posted by Lisa on July 30th, 2010
Here’s my cupcake of the month, just in the nick of time! I was really craving chocolate, last weekend, but never got around to making the cupcakes. I had some extra time, yesterday evening, and whipped these up. I used the chocolate cupcake recipe on joyofbaking.com and a peanut butter frosting recipe from allrecipes.com.
They [...]
posted by Lisa on April 13th, 2010
The cupcake of the month (and maybe the year..) is Chocolate and Chilli! Again, I got the recipe from 500 Cupcakes. The batter was pretty hot and I was a little worried. Then, I ate a warm cupcake and it was kind of amazing. THEN, I made the frosting (!!) and oh my God! It [...]
posted by Lisa on January 20th, 2010
I haven’t spoken about it here, but we’re currently house-hunting. This means I have to pinch pennies and save save save. There is no longer any “extra money” to blow on whatever my crafty little heart desires. Living off of one income is tough, but it’s our life. I stay home with the boys–they’re my [...]
posted by Lisa on July 16th, 2009
I have a ton of other photos to edit and upload, but I got so stupid excited about the ginormous cupcake I finally finished, last night. the container is 64 oz! the next size is 16 and the tiny one is 8.
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posted by Lisa on June 12th, 2009
these came out so cute I could punch somebody. I made ~3 dozen. They’re packaged and ready for my boys’ birthday party tomorrow!
they were made following the tutorial on bakerella’s blog. I didn’t dip the tops, though. instead, I just swirled the candy with a bottle. makes it look like they’re really frosted!
(devil’s food cake [...]
posted by Lisa on June 10th, 2009
I finished the cupcakes for my boys’ birthday party (this weekend!). I made 14 and am thinking of making one or two more, in case we get any surprise guests.
I recycled yogurt cups, so these actually are little containers! see?
posted by Lisa on May 26th, 2009
I began working on these yesterday afternoon, crocheting whenever I had a little break. they’re surprisingly quick to make. I’ll be using some yogurt cups to make little containers [for candy, i think] as party favors for the boys’ birthday party next month. I’m undecided on the base. my first thought was to crochet [...]