I have a new website design up and running. I've moved the site from blogger to wordpress with the hope that I can offer more options when it comes to functionality. For instance, you'll find several...
Remember these? That's right. We opened them. And, let me just tell you. Somebody needs to invent a stronger word for cute. Because what's inside these boxes… cute… just doesn't do them justice.I wai...
… with chocolate chips I might add. Ever get a taste for pancakes, but don't feel like flipping?I do. Especially since I always seem to be the one still flipping while everyone else gets to eat the f...
I spent a little over 24 hours in Minneapolis last week. It has to be the shortest trip I've ever been on, and at the same time, the most jam-packed.I'll just warn you, turn away now if you don't lik...
I wish I could pipe this pretty. Really. I have shaky hands. I just can't do it - especially those short little curls.It's official - I must practice. Maybe a post on piping one day and you'll see wh...
Yeehaaa… yum yum… it's Cowboy Cookies. Or, in this case, Cowgirl Cookies.A friend introduced these to me and I love them. Especially the name. Cowboy Cookies. Cowboy Cookies. Cowboy Cookies. Rolls of...
Check out the frosting on these banana cupcakes. Super smooth and creamy, cream cheese buttercream … so delicious and creamy. Did I mention creamy? I also used a little added yellow to tint the other...
This is going to be fun. Cookiemag.com is having a birthday cake contest with fun prizes. All you have to do to enter is submit a photo of your best cake creation before midnight on September 14. Tha...
Candy Apples… minus the apples.It's back to school time already, so I thought I'd show you these super cute apple cake pops to celebrate. They are among some of the 50+ designs I've worked on so far....
I know. Genius, right. Perfectly-portioned, tiny pies … and on lollipop sticks, too. I can't take the credit for this idea, although I would love to. The site Luxirare is responsible for this attack ...
I've been on a pound cake kick lately. Last weekend I made two of them. One plain and another with strawberries. They both turned out really yummy.Then, this weekend I wanted to try my hand at petit ...
Simple. Just the way I like it. Normally, if I want chocolate chip cookies, it's due to an immediate craving for chocolate. Resulting in the purchase and preparation of a package of break and bake ch...
I didn't bake anything this weekend. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. I think I was still in vacation mode or something. So I guess this is as good a time as any to close out the "Where I Shop" series. This is ...
I was in Las Vegas over the Fourth of July and received the sweetest surprise!Cupcakes!!! And lots of them.They were from Kari and Brian of Retro Bakery. I "met" Kari through flickr when she was docu...
Freedom, independence & a marine named Carlos. Last week I was trying to decide what kind of Fourth of July sweets to make or if I was even going to make anything at all. Then I received an email...
Can I interest you in some pancakes?Some Blueberry Cornmeal Pancakes?With Orange Maple Butter?I thought so. I had the same reaction when I saw these in the June issue of Martha Stewart Living.They ca...
Or more appropriately… How to Make the Best of a Messed Up Cake.This dessert comes courtesy of my sister. She wanted to bake a cake for me - chocolate of course with chocolate chips - and was already...
A couple of weeks ago, I took you on a fun photo tour of Cake Art Party Store (cakeart.com) – a great little cake supply place I visit often. But, what I didn't show you is all the candy making suppl...
Cupcake Buns + Brownie Burgers + Cookie Fries = One Happy Meal!Or many…I can hardly stand how cute these little guys are. You've probably seen them around before. I know I have. Cupcakes Take The Cak...
Sweet squares of sugar and citrus. I love them … especially, when other people make them. Ha. What I mean is, when I think about baking something new, I usually lean towards recipes that include choc...
Okay, be honest. How many of you saw this coming? After last week's cheesecake success, It was finally the perfect opportunity to give these little treats a try. The first time I remember seeing them...
I used these cards today and it reminded me of a bunch of cute cupcake stuff that's crossed my path recently. These are letterpress cards from Dingbat Press. If you've been following the site for a w...
Need a fork? Or maybe a shovel. This is one ginormous piece of cheesecake. And oh boy, was it good. The cheesecake, that is. Personally, I can do without a bunch of fru fru when it comes to cheesecak...
My bestest friend's daughter received first communion this past weekend and my friend asked me to make cupcakes for the party afterwards.I immediately said sure. No problem. How many do you want?She ...
Cake Art Party Store! I started going here about two years ago when the baking and cake decorating bug bit me. When I first walked in, I was overwhelmed. Actually, I'm still overwhelmed. There's so m...
Can you guess what I'm going to make with all this stuff?Little bitty candy cup graduation caps. That's what.I don't even know anyone that's graduating this year. But, because so many of you asked… h...
Mother's Day is next Sunday, so I thought this was as good a time as any to experiment with some Flower Cake Pops. And, I had a bunch of leftover Bunny Candy Corn to get rid of, too. In addition to b...
Have you ever tried to make homemade cake doughnuts? Not the yeast kind… the cake kind? Well, I tried to last weekend and it was a disaster. I had dough stuck to my hands. Stuck to the counter. I did...
My cake fell … and it was fantastic! Actually, it was supposed to fall. It's a recipe for a flourless chocolate cake that I used straight from the pages of Paula Deen's Chocolate Celebration Magazine...
I've made a lot of Cupcake Pops. Bunches. But these are the first ones that could make a difference.I started out making some with brown bottoms.Then I threw in some white ones.And lastly, a little p...
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