Is there anything better in life than a sprinkle-topped cupcake on your birthday? I mean…children’s laughter, fulfilling jobs, and hugs are way up there, too. But cupcakes–they take you back to when you were a kid and everything was good. It was a new friend’s birthday this week, and since he is vegan, I wanted to…
When I was a lot younger, I used to dislike pastry cream. I know. I am still cream-cheese-sour-cream-yogurt-mayonnaise-etc-phobic. But pastry cream? What was WRONG with me? One of the best food sensations has to be biting into a buttery pastry filled with thick, cold pastry cream – it’s so delicious and vanilla-y and custard-y. As…
For the Easter season, I’m continuing my stuffed-cupcake trend with these beauties. A simple yet utterly flavorful and velvety vanilla cupcake gets the royal treatment with an entire Cadbury Creme Egg in the middle. There is far more creme egg than cupcake in this recipe, and oh boy, is it worth it. Look how amazing that is.…
I realize that it has been one week since I’ve made these cupcakes and I am just now sharing the recipe. Y’all…I apologize for withholding the sheer ohmygodwhycan’twestopeatingtheselongenoughtobreathe that is these cupcakes. My sister visited me last weekend and her one request was a cupcake of the chocolate-peanut butter variety. Let this recipe end your hunt for…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I hope your weekend has been filled with good music, great food, and whatever drink makes you laugh a little harder. To do my part in the feeding-other-people-delicious-things department, I made these delicious cupcakes for a St. Patrick’s Day parade party I was at today. And yes – there is alcohol…
We had a holiday potluck party yesterday at my internship. Think, dozens of mental health care providers surrounded by obscene amounts of delicious food, Christmas carols, and lots of sugar. I mean, how were we supposed to go off and see clients when all I wanted to do was relish in my food coma? Everything…
No words can describe just how cute these little cupcakes are – but as a blogger, I can certainly try to articulate their adorableness. Last night, I hosted a free dessert sampling session at a little cafe by LSU campus called Bacio di Roma. Owned by Italians, the paninis and gelato there are the real deal – a…
Let me start this off with a confession. First week and we’re already sharing secrets…maybe you should take me to dinner first? But, anyway, I am kind of addicted to cinnamon. I put it in my oatmeal, French toast, hot chocolate, practically everything I bake, and sometimes even in tomato sauce. I love the way it…