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Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Cupcakes
This week is the “Week of the Dragoon” for the 2nd Cavalry Regiment here in Vilseck, Germany and tomorrow is Family Day. (Basically, my husbands unit is having a giant birthday party for itself before they go on pre-deployment leave.) I decided to donate cupcakes to the event to be sold at the 2/2 CR [Read On]
Cupcake Couture Blog Party:
Strawberry Camo Cupcakes
I am so super excited to announce the launch of the Cupcake Couture Blog Party today! I have teamed up with the owner of Bella Cupcake Couture, Carrie Middlemiss, to bring you this fantastic party. Cupcakes, party displays, Bella Cupcake Couture and…. A HUGE PRIZE! So make sure to read the whole post so you [Read On]
{Tutorial} Neapolitan Layer Cake
Ooooooooooooh I’ve been in a funk. A baking fun. Last week I make a double chocolate layer cake but since then… nothing. I haven’t even been motivated to make rice krispy treats. (I have 4 boxes of Rice Krispies – thank you WIC.) So today, I opened up my baking cookbooks, browsed Pinterest and checked [Read On]
Peanut Butter M&M Chocolate Cupcakes
These cupcakes came together on a whim this morning. I was making the chocolate cake layer for an upcoming cake project and had extra batter so I made 10 chocolate cupcakes. About a week ago I bought a bag of Peanut Butter M&M (under the influence of PMS HAHA!) and thought that they’d make [Read On]
Apple Salsa
Tonight I’m making a chili and cinnamon rubbed port tenderloin for dinner… and I’m topping it off with apple salsa. Yup… that’s right. Salsa! But… not just any salsa… this salsa is borderline dessert like. It’s sweet, spicy and FULL of damn good flavor! (OMG did JC just swear? Yeah dude, this salsa is THAT [Read On]
{Giveaway} The Secret Lives of Baked Goods
Today is an excellent day for my good friend, Jessie aka CakeSpy! Today – she launches her publicity tour for her new book, “The Secret Lives of Baked Goods: Sweet Stories & Recipes for America’s Favorite Desserts”! Oh… and the book hits the shelves in bookstores across the world today too!! AWESOME!!I met Jessie back [Read On]
Almost as good as Mom’s –
Double Chocolate Layer Cake
When I want to bake but I’m not quite sure what to make I usually tend to make something that I’m craving. Today – chocolate cake. I am IN LOVE with my chocolate cake recipe. It’s decadent, rich – but light and moist. All things I love in a great cake! view full post
Caramel Stuffed Snickerdoodles with Browned Butter
I love nothing more than a good cookie. I mean seriously… chewy cookies that are just a little crisp around the edges… TO DIE FOR. These cookies, however, I may even kill for. (Well no, I won’t kill – but you get the idea). These chewy snickerdoodles are stuffed with caramel and made with a [Read On]
{Tutorial} Spring Cupcakes
Vanilla cupcakes don’t have to be… well, vanilla! They can be fun and exciting and beautiful too! Just think of a vanilla cupcake as a blank canvas for creating any color or theme to match your event or party. This tutorial will teach you how simple it is to transform a basic vanilla cupcake into [Read On]
{Tutorial} Royal Icing Flowers
I am making vanilla cupcakes today for a friend and I wanted to do more than just a white cake with white frosting… so, I decided to try something new! Royal Icing Flowers! Yup – you know those sugar flowers you can buy at the grocery store? Well – you can make them yourself at [Read On]
Raspberry Lemonade Layer Cake
Army life has it’s share of ups and downs, good times and bad… happy and sad moments. Since moving to Germany over 2 years ago, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting so many amazing new people who have helped in creating the happier of moments. And… luckily enough for me, one person in particular [Read On]
{Video Tutorial} Cupcake Piping 101
Have you ever wondered how to get perfect swirls of frosting on your cupcakes? Have you ever looked in awe through the glass window at the bakery counter at the perfect mounds of frosting that seemed to be piped perfectly onto the top of your favorite cupcake? Did you ever think it was possible that [Read On]
White Chocolate Twix Cupcakes
Several months ago, my husband and I were shopping at the German market Edeka and we spotted a candy bar we had never seen before. White Chocolate Twix! WOAH! My husband LOVES Twix and he LOVES white chocolate… but together, in the same candy bar… HOLY COW! Of course the first thing to pop in [Read On]
