Changes happen often here on the Sweet Stylings blog in the search for a good balance between work and play.

If you are new to this blog, I have to explain that I love baking and will occasionally write personal posts on my baking and what I get up to when I get some down time. I have been playing around with categories, trying to figure out how to mesh my home baking posts with weddings and Sugar Bar posts, and I think I’ve finally got it this time!

“Dessert Dish” posts will denote my personal baking projects, where you will find links to recipes and my personal (ahem, non-professional) photos of my baking adventures. So, without further adieu, I present what I have been up to this weekend while this…


…has been going on in Calgary. Ick.

I honestly think that as soon as I saw the first fat, fluffy snowflake, my mind went straight to a really moist, sweet carrot cake with creamy, cream cheese icing.

The recipe I used actually calls for pineapple. Bizarre? But yummy. The pineapple adds moisture to the cake in our dry climate.


Mmm…golden brown cake with generous cream cheese icing. My tip? I never use the amount of icing sugar that the recipe states. I add heaping spoonfuls of sugar at a time and just work based on taste. I like my cream cheese icing to be more cream cheese-y.




This cake is a perfect comfort dessert to get through this dreary weather and a nice break for me to recharge my creative juices. Try the recipe out for yourself!