cupcakes

“Mini” on Monday Musings

May 9, 2011

It’s been a while, but I’m back for another Monday Musing. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, especially all the moms out there. I spent my Saturday shopping with my husband and V, who was running around Williams Sonoma and Crate and Barrel to pick a mother’s day present. Although his dad was trying to guide him [...]

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Vanilla Bean Latte Cupcakes

November 17, 2010

We all know vanilla is a staple ingredient in any baker’s kitchen. I probably put vanilla into almost every dessert. Whenever I can, I prefer to use vanilla bean or vanilla bean paste over extract. I love seeing the vanilla bean specks in the dessert that you can’t get from using just the extract. I’ve [...]

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The Birthday Party, Bloggers, Twitter and Hoboken

October 5, 2010

Planning my 2 year old’s birthday party for 100 guests had literally taken up all my free time for the month of September. By free time, I mostly mean the two hours I can bear to stay awake after we finally put him to bed. In the end, his birthday party all came together with [...]

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Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

August 12, 2010

Last weekend’s visit to Vanilla Bake Shop in Santa Monica left me thinking about dark chocolate cupcakes. I love the summer and all the fresh fruit that comes with it but I’ve been missing my chocolate. I was looking to create a decadent dark chocolate super moist cupcake. I think I may just have hit [...]

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Vanilla Bake Shop, Santa Monica, CA

August 11, 2010

This past weekend we were out in Santa Monica for a friend’s wedding. In between catching up with friends and the wedding event, I tried to squeeze in some time at the local dessert venues. Sadly, we were only out there for three days and I only had time to visit one place. We made it to Vanilla Bake Shop [...]

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American Dessert Buffet

July 6, 2010

Last Sunday we had a few friends over for food, fun, and a great view of the Macy’s fireworks show on the Hudson River. I know it’s past July 4th, but I thought I would post the desserts from my July 4th party anyway. Better late than never right? Here are some patriotic dessert ideas [...]