Cookies, brownies, cakes, cupcakes, pies, you name it. I bake it.

For those that know me well, you know I love to bake. I have always enjoyed finding different recipes to try and baking till my heart’s content.

I must admit I haven’t baked as much as I used to. I’m getting back to my senses and baking more. To me, baking is a release. There’s nothing I love more than an empty kitchen to myself, the smell of vanilla on my fingers, the music streaming from my laptop, and the relaxing feeling it gives me to be alone in my element.

I come from a family of good cooks. Very, very good cooks. My grandmother, my mother, and my aunt are/were amazing cooks. Heck, even my father is a great cook. So I’ve been very lucky to learn from the best.

Cooking, though, is very different from baking I’ve come to realize. Really, you’re either good at cooking or good at baking, generally not both. While I like to think I can cook pretty good, I’m more confident when it comes to baking. To me, baking is art, and I’ve always really valued my artistic side.

For my boyfriend’s birthday a couple of weeks ago, I decided to surprise him with a delicious treat. I made these red velvet cupcakes with Oreo buttercream icing topped with an Oreo. Boy were they good.

Being  a photographer, I just had to capture the goodness of these cupcakes. Don’t they look divine?

Then, for Valentine’s day I made the best chocolate chip cookies I’ve ever made topped with vanilla icing and festive sprinkles. I had made the cookies before, but never had I thought to top it with icing. Your own personal cookie cake. Yum!

That has been the extent of my baking adventures this month. Stay tuned for more treats! Thanks for reading 🙂