colorful rock candy jutting out of carvings within the cake. Despite their elaborate look, they’re surprisingly easy to make at home! Jump to the tutorial. What is a Geode […]
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holiday sweater cake
This holiday sweater cake is a a fun cake design to try over the holidays. Made with an almost one-bowl chocolate sour cream cake base and a classic Swiss meringue buttercream frosting, this cake comes together surprisingly quickly thanks to the help of a few tools.
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buttered rum shortbread cookies
These buttery shortbread cookies are from my cookbook, Weeknight Baking, but are glammed up for the holidays with a marbled butter rum glaze and Vermont Creamery’s new cultured butter—jump to the recipe! As always, all thoughts and opinions are my own, and thank you for supporting the sponsors that keep Hummingbird High up and running! […]
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christmas wreath cake
This mint chocolate Christmas wreath cake is beautiful and impressive showstopper perfect for any holiday table. The cake is made with chocolate cake that is layered and adorned with life-like florals made with mint Swiss meringue buttercream frosting—jump to the recipe! While the florals look impressive, they are actually incredibly easy to make thanks to […]
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buttercream flower tutorial
This time last summer, I had left my full-time job at Yelp and was gearing up to move back to Portland and focus on writing my cookbook, Weeknight Baking. Given that I had spent many years balancing my day job with this blog, I thought that finally just focusing on one thing would allow me […]
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