Kaija’s Creations

07/19/2026

Happy national ice cream day! What’s your favorite ice cream??

I’ve made it a goal to try new ice cream spots over the summer. Here are the ones I remembered to get a picture of:

1. Vanilla and blueberry lemon ice cream from Yala Greek Ice Cream

2. Dulce de leche crunch from Frío Frío ™️| Tropical Soft Serve

3. Cookies and Panna from Caffè Panna in New York

4. A mangonada from in Aurora, IL

5. Graham cracker ice cream from Kate Matheny

6. Sandy shore Chesapeake ice cream from Sarah’s Handmade Ice Cream

7. Lemon shortbread (I think?) ice cream from Happy Ice Cream

10/27/2025

Decorating these cupcakes put me in the Halloween vibe! This weekend, I made vanilla and chocolate cupcakes for a kids Halloween party. I had so much fun getting creative with the characters!

08/07/2025

I had so much fun making this video-game themed 10th birthday cake! I didn’t play many video games growing up, but a core memory is fighting with my sisters while playing super Mario bros on the Wii 😂😂. Whats your favorite childhood video game?

08/05/2025

Some eats from the month of July:

1. A GIANT Bavarian pretzel with b**r cheese from in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

2. My FAVORITE nachos from

3. A horchata latte, and an arroz con leche cinnamon roll and chocolate pistachio croissant from my favorite bakery

4. A cinnamon roll and donuts from in Milwaukee

5. Butter pecan custard from in Milwaukee

6. Heart-shaped Dubai chocolate from .coffee

7. A snickerdoodle cookie from

8. A lemon cupcake parfait from

9. A frozen cashew cream brownie bar from

10. Tea and pastries from

11. Cookie dough ice cream from

08/03/2025

For my 23rd birthday, I made a brown butter vanilla cake with a cream cheese whipped cream, filled with homemade strawberry and peach jam and Dulce de leche. When I was thinking of the flavor I wanted, I remembered seeing extra brown butter cake post and knew that was what I wanted. When I went back to the post to make my cake, I realized Jeremy had made a brown butter vanilla cake for HIS 23rd birthday as well, what a coincidence! I’m so happy with how this cake turned out, I couldn’t stop eating it lol

What’s your favorite cake flavor?

04/10/2025

So happy with how this baby shower cake turned out! This is a vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting.

03/20/2025

03/19/2025

Our next stop was for their well-known cinnamon rolls! We also tried their peanut butter cookie and “Kessler-doodle”. The cinnamon rolls were amazing! They were very soft and covered in cream cheese frosting, with a thick chewy-caramel-like syrup underneath. Although the peanut butter cookie was a bit harder than I prefer, the flavor was delicious and had the perfect amount of sweetness; the cookie had actual peanuts dispersed throughout, which I really enjoyed as well.

03/18/2025

I got to try the - approved Sweet Potato Thang from . Apart from the Sweet Potato Thang, they have a wide variety of cakes, cheesecakes, cobbler, and pudding by the slice/in individual portions. The Sweet Potato Thang was delicious, and a good choice for those who aren’t a fan of overly-sweet desserts

03/17/2025

I spent a week in Dallas visiting and tried some amazing desserts! My first stop was We got the OG, the biscoff chip, and the better than s*x cookie. My favorite was the OG; the edges were slightly crispy while the inside was soft and slightly underbaked. Although I like underbaked cookies, the center was a bit too raw for me. I really enjoyed the “create your own cookie” option; this is a really cool concept that is worth checking out!
When it comes to cookies, do you prefer them slightly underbaked or slightly over baked?