Origin Story

This is my third attempt at a blog. My last two attempts fell quickly by the wayside because a) I'm lazy, and b) even I don't find myself all that interesting. No, this blog will be something a majority of us are interested in...desserts!

I've been baking for friends and family, but I've decided to take this a little more seriously. I've (finally) enrolled myself in cake decorating classes and have decided to go semi-amateur and bake on demand. Obviously, "tastes good, looks terrible" can no longer be my working motto. Hopefully my photogaphy and Photoshop® skills will also improve along the way.

To the right, you see the inspiration for this site's name. I baked this lemon curd cheesecake a total of four times, each time turning up more cracked than the last. A friend suggested I open a shop called "Terrible Pies", he'd certainly patronize it. Thus "Little Bug's Horrible Pies" was born (I thought "horrible pies" had a slightly better ring to it and left me with the initials "HP" to perhaps capitalize a tiny bit on a current literary phenomenon).