Baked with Love

Mise en place for chocolate cake

 Our church had its annual Baked with Love auction this morning, so yesterday was baking day. I started things off in the morning by baking chocolate cake rounds with a recipe from Trisha, one of our relatives back east who is an excellent baker.

Later in the afternoon, I made the chocolate ganache icing and peppermint filling.

I used Jr. Mints to make my filling.

Michelle joined the baking party and made red velvet cupcakes with white chocolate macadamia nut cookie inside.

Here's my finished cake: A rich chocolate cake with chocolate ganache icing and layers of smooth peppermint filling.

After dinner, Dad baked peanut butter cookies.

Michelle's finished cupcakes topped with buttercream frosting and red sprinkles.

And Dad's finished peanut butter cookies with a chocolate glaze drizzle.