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Happy birthday to America (& my mom, too)!

The month of July is a crazy busy month for me. My friend Sami’s birthday is the third, then the 4th of July, then my mom’s birthday is the fifth, then me & Jay have our anniversary on the 12th. And then… my birthday is on the 30th. Yeah. INSANE. So basically I spend the [...]

Posted 04 July 2010 · 4th of july § birthdays § blueberry § cupcake photos § cupcakes § holiday § strawberry § vanilla · Comments (6) · Tagged: ,

Blowing raspberries… & blackberries?

For those of you who don’t know what “blowing a raspberry” is, thank cupcakes for Wikipedia. Here you go. Learn something. I’m not a berry person. I don’t like berries at all, not even the flavor, however strawberry flavoring is the exception. I really don’t like raspberry or blackberry anything, but sometimes I find myself [...]

Posted 04 May 2010 · desserts § dough § filling § fruit § pie § puff pastry § recipe § treats § whipped cream · Comments (0) · Tagged: , ,

Follow the lemon brick road…

Every Christmas since I can remember and probably long before that, my mother has made 7-Layer Magic Cookie Bars, and now I do as well. Those are more of a wintery, cold weather treat because they’re heavy, with the condensed milk and all, and sticky so eating them in warm weather would be very irritating [...]

Posted 15 July 2009 · blueberry § cheese § cookies § cream cheese § desserts § fruit § lemon § recipe § treats · Comments (4) · Tagged:

Happy birthday, mom!

So my mom wanted a flourless chocolate cake for her birthday this year, which is fine, and I’ve made two of them and have like 25 more recipes for variations on that theme (some with liqueurs, some with fruit topping, etc). But when it came down to it I wanted to do something different. And [...]

Posted 04 July 2009 · birthdays § cake § cakes § chocolate § desserts § filling § fruit § recipe § whipped cream · Comments (2) · Tagged: