Posts from ‘March, 2010’

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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Now that 1/4 of 2010 is behind us, it’s a good time to remind you of the fun and excitement that came with ringing in a new year! What better way than with a batch of confetti [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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Whenever I have several batches of cupcakes to make, I start by measuring out my dry ingredients into labeled containers. It saves me a lot of time measuring and dividing.

As with most every recipe, you start by [...]

This may seem like an astounding number, but I know 40 women (besides myself) who are pregnant right now. FORTY. One of them is my college buddy, Sara. She and her husband Jay live in Georgia and are expecting their first baby. Like us, they are not finding out their baby’s gender (we are definitely [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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Naturally, this recipe starts with creaming together butter and sugar (surprised?)

Then, eggs and the other wet ingredients are added:

The final batter had a nice, thick sugar-cookie consistency. (I realized later I had accidentally doubled the amount of [...]

What could this be? A lovable cartoon character’s face? A dice game? A polka-dot cake?

It’s…a bowling ball!!

And no bowling ball would be complete without pins! M was going to celebrate her 4th birthday by going bowling with her friends, and M’s mom called me to request a bowling themed cake.
I cut a 11 x 15 [...]

Now THAT’S quite the title for a book, isn’t it, ladies?! I can tell you that since marrying Andrew last May, my life has certainly felt like an adventure! And I wouldn’t trade a minute of it for the world!
My friend Alison found this book at an estate sale and asked me to convert it [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here
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What could beer possibly have to do with dessert?! Keep reading and find out!

This cupcake recipe interested me because it seemed so strange. You start by boiling some beer with butter and brown sugar (sounds healthy, right?).

You [...]

It’s always a pleasure to get a new client via referral. The following cake was requested by Therese, a friend of Amy’s.
Therese’s daughter Aden was having a birthday and wanted a leopard print cake. So, I set out to find a great pattern I could recreate in royal icing.
I spent several hours piping icing into [...]

I’ve had this blue polka dot cover ready to be made into a book for a while. The trick has been figuring out what to do with it.

Then, I came up with an idea: A custom-made journal with tabbed sections!
I used this retro leaf motif for the inside paste pages. I loved the way the [...]

In September, I started a cupcake adventure. If you haven’t read about it yet, you can do so here.
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My cousin Claire asked me to help her with a school fundraiser by making several batches of cupcakes. Since I have several more recipes to work through, I was happy to oblige. These S’Mores cupcakes were a [...]