The first time I served this at a backyard barbecue, half the guests didn’t believe it was real until they watched me slice it. No flour, no oven, no frosting hiding anything just a whole watermelon, trimmed and stacked to look exactly like a cake, topped with whipped cream and fresh berries. It got more…
The first time I made this for a summer barbecue, I almost didn’t bring it I was sure something this easy couldn’t taste as good as the fussy baked cheesecakes I grew up making. I was wrong. It disappeared before the burgers were even off the grill, and three people asked for the recipe before…
I still remember the first time I made a layer cake from scratch. I was so nervous about the layers sliding apart that I stuck three toothpicks in the middle “just in case.” They weren’t needed. The fudge frosting held everything together like glue, and the cake disappeared within an hour at my sister’s birthday…