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Category Archives: lemon

The cranberry saw us.

Sometimes people find out I have a website called ‘Cupcake Rehab’ & they’re surprised to learn that I not only bake, & most certainly not just cupcakes… but that I also cook, & occasionally I enjoy making things like pickles & jams. That might be because there’s an either/or mentality among some chefs (or pastry [...]

You put the whiskey in the marmalade…

And mix it all together! That sounds way better than “You put the lime in the coconut…” doesn’t it? Ever since I started canning I’ve been on a sort of mission to find unique (or at least fun) recipes to make, most of which so far have come from Punk Domestics or Food in Jars. [...]

Rah, rah, ah-ah-ah, Roma, roma-ma.

That’s seriously all I heard in my head over & over as I canned my tomatoes. No joke. Why? Because three of them were Roma’s. Lady Gaga, you’ve done it again… you’ve managed to associate an average everyday mundane household task with a fantasically catchy earworm of a song. Just like I sang the chorus [...]

Cupcakes in boxes for a Cupcake Rehab birthday.

If you’re a baker like me, or rather, I should say a person who enjoys baking/does it all the time/bakes for birthdays & holidays/gets requests all the time/pretty much rocks at it, then you know that there are serious problems presented when it’s time to transport said baked goods. Sure, you can use the old [...]

The Lady Grey’s lemon marmalade, super small-batch style.

You may remember when I posted about Earl Grey’s nectarine preserves way back when (a.k.a. two weeks ago, haha). Well, I’d been thinking of those preserves, the reception they received when opened, and how good they smelled while cooking. I had also been itching to make something new involving tea. So inspired by all that, [...]