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Book Review: Like these cupcakes…. this book has a surprise inside! Open when… Letters to Lift Your Spirits by Karen Salmansohn This book reminds me of pop-up books as a child. The book is filled with envelopes that you open and reveal the message. One page will state “open when you are feeling stressed” and …
Book Update: Here is a list of books I’ve read so far this summer. Contagious: Why Things Catch On by Jonah Berger: Ever wonder why certain youtube videos go viral? Or why some companies make the choices they do? This book explains a lot and explains how things that are contagious belong to one or …
This week I am doing a basic cake decorating class. We will be discussing better baking techniques, recipes and basic decorating to make things pretty – but still easy! I love easy and pretty probably as much as pretty yet functional. 🙂 Here is the link for my friends for the presentation in PDF format. …
Soooooo…. I really wanted to publish this recipe before Cinco de Mayo. Then, I had it in my crazy head that I could be in a show called “Oklahoma!” by Rodgers and Hammerstein which included 9 runnings of the show last week! Plus chair our non-profit organization’s meeting on Saturday morning before a show at …
We made these King Cake Cupcakes for Mardi Gras, but they would be great as a regular addition to a cupcake collection. The icing was great and easy to work with. The cake part had a great flavor and though on the dense side of cake, was still light and had a fine crumb. I …
Yesterday, we had church, and then a lego birthday party and then a Christmas party. Last year was the famous Angry Birds party which is usually one of the most popular posts on here. He requested the same chocolate cake and I made it into cupcakes instead. Make sure if you make the cupcakes to …
I tried doing a hostess cupcake before with the filling, but obviously the top wasn’t quite right. I made these for church and decided that the curly que top would look pretty with different words. It would be fun for someone’s birthday or write “I love you” for Valentine’s Day. I usually can’t find much …
My friend, Bethany, really likes red velvet cheesecake. I have made one before, but this was for the baby shower and I was doing a mini theme. This time I made a totally baked version based on Dorothy’s (not my cousin Dorothy) Crazy for Crust blog. She has some really cool stuff on her website …
If you follow this blog, you will remember that I’m not a huge fan of chocolate. I’ll take a good piece of chocolate cake or cupcake now and then, but given the choice I’ll take fruit dessert any day of the week. So…. because I love fruit more and because my dear friend who I’m …
Oh… why not another cupcake?? And after buying all those vanilla beans in order to make those 2Vanilla Bean Gifts, you need to use them up right? I have a regular vanilla cupcake recipe on here as well. That one was also delicious. Very simple and classic. Method Explanation: All of the cold ingredients are …
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