i like cake!

This month’s Cupcake Hero was a bit of a strange one–Jalapeños.  If nothing else, it forced the contestants to be creative!  This was a hard one for me, because I don’t really like peppers.  But I gave it my best shot, and the cupcakes actually got really great reviews from my coworkers!
For those who aren’t […]

This picture is just aching to be a LOLcat, but I haven’t thought up a good caption yet.  Suggestions?
I mentioned the other day that among the gifts my incredibly awesome guy sent me was a kitty toy.  Amazon actually broke the gifts up into three shipments, and I got the last one today, which was […]

In preparation for my brother and sister in law’s visit the other week, I had gone a bit overboard at the farmer’s market buying fresh fruit.  I knew I’d have to use it all before it went bad, so I decided to take another shot at one of my favorite recent baking projects, the Summer […]

My awesome guy decided to surprise me with an assortment of goodies from my Amazon.com wishlist, as well as a kitty toy for Bubba.  Amazingly enough, Bubba actually seems to love the toy.  He usually just ignores the ones I bring home.  My guy’s the best!

It’s a double dose of Dorie this week!  After my late entry for last week’s bake-along, we have this week’s submission–Blueberry Sour Cream Ice Cream, chosen by Dolores of Chronicles in Culinary Curiosity.  As always, the recipe was from Dorie Greenspan’s Baking, from My Home to Yours.
This was my first ever time making ice cream […]

Last weekend, I didn’t have much time for baking–I was madly attempting to clean the house in preparation for Will and Jo’s visit.  Their visit has come and gone now (more on that later), so now I have time for baking again!  I decided to go ahead and make this week’s TWD recipe, a marbled […]