Cindy "TheSweetNerd" Rodriguez, Author at TheSweetNerd

Pear Necessities, French Anjou Galette

Did you know that December is National Pear Month? I hear you: “National Pear Month?” on top of “Christmas,” “Hanukkah,” […]

Bark for all! This is the perfect homemade treat for the holiday gift-giving season. I am always looking for ‘duplicate’

Don’t be average. Go for the gold with this, the bagel of champions with its abundant goat and cream cheese

Another year gone by, another birthday celebrated…sigh. But, one thing I still love is receiving lovely thoughtful gifts from my

Raise your hand if you’re into day-drinking. Not a fan? What if the booze comes in the form of drunken baked

Calling all ghouls, goblins and ghosts! Little Nerds everywhere – it’s time to head to the Haunted Headquarters for a Halloween Workshop!

Mummy cakes are roaming the halls of our Sweet Nerd Headquarters (ummm, that would be my kitchen, folks!). This past

Happy “BOO” Birthday! Halloween marks a special day for honoring my brother Marc’s birthday and giving him some BOOtiful cake

With the stress of transporting everyone from school activities to soccer games, then to prepping dinner and helping with homework,

“Guten Morgen,” as Liam and Gavin would say en route to our morning breakfast in Germany. From the moment we

Have you ever seen a volcano spewing blueberries? This is what comes to mind as I remember the first times I made this

Urban Chic + Beautiful Brunch Brunch’n Babes! This is how to take your brunch game to next-level status and wow your

Wiping my brow, I had made it through the first day of pastry school. It wasn’t pretty, as I was

These Buttermilk Blueberry Bundt Cakes are a blissful combo of not-too-sweet crumb cake and rich, blueberryicious topping. You can find different

Seriously?!? I hate LA traffic. The 5 freeway is THE WORST. The other day, while stuck in bumper-to-bumper, I started