Anna | October 18, 2009
Our Disney trip is coming to an end and I’m heading home with lots of new baking inspiration. I found the elusive giant carrot cake cookie at “The Writers’ Stop”, several iced Mickey and candy corn shaped rice krispie treats and all kinds of outrageous cupcakes. This is one I tracked down after reading about [...]
Anna | August 9, 2009
Hey Cupcake Enthusiasts!
Here’s a new recipe for you, courtesty of my friend Jennie who held the first ever Cupcake Smackdown here in Austin. The smackdown, which I unfortunately could not attend, was a huge success and Jennie’s already planning the next one. She’s in the midst of posting some of the winning recipes, and here’s [...]
Anna | August 3, 2009
One of our favorite things to do in Connecticut is walk around the town where Todd grew up. Shops come and go, and one recent addition made us very happy – a Crumbs bakery. I was excited about trying one of their famous cupcakes, but never did. The excuse? It was [...]
Anna | June 29, 2009
A few weeks ago I got an email from Katy G. saying she’d found the best chocolate frosting EVER in the new Martha Stewart cupcake book. She’d reduced the butter slightly since the original recipe used 4 ½ sticks, but even with the reduced amount of butter, the frosting was fabulous.
The next day I went [...]
Anna | June 2, 2009
When I went shopping for ice cream cones yesterday, I accidentally bought some “kid size”. If I’d paid closer attention to the label, I would have seen that the “kid size” were more like elfin fairy size They were tiny and oh so cute, but not very useful for today’s occasion. I [...]