by Caroline Siegrist | Sep 7, 2017 | Tips + Tricks, Recipes
As much as I love baking, I don’t always have time to make a cake and icing from scratch and decorate it extra special. As we all know, a parent’s party prep time is finite. So as a shortcut, I searched for the very cutest cake makeover ideas (cakeovers?)...
by Stacie Billis | Sep 1, 2017 | Recipes
Longtime CME readers know that we never miss an opportunity to feature Star Wars recipes and today, Force Friday, is no exception. To mark the day in the only way that we know how — and feel is right — we’ve rounded up the best and cutest Star...
by Jane Sweeney | Aug 12, 2017 | Shopping Finds
At a recent barbecue, my neighbor introduced me to one of the coolest — and tastiest — kid activities I’ve seen in a long time. Using the YayLabs Ice Cream Ball, a group of kids churned a simple recipe into creamy ice cream with about thirty minutes of...
by Stacie Billis | Jul 29, 2017 | Recipes, Party!
It’s right about this time of year that I think I may never turn my oven on again. It’s just too hot. But lest you think that means I’m giving up cake, I found seven amazing no-bake summer cake recipes (and one pie!) that make me wonder if it really...
by Georgette Gilmore | Jul 17, 2017 | Recipes
I recently came across a Cook’s Illustrated recipe for Lazy Cook’s Frosting and was intrigued. In truth, the “lazy” part was the hook (it’s summer after all), but it was the process that really made me want to try this. It requires only...