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Cupcakes & Cows Let me just start by saying … WOW! Let me say it louder … WOW!!! I had the best time. Not only did I get to meet the Pioneer Woman (I have been [...] Friday, March 13, 2009

Baking with the Pioneer Woman Hey all, I wanted to show you a quick set of pics from the first half of Monday. Pioneer Woman made her Chocolate Sheet cake recipe (so yummy, by the [...] Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Follow Me to the Ranch! That’s THE ranch. You know the one I mean. PW, MM, the punks and Charlie all live there. Yes, THE ranch. I’m so excited. And, if you [...] Thursday, March 5, 2009

Quick & Taste-Tee Giveaway This is big! I made it on the pages of Taste of Home Magazine. But, guess what… it’s not for baking. It’s for bakewear! Taste of Home is [...] Sunday, February 8, 2009

Bakerella: 2009 Bloggies Finalist for Best Food Blog What?!?!?!? How did that happen? And, what the heck are the Bloggies? I hope you guys have heard of these because I hadn’t until I received a sweet [...] Sunday, January 25, 2009

This is so cool. At least to me it is. This month I received some sweet news. Three different magazines recently mentioned bakerella.com. YAY! Here they are: I Do for [...] Sunday, January 18, 2009

Check out the cheese! Thanks everyone for your vote in the Ile de France Cheese Recipe Contest. I won this third prize cheese basket for my Double Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes [...] Monday, November 17, 2008

Spice up your kitchen… … with sprinkles! Blue ones… Yellow ones… Colorful ones… I’ve been wanting to make a sprinkles display for my kitchen for a while now and I [...] Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Thanks everyone! I found out yesterday that the winner of the first ever Iron Cupcake Earth Challenge was … ME! I want to say A BIG THANK YOU to everyone that voted for [...] Friday, September 5, 2008

Cupcakes and Cameras It’s kinda funny to me that I started this baking blog last year to document my baking, and my most frequently asked question is, “What kind [...] Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Cakespy thanked me for my thank you! There’s a whole lot of thanking going on and I love it! This won’t mean as much to you as it does me, but it just made me laugh out loud and [...] Sunday, May 18, 2008

This Takes the Cake! When I made these Garfield cupcakes the other day, I never expected the people at Garfield to see them, and I definitely didn’t expect to be [...] Monday, May 5, 2008

Martha & Me Being on the Martha Stewart Show was so much fun! After the live taping at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 3, my mom and I hurried back to the hotel so we [...] Sunday, April 13, 2008

You guys are the sweetest! I’m still out of town, but I wanted you to know that I’ve been able to read your comments from my phone and I’m really truly [...] Saturday, April 5, 2008

Why is this cupcake decorated like a cupcake? For the short answer you can play the video below. For the long answer, just keep reading. You may have read my recent post about Cakespy and her super [...] Friday, March 7, 2008

I spy something sweet… …it’s Cakespy! I recently came across her blog and etsy shop where she sells the cutest cupcake drawings. Cakespy sweetly creates cupcake artwork [...] Thursday, February 28, 2008

A Sweet Surprise Evite.com, an online destination for digital invitations, added the cake pops I made to their Evite blog, calling them “the next big thing in mini [...] Sunday, February 10, 2008

Thanks Cake Journal! I’m really excited. Just saw my snow couple on Cake Journal’s site. Check it out. There’s also a really good “how-tos” [...] Wednesday, January 16, 2008

2008 should bring some better baking After years of using a cheap hand mixer, I’ve finally moved to the big leagues with my brand new Kitchenaid artisan stand mixer. I was totally [...] Tuesday, January 1, 2008

An early Christmas present for me! I’m so excited! Cupcakes Take the Cake has just posted some of my cupcakes on their fabulous blog. Check it out. [...] Sunday, December 2, 2007