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Halloween Cupcakes & the Tale of Untintable Buttercream

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. [...]

Halloween Costumes

I realized that Halloween was nearly a week ago. So I better get posting on it before it’s Christmas. Although if you’ve been shopping in the past week you’ll know according to retailers it already IS Christmas.
Anyway for Halloween my sister and I went as Tough Cookies from the movie Whip It or really just [...]

Halloween Cupcakes from Tina

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.

Already thinking Halloween Costumes

It’s only October 2nd and I’m already thinking about my Halloween costume. I don’t even know what I would wear it to…but I know what I’ll be wearing.  But I’m not quite ready to reveal it to the world yet, but don’t worry it will be awesome.
I have gotten a rep as someone who does [...]

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