I’m excited to announce that the Ultimate Bacon Chocolate Ice Cream Cupcake I made last month is a finalist in the Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup! Please go over to the Cupcake Project website to vote for it by July 1st. You’ll be entered to win an awesome OXO prize pack just for voting and I […] Read more…

To celebrate the end of the school year, I made cupcakes to thank my interns and program assistants, as well as for our staff lunch, where we celebrated my co-worker’s pregnancy. Someone mentioned that the mom-to-be loves funfetti cake but I haven’t used a box cake mix in several years. Instead, I found lots of […] Read more…

Chocolate cake + rich chocolate buttercream = perfect chocolate cupcakes. Need I say more? I made these a couple of weeks ago for my brother’s birthday. I used Joy of Baking’s chocolate cupcake recipe, which I wholeheartedly recommend. I think the pictures speak for themselves. Read more…

Cait, Shawna, and Anna! Congratulations! Please check your emails. Thank you to everyone who entered. I got some great ideas for future posts. Also, after tomorrow’s Kitchen Adventure (edit: the subject will actually be lavender), you can look forward to a week of strawberry recipes. They’re in season here and we can’t get enough! Read more…

I was contacted by Stonyfield Farms and offered some coupons to try their organic Greek yogurt, Oikos, for free. Free organic Greek yogurt? Yes, please! And now I’m paying it forward and sharing some of my freebies to thank you for being such great readers! Greek yogurt is yogurt that has been strained so it’s […] Read more…