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A delightful blog about baking. From successes to failures all is documented and taken in stride.
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Black Bottom Cupcakes
I was not going to post these cupcakes at first that is until Laurie of Quirky Cupcake convinced me to. You see, while I was waiting for the oven timer to go off, I decided to browse the net. And as...
Chocolate Malted Layer Cake
I cannot tell you how many malted milk chocolate cakes I have made in my lifetime. Too many. The problem seems to be that most recipes call for crushed “Whoppers”. Which is okay, but the malted...
Mini Chocolate Raspberry Turnovers
I know I am still stuck in raspberry-chocolate mode. But hey, at least it’s not a cupcake. These are mini turnovers filled with raspberry jam and dark chocolate. The recipe is from Gourmet magazi...
Cupcake Hero
It’s Cupcake Hero time! The lovely Laurie of Quirky Cupcake is holding her monthly mingle titled ...Cupcake Hero. Every month she chooses an ingredient and those of us who are brave bake a cupcake...
Starbuck's Chocolate-Cinnamon Bread
I must be last person on earth to bake this cake. (Hey better late than never right?) If you “Google” Starbucks’s Chocolate Cinnamon Bread you’ll find that, many bloggers have already baked ...
It's been 1 year since we met!
I am completely stunned and mystified that a whole year has passed for my "blog". Wow! I started this blog because my family and friends kept asking for “the recipes”. They would say “…remem...
Spicy Pistachio Truffles
If you're a chocolate lover, you know there's chocolate and then there's truffles. Chocolate is something you enjoy and share with others. And truffles? Well, lets just say, that truffles turn the bes...
Applesauce-Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake
Awhile back, okay weeks, I bought a jar of applesauce. I was intent on making apple cupcakes, I think. I was always too busy or not in the mood for cupcakes. (On a side note: I know I have not baked c...
Double Chocolate Cookies
As I’ve mentioned before, I love to give out cookies for the holidays. Don’t laugh, I refer to them as the “twelve days of cookies”. For weeks I bake cookie recipes that have caught my eye, or...
Chocolate Chip Mint
It's been a long time time since I posted a cupcake. The last couple of weeks have been very busy. School started and I have tons of reading to do. Which is hard when your textbooks are trapped in a w...
...Are You A Hostess Cupcake?
I've seen this recipe floating around the net for several months now. At first, I was hesitant about one of my cupcakes being compared to a factory packaged cupcake. Not to mention that I secretly...
No Campfire Needed
A while back I found this cupcake recipe and agreed with author that it was darn cute! Then a couple of days later, Cheryl made her own version of this cupcake. That was it. I decided that I had to...