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I’m going bananas.

I hope all you Americans had a lovely Thanksgiving, and also that you remembered not only our troops who couldn’t be home for the holiday but also remembered the real Americans, the Native Americans, that were treated so poorly & unfairly by our original settlers (& their ancestors). And not to be a total wet [...]


November 25, 2011

“My family is bananas” Bananas Foster cupcakes.

My cousin Mike & his lovely wife Heather live in New Orleans, Louisiana, where Mike is a police officer. Mike’s dad Tom is my mom’s cousin, but they share the exact same DNA since they both have the same family on both sides; you see, my mom’s father Clarence’s (nicknamed Butch) sister Eleanor married my [...]


September 15, 2011

Happy pupiversary pupcakes.

What a mug… .. Saturday (January 30th) was Indy’s first anniversary with us. Exactly a year ago on that day, we went and adopted him from North Shore Animal League.  He was a little 5 month old, squiggly, squirmy ball of cuteness. He is now 3 times the size he was back then (he was [...]


February 04, 2010

Crazy banana espresso chocolate chip muffins.

So my blog adoptee Amanda made these muffins, and when I mentioned them in my post about her, Jay saw them & he basically insinuated that he wanted me to make them. I always have overripe bananas around, and chocolate chips, and instant coffee, so it was a no-brainer. Unfortunately for him, by the time [...]


July 25, 2009

Chocolate covered Easter cupcakes, with banana flavored Italian meringue.

For Easter this year, I decided to make a cupcake I’ve been wanting to try for years and never did. Mainly because they seemed slightly time consuming (and I’m lazy), but also because I never have all the ingredients on hand; corn syrup, cream of tartar and 14 oz. bittersweet chocolate are rarely here all [...]


April 11, 2009