cupcake recipes

Hostess is going out of business.  Yep, that’s right.  That most American of companies and bastion of snack foods is calling it quits.  On the internets in general and Facebook in particular, there are stories about how the “unions” ruined the place, celebrations of the “demise of junk food” and photos of cleaned out...

Hi Everyone, I hope you all had thankful and special Thanksgiving with your families and friends!! It's crazy, I let almost a month go by without blogging. I really miss blogging and will have lots and lots to blog about in the coming months ...

I just got back from a great trip to Santa Monica and parts of the Central Valley with Pom Wonderful. I had a fantastic time, and will tell you all about it soon. In the meantime, I am going to tell you about these cupcakes that I found from Shauna Sever. Admittedly, they are...

For the September dinner@Tate's I needed a dessert I could make the day before and a dessert that felt light since it was following a pretty heavy meal. These seemed to fit the bill perfectly plus, cupcakes always seem to be a crowd pleaser - I th...

I like New York in June, how about you?  I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?  I love cupcakes when a storm is due…. I like potato chips, root beer and motor trips, how about you? Sorry, I had that song stuck in my head. Dudes, I made this recipe so long ago....

I have a confession to make: these cupcakes were almost purchased from the store instead of made by me. Let me rewind. Here’s the story: I’m kind of a yes-mom. Can you take my kid home from school? Yes, no problem! Can you be the food chair of Bingo night? Sure, why not? Can...

Tweet I’ve made my fair share of amazing cupcakes. As we all know, frosting is the best part of a cupcake*, and I have fallen in love with several over the years. (Nutella buttercream, salted caramel frosting, and vanilla bean buttercream to name just a few.) However, this frosting may trump them all. It’s a buttercream that...

Even though my thermometer read 88 degrees today, and Macy's seems to think it's Christmas already, fall is in the air. The leaves on my Chinese Pistache tree are just beginning to turn red, and the mornings are crisp and cool. This is my favorite time...

When I heard that Ashton over at Something Swanky was doing Pink Week in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, I knew I wanted to participate. One, because I love pink. Two, because BCA is such an important thing. And three, because I love boobs. My own, I mean. {Not that I don’t love yours....

I’ve mentioned to you before about the Core class I like to take at the gym. It’s taught by a woman from the planet SuperCore. The class is really a good one, and I love the teacher. I keep going back even though she tries to kill me in new ways each week. Which...