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Snickerdoodle Duo Cookies or cupcakes? That is the question. Well, I couldn’t decide either. You see I’ve been mesmerized by a recipe for snickerdoodle [...] Monday, October 12, 2009

Their name says it all. I wish I could pipe this pretty. Really. I have shaky hands. I just can’t do it – especially those short little curls. It’s official [...] Saturday, August 29, 2009

Monkey Business Check out the frosting on these banana cupcakes. Super smooth and creamy, cream cheese buttercream … so delicious and creamy. Did I mention creamy? I [...] Monday, August 17, 2009

Cupcakes in Vegas I was in Las Vegas over the Fourth of July and received the sweetest surprise! Cupcakes!!! And lots of them. They were from Kari and Brian of Retro [...] Saturday, July 11, 2009

Fast Food Fun Cupcake Buns + Brownie Burgers + Cookie Fries = One Happy Meal! Or many… I can hardly stand how cute these little guys are. You’ve probably seen [...] Sunday, June 14, 2009

The Cupcake Tower My bestest friend’s daughter received first communion this past weekend and my friend asked me to make cupcakes for the party afterwards. I [...] Monday, May 18, 2009

Eye Candy I absolutely had the most fun making these Miniature Easter Basket Cupcakes. I know this idea has been done a ton of different ways before, but I [...] Thursday, April 9, 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

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

Wii have a winner! And, by the looks of these comments, a lot of girl gamers, too. There were more than 5,000 entries trying to win the Wii and lots of them with pretty [...] Sunday, January 25, 2009

Pick Mii out and Wii-n! I’m sure most of you guys have heard of the Nintendo Wii by now. But, before Christmas rolled around, I had never even seen the Wii and had no [...] Monday, January 19, 2009

Snow Globe Coca-Cola Cupcakes Did I get your attention? I hope so. Because I’m guest blogging today on the website, Cupcakes Take the Cake! And to celebrate the occasion, [...] Monday, December 22, 2008

Guessing Giveaway Winners It’s time to give away the five fabulous cupcake prizes. This giveaway was a little more involved. More prizes and more winners. But, I finally [...] Friday, December 19, 2008

A Few of My Favorite Things I’ve been having a lot of fun when it comes to cupcakes and I want to share with you a few of my favorite cupcake-related items from the past year. [...] Monday, December 15, 2008

Not your kid’s cupcakes Something sweet and just a little bit saucy. The recipe for these cupcakes comes from one of my fave cookbooks, Bundt Classics. While the recipes are [...] Sunday, November 30, 2008

Yeeee-Haa… It’s been a great year! It’s my 1-year blogiversary and I wanted to make some fun cupcakes to mark the day. First, I thought about using a Halloween theme since it is the [...] Friday, October 31, 2008

Help me win! Double Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes filled with Chocolate Ganache and Topped with Creamy Goat Cheese Frosting Man, that’s a mouthful. (And it was a [...] Sunday, October 19, 2008

Blueberry Basil Cheesecake Cupcakes It’s that time again. Here’s my entry for September’s Iron Cupcake Earth. Ingredient: BASIL. I decided to try and make a cupcake that [...] Thursday, September 18, 2008

Slice ‘n Bake Cookies Cupcakes I was in the grocery store the other day when these made me stop in my tracks. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. I mean slice ‘n bake [...] Monday, September 15, 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