Here is my best cupcake making tip..
The best & easiest way to get even cupcakes is to use a 1/4 cup measuring cup to fill your cupcake liners.  A measuring cup guarantees that your cupcakes will be evenly sized and I’ve found 1/4 cup to be the perfect size for getting nice moderate domes on [...]

My mom was recently lamenting the lack of good bread around here. So I bought a copy of Peter Reinhart’s Artisan Breads Every Day. I’ve been meaning to try out it out for a few weeks but the recipes generally involve allowing the dough to sit in the fridge overnight, I just hadn’t gotten [...]

I have been secretly coveting Batter Blaster since I spotted it in the refrigerator cases in the local grocery store but it’s $6 for a slightly-larger-than-whipped-cream sized can.  But yesterday it was on sale! So I bought it and made some pancakes.
You shake the can up and squirt it out like whipped cream. It has [...]

I have to admit I’m one of those people with a closet full of pedestals, platters, and other serveware. I don’t think I have ever left HomeGoods without buying something. I have a particular affection for finding cute ways to server cupcakes. Here are a few neat ones I’ve seen recently.
White Ceramic Cupcake Stands [...]

Last week was my mom’s birthday and she requested a red velvet cake. I normally make cupcakes for birthdays but occasionally I do make layer cakes.
I used Magnolia’s Red Velvet Cake recipe. It says it maked 3 9″ rounds but I only had 8″ pans and it turned out fine. The cake was a bit [...]

It’s pretty common within the online cooking community to see recipes from cookbooks posted in blogs. I’ve never really done this because I didn’t know if it was legal.  Especially now that I’m posting my own recipes on this website, I want to know exactly what is copyrighted and what isn’t.
In the footer of this [...]

Have you ever had a baking experience that pretty much start to finish was a disaster?  I promised my friend at work that I would bring in cupcakes the Friday before Halloween. This turned out to be an unmitigated disaster.
I decided to make mini chocolate cupcakes with swiss meringue buttercream tinted orange, purple and green. [...]

My mom requested a red velvet cake for her birthday. I’ve baked them before so I know how, but I was curious for new decorating ideas. Red velvet cakes are often decorated in a more casual even haphazard way. I wanted something pretty and refined looking. I was also concerned about decorating with cream cheese [...]

Check out these adorable cupcakes!  They are made by my friend Tina, who lives in New Zealand. I love the ghosts! It’s such simple but awesome idea.

A few weeks ago I talked about freezing and defrosting cupcakes.  Last night I got to taste the results of another frozen cupcake experiment.
A couple of weeks ago I froze six of the carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting that I had made for my Dad’s birthday. I stuck the frosted cupcakes into a tupperware [...]