How It Got Started

Cake Lady's Daughter is a way for me to keep all my favorite recipes organized and have the ability to share with my friends and family.  I am constantly trying new dishes and posting only the ones my husband and two kids tell me to 'keep in the rotation'.  Home cooked meals simply are the best.  
 

My cooking background:  Sorry to say, no cooking school.  However, there is something to be said about watching the experts.  I grew up with 'The Cake Lady' and 'The Chef'.  My mother started off having cookie stores in all the local malls and I would go to work with her every morning and eat chocolate and play in flour and oats.  She transitioned to baking wedding cakes out of her commercial kitchen in the basement of our home.  I would sit in my mothers kitchen and watch her bake and decorate amazing wedding cake masterpieces. 

As for 'The Chef':  My father cooked the majority of our dinners, all fantastically gourmet.  Every Saturday night he would prepare a feast for the crew:  Mom, Dad, Aunt Patsy, my girlfriends and our respective boyfriends at the time. This was my parents' secret way of keeping the trouble close to home (of course I'm going to implement this with my kids).   Watching both of my parents in their element inspired my love of being in the kitchen.  

 

The kitchen is the heart of our home.  My hope is that some of these recipes inspire you to make happy bellies!  ​