Peach Upside Down Cake

This cake is made from farmers market fresh Michigan peaches, and is adapted from this recipe.  I made the mistake of leaving it out on the counter for 2 days in the summer and it got moldy!  Keep it in the fridge!  Also I used a spring-form pan and all the good stuff dripped out and charred on the bottom of the oven.  Don't do that.  Even so, the pre-mold cake was delicious!

Lion Cake!

Roar!  Bake a regular cake and use a cupcake or circle slice of a second layer to make the snout of the lion.  Draw your desired embellishments on a piece of paper and tape it to a cutting board, then tape a piece of waxed paper on top of it.  Pipe melted chocolate (use a ziplock bag with the tip cut off for a piping bag!) onto the designs you drew and then let them harden.  Peel them off and place them on your cake.  Tastier and less tongue-stain-y than most decorating frostings!