Posts Tagged ‘Baking’

Vote for my Cupcakes!!

I have entered my peach, cinnamon, and mascarpone cupcakes into a contest!  I would love to win all of their lovely prizes so if you would take a minute to head to this site and vote for my cupcake “Let Them Eat Cake I would very much appreciate it.
These cupcakes are cinnamon cupcakes with fresh, [...]

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Wilton Roses & Fresh Squeezed Lemons

I just finished the first Wilton cake decorating course at the local Michael’s craft store.  I must say that I enjoyed it and learned quite a bit.  I know my husband and coworkers were more than happy to enjoy the fruits of my labour.  I made 3 cakes over the last 3 weeks including a [...]

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The Cordon Bleu…

If anyone is feeling very generous I would LOVE to take the Patisserie Diploma at the Cordon Bleu.
I would only need $21,100 for the program as well as enough money to live off of while I take the course.  Just think of all the wonderful desserts you would be getting as a reward for [...]

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Yum.

Head over to Let Us Eat Cake if you’d like to see the mini cupcakes I made this week!
Yummy!

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mmmmmmini cupcakes!

Today I purchased 2 mini cupcake pans and some adorable striped baking cups!
I’m hoping to have a mini cupcake baking session this week in anticipation of a visit from my first cupcake customer.  Her wedding is in October and she’ll be coming by to taste test chocolate and vanilla cupcakes (aren’t you jealous?).  Hopefully these [...]

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Mmmmm… cake.

I am on the hunt for the perfect vanilla cake!
I made one this week and both the texture and the flavour were quite good. I did however find that the layers had no height to them and although the cake is rich and I don’t need a large slice I found the appearance was not [...]

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Chocolate & Cinnamon

 
If you worked here you’d be eating chocolate cinnamon cupcakes!
But you probably don’t work here so you’re out of luck.

The cupcakes I made this weekend were a success. I used a simple chocolate cupcake recipe by Chockylit and added 2 teaspoons of cinnamon after reducing the cocoa by the same amount. It gave the cupcakes [...]

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I have silicone implants!

Okay, I lied… but I do have silicone cupcake wrappers!I recently located some lovely red silicone cupcake wrappers. They are reusable, oven safe, and look fabulous on the chocolate cinnamon cupcakes I made!

 
 
I also purchased a cupcake caddy. Now I can take 24 yummy cupcakes wherever I go!

 
 
 
 
 
I’m a busy girl so if you want [...]

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The Bestest Cupcakes Ever

The cupcakes I made this week were fantastic! Light and fluffy and moist. I must give credit to Cupcake Bakeshop by Chockylit which is where I originally found this wonderful recipe. If you are ever in need of a unique and delicious cupcake recipe you should definitely check there first!
The cupcakes were for my friend [...]

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Hand over the Cupcake and noone gets hurt!

I have a beautiful new iMac and I’m spending most of my time playing Lego Star Wars and searching for pretty cupcakes. Some might think I’m nuts. They would likely be right.
I’m currently testing out cupcakes so that I can find a yummy recipe for a friend’s baby shower. I made a batch last night [...]

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