Hello! Today is my 1st wedding anniversary and although I’ve already watched the wedding video, gone through hundreds of pictures and reminisced about the day– I’m just not done. It was the best day of my life and I wanted to share one of my favorite parts: my cake. and a close… [Read more…]
January 12, 2012
This summer Adam and I tried to go to Carlo’s Bakery in Hoboken, NJ on one of our “pre-moving to NYC” trips. We drove there from Queens (ugh), saw the line that was literally around the block, and decided to come back another day. I was very sad. You may be saying to yourself…… [Read more…]
January 5, 2012
For my birthday, my grandparents (Mema and Gramps) gave me this card: Pretty precious I thought. This was the inside: What’s that inside you say?? A RECIPE FOR HONEY CAKE!!!! I had never heard of honey cake. I don’t really eat that much honey, actually. Hmmm what could a honey cake really be like? What… [Read more…]
January 3, 2012
Hello all!!! I can’t believe it is 2012…. this past year went by so fast!! And it was a good year–but a crazy year: I got married, quit my job, moved to a new city, and started a new career. : ) I’m looking forward to 2012 for many reasons… you’ll see…… : ) … [Read more…]
December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas! Enjoy your time with friends and family today! I’ll be back in the new year with some great new recipes!!!
December 8, 2011
Do you know what a cake pop is? They are newest most scrumptious thing right now in the cupcake/cake baking world. They were originally created by Bakerella (awesome name by the way) and they have really taken off. Cake pops are really a combination of cake, frosting, and melting chocolates. Should be easy right? Not… [Read more…]
November 30, 2011
First of all, I’d just like to thank everybody who voted for me and who spread the word about me in the Manliest Cupcake Contest!! I really appreciate all of your love and support!! However… I didn’t win…. BOO! BUT— I think I was the 3rd pick for the People’s Choice??? It was hard to… [Read more…]
November 18, 2011
Well, if you follow me on Facebook (like me!), you may remember my question to the world: “When you hear the words “manly cupcake” what flavors come to mind? Besides beer?” Many of you wrote me with great suggestions and I was so glad…. Because I’m entering myself into a “manly cupcake” CONTEST!!!! It is… [Read more…]
November 14, 2011
If you don’t know what a “buckeye” cookie/brownie/whatever is… I feel bad for you. It is the most scrumptious combination of peanut butter and chocolate!!! Usually the cookies are just peanut butter balls dipped in chocolate. We call them buckeye balls and we make them for Christmas sometimes. MMMMM Well I thought why not make… [Read more…]
November 10, 2011
Today is National Vanilla Cupcake day! Perfect timing, since I’ve been meaning to play around with a vanilla cupcake recipe or too. I feel like vanilla is something that everyone knows what it is and what it tastes like, but we can’t really distinguish between good vanillas and imitation vanillas. We need to appreciate and… [Read more…]
I just bake bake bake.
January 22, 2012
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