My blog and YouTube channel is about anything and everything related to do-it-yourself baking from scratch, and decorating cakes and cupcakes. We also balance it out with some hiking trips mixed in for a well rounded lifestyle! I try to respond to as many questions and comments as I can, so leave me one, and I’ll get back to you!
FAQ’s
What kind of dog is Ruby?
She is a Pug/Brussel Griffon cross and has the sweetest temperament. Look for her in our Backpacking videos.
What do you do with everything that you make?
We give it away to friends, family and coworkers.
What camera do you film with?
We actually shoot with two cameras. A Nikon D750, in our newer videos, and a Nikon D7000 in the older ones, as well as a secondary shot Cannon XA20.
What’s been your biggest accomplishment in life thus far?
That is a hard question to answer (ask yourself what you would say?), but I would have to say that I am very proud of myself for getting a teaching job at a great school, moving to London (when I was too young to know better) and living there for a year. It was the highlight of my life so far-an amazing experience all around Europe and the Middle East.
What kind of mixer do you have?
A KitchenAid Stand Mixer Classic, in black, the KA Artisan in Cinnamon and the KA Pro Series 5 in silver.
What’s your favorite comfort food?
Anything loaded with carbs. I’m such a carb girl, it’s gross. Pasta, bread, buns, naan. I could eat bowl after bowl of pasta (especially fresh) until I would be so fat, I wouldn’t be able to move. I don’t really like vegetables, though I do get the odd craving for salads once and a while (it has to be full of cheese, protein and nuts though).
If you weren’t a teacher, what would you be doing?
A full time YouTuber!
How did you decide what grade to teach? Did you ever consider grades other than Kindergarten?
When I started out teaching, I would have taken ANY grade that I was offered, but when I finally settled into my continuing contract, it was in Kindergarten, and I love it there. I have taught a grade one, a one/two, a two/three and subbed at many other levels, but Kindergarten is where the fun is at!
What is your favourite cake?
Do I have to only pick one? My favourite is Angel Food. I LOVE the crusty edges the most. Other than Angel Food, I don’t really like cake. GASP! I like the icing. The icing is where it’s at . . . especially peanut butter icing.
What’s your favourite movie?
When I was a kid, my favourite movie was Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, as a teenager it was Clueless, in my 20’s it was Fight Club, now, I would have to say it is Julie and Julia!
What’s your favorite thing to do to “wind down” before bed?
I like to catch up on my blog reading, pin like a mad woman or read a good book.
Do you have a question?
Please email or send a message if you have any questions, or suggestions for me . . . I’m looking for advice people! Bring it on!!
Enjoy….
Hi, I’m Liat, I’m 13 and I live in New York. I love your videos and I watch them over and over again. I love baking and cooking. I’m thinking about being a baker pat-time when I’m older. I have some suggestions for cakes and cookies I would like to see in the future. I am a dancer so I was hoping you could make ballerina cookies or a dancer cake of some kind. I would also love to see a YouTube cake with the play button and maybe some other things related to YouTube. I can’t wait to see more videos!
Jenn- am wondering the best way to freeze your undecorated sugar cookies. Can you freeze the decorated ones too??
Hi! I place parchment paper in between layers of cookies and freeze them in a sealed container. You can freeze decorated ones too, but make sure the icing has hardened before trying to stack them.
Hello let me first say that my daughters and I love your videos. Can you possibly include an estimate of how much the recipe should make on the cupcake ones. I find it a little hard to plan to make them when I’m unsure what the yield should be. Thanks in advance! Can’t wait for your next video.
I’m not sure which cupcakes you’re referring to. I’d love to help you out if you can give me a bit more info 🙂
Hi, Jenn. What is the name and brand of those adjustable measuring cups you use? The ones that neatly push out sticky ingredients like caramel sauce? And are they easy to hand-wash? I want to get some, but not using the trial-and-error method. 🙂
They are from a company called Pampered Chef. Thanks for watching!
Hey Jenn!
Can you please check the comments in the round two oreo challenge with Stephanie Moore? And when you do please reply back! I am your biggest fan ever!
Hi!! Thanks so much for commenting here and on the videos! I’m hoping to get to the comments in the next few days. Thanks so much for watching!
Hi Jenn,
I want to know where you live… I know it’s a weird question… but I’m just curious
Hi! I live in British Columbia, Canada! Thanks for asking!
I messaged before Three King’s Day asking if you could do a King Cake and you responded that you plan your cakes a couple months in advance and are unaware of the holiday. Three Kings Day is the 6th of January each year, so almost two months out. I am including a link to explain how Three King’s Day is the beginning of Carnival season (think Mardi Gras in New Orleans). What do you think?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_cake
Thanks for the info!
Hi Jenn. I used your recipe for the vanilla cake. As I said previously, they leafs were not pronounced in the vanilla batter, and some fell over. Upon removing the red cake from the freezer and stamping out the leafs, I placed them tightly in the proper formation. I used a three inch maple leaf cutter. Should i use a larger cutter?
I would use the largest cutter you can, that will still fit in the pan.
Hi Jenn. I made your Canada Day flag cake for my Canada Day party. The problem I had was that the red flags did not some out properly in the white part of the cake. I did as directed in your tutorial. I froze the red part and then cut out the maple leafs, and then inserted in the white batter. Also the red leafs fell to one side. Any tips, suggestions? I will definitely make this cake again!! Mary
Sorry to hear that you had some difficulty. They shouldn’t have been able to fall, as they should have been in there tightly (pressed together). Did you use a heavy batter or a box mix? That might have been an issue too.
Hi, okay so I’m throwing a baby shower shower and I’m making baby cakes cake pops and I saw your video so I bought the exact same machine as you. But the promblem I’m having is my chocolate is too thick how on earth can I make it thinner to be a watery as yours??? Please help me ASAP!!!! Thank you so much!!
I’m not sure what you’re referring to, sorry.
YOU are an AWESOME BAKER. I love to bake,BUT I want to know if you could put the health information such as fat,sugar,etc on your youtube videos. Just so that i could know because I love sweet treats but i don’t want to make recipes that have lots of fat. THANKS
Thanks for watching! There are lots of sites that can make those conversions for you. Good luck!
hi love your chanels
I love your videos and I hope you can make mountain dew dorito cupcakes soon! I have subscribed to your channel on youtube and every video you have I have mostly watched! You can probably find the cupcake recipe online and I hope you have an awesome day
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Lexifer
Dear Jenn,
I’m Britta, 26 and I’m a professional baker from Germany. I just LOVE your channel and I watch every single video at least twice, just because you are such a nice person and watching you unwinds! So, as a professional, I have to say, you are doing an excellent job there! I’ve tried almost every recipe and they all come out just wonderful! I wish for you to continue for as long as possible, you’re making a lot of people very happy!
So happy to hear all of that!! Thanks so much for writing to me. I’m glad you like the videos and watch them so often. Jenn
Hi Jen! I love watching your videos they inspire me to bake, I love baking! I’m also from Canada, I live in Thunder Bay Ontario but from Sudbury Ontairo!
Who is Peyton in relationship to you? Daughter? Niece? Former student? It’s puzzled me forever!
She’s a good friend’s daughter. Puzzle solved!
Do you use snapchat?
I have it, but I’m rarely on.
Thank you very much for all wonderful videos.
I made your no bake cheesecake in a jar . My question is how long they would last ? I keep them I. The freezer and for how long? Any tips? I am making a good amount now for thanksgiving presents since I am having shoulder surgery and I won’t be able to do much for couple months
Thank you very much
Most things last in the freezer for 1-2 months. I haven’t frozen these though so I’m not totally sure how it will work, but my guess would be that it should be fine.
Hi i’m Matheo i’m 12 i live in france and i’m fan your’e Channel you can imagin a recipe for me thank’s and bye bye !!!
Hi Matheo..thanks so much for watching!
Hi Jen, I was hoping you can help me out. I make homade marshmallows and i don’t know how much rice flower to use with the confection sugar for dusting powder. My recipe says just use confection sugar but it gets clumpy and nasty in one day.So I was thinking mixed with the rice flour that should solve my problem. Would you help me out. Thanks Catherine.
I only use icing sugar to coat the marshmallows, and have never had any problems with it getting “clumpy or nasty”. I suspect there might be something wrong with your marshmallows if that is happening??
Dear Jenn,
My daughter Brigid adores you and your videos. She’s 7, and with all the junk she can be watching, it is so refreshing that you are the video she wants to watch before bed, when she gets up in the morning, when she’s sick, when she’s bored. You get the point. So congrats on a job well-done for inspiring old and young alike, that with creativity, anything and everything can be fun. Now if I could only figure out how to make your zebra cake, I will be Brigid’s hero!
Thank you so much for this message. It’s so touching. I’m glad she’s chosen to watch my videos out of all the ones that are out there. I hope you can pull the cake off for her…I have faith if you follow the tutorial. If you have any questions, just let me know and I can help! Thanks again and tell her I say “Hi”.
Hi, I’m really curious of what your tattoo is on your wrist?
The writing in the different language says “this too shall pass” and the larger (newer) cupcake one has a lot of different elements and meanings- it says “happiness is homemade”
I just wanted to comment that my 6 and 10 year old boys have suddenly gone from watching endless Minecraft Youtube videos to watching your Youtube channel! They have both developed a fascination with baking by watching your channel. My 10 year old is now determined to cook and he has already made your buttercream recipe. Today he is making the lemon pies with rainbow meringue cookies.
Anyway, thank you for having a clean, family friendly channel that kids can get inspired by!
When do you usually post video?
We try for once during the week and once on the weekend.
I love everything you make….you’re such a sweet person and a cake artist. Thanks a lot for sharing your creations with us. God bless you.
Hi jenn,
I was wondering where I could buy the types of pipping bags and tips from?
I LOVE your tutorials!!!
You can get them online, or in any craft/cake store. Thanks for watching!
Hi, Jenn! I just want to say that your videos are very easy to watch and give me good advice for baking and decorating although I am horrible at baking. You make me want to keep trying to bake and get better because my dream as a child was to be a professional baker and bake like someone like you!
Thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to leave such a nice comment. I hope you get to fulfill your dream!
Hi Jenn,
I am Mattalyn and I love to bake.i recently just made a three layer cake and it was really good but the thing I didn’t like was it was a store bought mix. I keep looking but I can’t figure out how to make the kinds of cakes you make. My brother and I LOVE your channel if you could please reply on how to find the recipes I would love it.
Sincerely,
Mattalyn Joe
There are hundreds of homemade ideas here on my page. I hope you find some that you like.
Since finding your channel on YouTube I have been obsessed with watching your videos making my mum watch them too you are very talented and I hope to make one of your recipes soon. My favourite so far has to be the chocolate box cake. It would be lovely if you could make a handbag cake I would definitely be following that recipe.
Thanks so much for watching! I’m glad you like the videos. I’ll add your handbag request to my list.
Hi, my name is Adam. I am 6 years old. I love to watch your videos. Do you have a video for making an Earth cake? I didn’t see one on youtube.
Thank you!
Hi Adam, thanks for watching! No I don’t but I’ll add it to my list.
hello
Love your recipes!!
I have a question please can I prepare the Minion cupcake toppers in advance, as store them until the party. How would I do that and how long would they stay.
Thank you so much for my baking fun.
Rachelle
Hi there…you can make them as far ahead as you want to, and they can be stored in air tight containers.
Hi Jen I just want to say thank you for all your posts. I recently made your skittles cake recipe and turned them into cupcakes for easier transport and I was met with rave reviews! All of my friends loved them and I even have a friend who doesn’t like skittles and she loved the cupcakes and frosting. I cannot wait to try some more of your ideas and share them with my friends.
Megan
Thanks so much for watching and reading!!
I love all your recipes! so easy and quick and SO cute!! 🙂
Thanks so much!
I absolutely love your videos! My cakes never turn out as well as yours though!
Dear Jenn,
My name is Henry and I am five years old (my mom is writing this for me.). I really like your episodes. But I want to send a letter to Cookies and Cardio (Henry calls it Cookies and Caroline, and calls you Caroline). You are really special. I really just love, love, LOVE the cakes you make. (My son watches your videos on YouTube all the time, and loves to bake. He found your channel on his own and has been a fan for over a year)
Love,
Henry
Hi Henry, Thanks so much for watching!! I’m glad you like my channel and the cakes I make! Jenn
Hi Jenn!
Thank you for always sharing such fantastic detailed recipes
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for watching!
Dear Jenn,
we love you show! It´s really cool, creative, fun and it´s really awesome!!
We love baking and playing basketball… so, we were wondering…Could you make a basketball cake? We have seen the baseball cake but we don´t have all that material and we are not very good at using pipping bags.
Thanks Jenn!!
Oh, and thanks to Paul too!
I’ll add it to my list! Thanks so much for watching!
My daughter’s third birthday is next week, and I am making her a “Jenn Cake” because she has been OBSESSED with your YouTube channel for the past six months. In her bath, she requests a spatula, then smooths the bubbles across her foam blocks while saying, “I’m just going to sp’wead ‘dis c’wumb coat, and I’ll be back when it’s all cover’.” I ask her what she’s pretending her playdough to be, and the answer is ALWAYS, ‘butterc’weam!”. It’s just precious. Anyways, came to your site to find a recipe for her birthday cake, and thought I’d share the cuteness!! Have a great day….
Oh my gosh…that’s adorable!!! Thanks so much for writing to me about it! Tell her I say “Hi” and I hope you bake her an awesome cake!
Hi there 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing all of your recipes and tutorials. You truly are very inspiring.
I made your zebra cake for my daughter’s 18th birthday just this weekend. Everyone was so impressed with it and I was too (for a first attempt) but it was nowhere near as clean looking as yours. The black fondant zebra stripes weeped into the buttercream slightly. I’m wondering if there is something I could do next time to prevent this happening again. Is there anything you can think of that might help?
Thanks again,
Kind regards,
Kylie
Maybe putting them on just before you served the cake?? That way they wouldn’t have time to weep. I use Satin Ice fondant, and my buttercream isn’t wet….if you tried that, it might work too??
Hi Jenn,
Since I discovered your You Tube cake lessons I love watching and follow some like your Easy Vanilla Cake recipe.
I do have a question to you, is that your recipe too in all your vanilla cupcakes? I love the fluffiness and moistness and lightness overall its one almost perfect criteria for a Vanilla cupcake! You’re an inspiration to a person like me who only wants to bake and share to other people too. Thanks Jenn for your reply . God bless you and your love ones. Bye
Grace of New Zealand.
How did you get started in cake decorating? Where did you learn all of your skills?
Hi! I got started a number of years ago–it was just something that I wanted to learn how to do. I’ve taken a few basic decorating courses, but I’m mostly self taught.
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My 5 and 3 year old daughters are obsessed with your channel! While researching cakes to make for my baby’s 1st birthday,they were telling me “use a Wilton grass tip to get that desired effect!” Thanks for giving such great tips and explaining everything in your videos so thoroughly. I was wondering if you had a list of must have tools for beginning baking as a hobby? You had a ton of things in your fondant tutorial and I am not sure what a good start would be. Thank you in advance!
-Sharaea, Cadence & Melody in Arizona
Oh my gosh, that’s adorable!!! Thanks so much for telling me 🙂 Made my day. I don’t have a specific list that I have put together (maybe I should)! A mat, rolling pin, rolling cutter, and the tools are definitely something that I pull out no matter what I’m making with fondant. Specific cutters are something that you kind of acquire along the way 🙂
Hey! I just wanted to say you inspire me to never give up and to express yourself. I think your YouTube channel has become a huge success. I am so glad you made it.
I think you should make a butterfly cake. that would be really cool.
Thank you so much for your vote of confidence. I really appreciate you taking the time to write to me. I’ll add your request to my list. Thanks for watching!
My ten year-old, Magnolia, loves your YouTube channel and is showing me all your videos. I love your accent (I miss Canada and need to visit soon!)
Maggie is super excited to read you’re a kindergarten teacher and a fitness instructor (“She’s even more my hero now!”).
Take care and have an amazing 2015!
Thanks so much for taking the time to let me know all of this! I really appreciate it. Say “Hi” to Maggie for me!!
I think you should do a big hero6 cake my brother and sister’s would love it.l really love your show and it would be great.
LOVE your blog/channel!! It really shows me how all these great looking complicated things are things that I can actually make. Kinda makes me wish I lived in Canada so I could support your bakery…actually that you lived in Chicago. I couldn’t give up Home Run Inn or Portillo’s.
Now that we are past all the Christmas craziness and Three King’s Day is approaching, I’m wondering have you ever made a King Cake? The only places I can find are located in New Orleans and since they only make them for the Carnival season, I’m unable to get one shipped in time for Three King’s Day (06Jan).
I’ve found a few recipes online but I’m allergic to nuts so I’d prefer a plain and not praline. I’m REALLY hesitant to try making it because I’m worried I’ll melt the baby:( Can you please try and show me how? Also if you can ship to Chi, I will buy one from you:)
PS I also thought it would be really cool if instead of purple, green and gold sprinkles on top, you dyed the dough! Just a thought:D
Thanks for your suggestion! I’ve never heard of that kind of cake, nor the celebration associated with it. My cakes are planned months ahead of time, so unfortunately I won’t be able to look into this one for you. Thanks for watching.
Jenn, I think that you should make an EARTH cake, also, you have very awesome talent and you are my inspiration. Our homework is to write a biography of someone, and I choose you!
Wow…thanks for choosing me!
Hi my name is Lucia can I have your address I want to send u something for cooking and I am 10 years old
Hi there…you can find our address in the About section on our YouTube channel. Thanks for watching!
Hi my name is Sydney and I love to watch your you-tube videos! I have a question for you. Can you do a gluten free cake or something because I always watch your videos with my little sister and she cant have anything anymore and Christmas is coming up and we always have a giant cake and cupcakes to but she wont be able to have it so I was wondering if you cloud make a gluten free cake or cupcake so I can make it for my sister as a surprise.
Thank you,
Sydney
I’ve been looking into this as I’ve received many requests for GF. Stay tuned!