#tarabakes

Whipped up some cupcakes from a box mix today just so I could make colorful spring flowers! 🌸 #TaraBakes #TaraBakes2023 #Cupcakes #SpringBaking https://www.instagram.com/p/CqHBr8MsdvSkpgXouGulerqMz0SmKToSaKa77A0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Just finished this orange juice cake for Jonny’s birthday tomorrow! I’d never actually zested anything before, so that was new! This required not just orange zest, but I also made a cake, a syrup, and a glaze for this cake, using juice I squeezed from the zested oranges! Fancy! 🍊 #TaraBakes2022 #TaraBakes https://www.instagram.com/p/CaFv6OwFxhC4shUofXBTwo2zXcehiCw73zd7dA0/?utm_medium=tumblr

I did some holiday baking today! Made Butterscotch Cut Out Cookies and Gingerbread! No decorating today, but the two doughs and cutting them out and baking was a big project for one day! #TaraBakes2021 #TaraBakes https://www.instagram.com/p/CXKWVzdFKOXBQiGNRdI9fPQErCpgdgavYRUp240/?utm_medium=tumblr

Happy Birthday to me! Here’s the inside of the cake and me in my Celia Bowen (from the book The Night Circus) costume! Yay! #TaraBakes2021 #TaraBakes #SincereCostumes https://www.instagram.com/p/CVZXTXEsFZ0sLtRbuA8nGQSS8in57xPMTaLrLk0/?utm_medium=tumblr

I made my birthday cake! It’s my second attempt at a two-tier cake! It’s a little lopsided, but overall came out well! I’ll show you the inside when I cut it tomorrow! Note the spiders and the “spider egg ooze” areas. 😆 The marshmallow webs turned out awesome though! #TaraBakes2021 #TaraBakes #HalloweenCake #SpiderwebCake #IMadeThis https://www.instagram.com/p/CVV2lkulO0LZ1XRYlchO0w_SB2I4J3ZFwnwPPE0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Harrison’s 7th Birthday cake/cupcakes: peanut butter cupcakes made with wheat flour, with whipped strawberry frosting. Tasted like a peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwich!! Then I dunked each one in sprinkles, then right before serving pulled tabs out of tiny individual lights to make them light up! (Lights not edible.) The hilt was colored using black Cookie Icing I had in the cupboard, plus some doodads out of a package of rainbow sprinkles for the buttons! #TaraBakes2021 #TaraBakes https://www.instagram.com/p/CRfGGvcl6mYl3uUucI2pL49uFL93v5meQSBL_c0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Ohhhh myyyyy. I made Nadiya’s Pancake Tray Bake and it’s awesome! I used box mix, added 1 teaspoon of baking soda (I could’ve put 2 in, I discovered later, but it was still good and fluffy!), put hidden morsels of Katie’s homemade strawberry jam, and baked it for 15 minutes. When it was done, I put melted peanut butter on top and cut it up like a cake. The kids and I drizzled a little syrup on it and it was DELICIOUS. Thank you @nadiyajhussain for the time saver this morning! No burning pancakes, no batter everywhere, and enough left over to easily stick some in the freezer for another day! #tarabakes #tarabakes2020 #pancaketraybake #nadiyastimetoeat https://www.instagram.com/p/CCgNPTolfUSSihjVUeVlD6h5aNVUIfsON9Cm_g0/?igshid=10ghpz1vq7llk