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Category Archives: coconut

Valentine’s Day round-up.

I can’t BELIEVE it’s already February. It seems as though I was just cutting my fresh tomatoes down from my garden, not to mention making Christmas cookies, etc. But no. It’s already the Month of Love; and before you know it, these 2 weeks will fly by & it’ll be Valentine’s Day. Don’t you just [...]


February 02, 2011

Caramel-drenched vanilla-coconut cupcakes.

I’m getting pretty tired of all this damn snow. We’ve been hit with 8 storms since Christmas, and every one has been a substantial amount. As a matter of fact, yesterday (& the day before) I was digging out another 24″ of snow from the driveway. However, really, there’s not much to do about it [...]


January 29, 2011

Moon over my macaroon.

Macaroons are different from macarons. Macaroons are usually coconut, whereas macarons are usually almond. Macaroon is typically North American, whereas macarons are French. Macaroons are usually white with golden to dark brown spots and quite rough, and macarons are pastel or brightly colored and smooth. The word macaroon is applied to a variety of light, [...]


January 18, 2011

Tres leches cupcakes for Dia de Los Muertos.

Did you all have a good Halloween? Hope so. I’m sad it’s over, but there’s more fun holidays to look forward to, right? I love anything Day of the Dead. Sugar skulls & “Catrinas” especially. I love the entire concept of the day, really. It’s like a last hurrah after Halloween, when it’s still acceptable [...]


November 03, 2010

Coco-rum pumpkin muffins.

Well, it’s that time of year isn’t it? Pumpkin is everywhere- every grocery store you go into has canned pumpkin on sale, on display, etc. Not to mention the whole pumpkins for sale as well. I love this time of year, and while I’m not a huge fan of eating it, I do love baking [...]


October 16, 2010