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Category Archives: cupcakes

“Ah, brown sugar, how come you taste so good?”

The Rolling Stones definitely had it right (although their “brown sugar” meant something a little different than mine, admittedly). Caramel always reminds me of brown sugar. I don’t know why, considering most caramel is made with plain white granulated sugar. It just does. I love brown sugar. I put light brown sugar in my Teavana [...]

Happy Birthday to Indy!

Thanks to everyone who bought something from TOPSTITCH today. I appreciate it! The money is going to a great cause. Keep buying! You have until midnight West Coast time. Indy turns two years old today. Time flies when you’ve got a four-legged child. It seems just like yesterday he was 35 lbs, chewing on people’s [...]

This post is brought to you by the 1930′s & Sutton Gourmet Paper.

I know you’ve been missing the cupcakes, so here they are. The lovely Kellie at Sutton Gourmet Paper sent me an assortment of these beautiful liners, and coincidentally the next day I received a gift from my mother of a vintage 1930′s white enameled metal cake carrier, with hand-painted detail.  I think I’ve mentioned before [...]

They say it’s your birthday… it’s my birthday too, yeah…

Yes, my darling readers. Today is my birthday. My 29th birthday, to be exact. And while it’s probably considered déclassé to do so, I have baked myself cupcakes for my birthday. No, not because nobody else would, or because there would be a lack of cake or treats. But because nobody knows quite what I [...]

Vintage cupcakes, part 2: basic white cake.

If you’re a regular reader, you’ll remember that last week I posted about my newest kitchen acquisition: a 1968 Sunbeam Mixmaster, mint condition. I’ve been completely obsessed with vintage items since junior high (vintage jeans, vintage handbags, vintage furniture, vintage aprons… you get the idea), and this little baby has re-focused me on to the [...]