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Wrapping Up Alex’s Birthday: Lemon Serviceberry Cupcakes With Lemon Cream Frosting

June 19, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

Alex’s birthday celebrations ended up taking 3 days. 3 because her party had to be on a Sunday, we hosted playgroup on Monday and celebrated her birthday, and her actual birthday was on Tuesday. I did not go crazy with the food all 3 days, of course, but I did make cupcakes for playgroup, which… 

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Filed Under: berries, cakes, cupcakes, lemon baked goods

Mint Chocolate Cupcakes For John

February 11, 2009 By Laura 7 Comments

Mint Chocolate Cupcakes: Dark chocolate cup cakes topped with a Peppermint White Chocolate Ganache based frosting

John and I rarely celebrate birthdays on the actual birthday. When it comes to the kids, we are usually trying to coordinate a party for family if not something bigger. Poor Sammy’s (whose birthday falls during hunting season) birthday was off by almost a month this year–but she was turning 2 so it is not… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cupcakes, mint chocolate

Pumpkin Patch Spice Cupcakes (You will just have to pretend you can see them!)

November 12, 2008 By Laura 4 Comments

So I am extra sad I cannot post any photos right now because Sammy’s birthday party was this past weekend. A little more low key than her first or Alex’s third, but a splendid occasion nonetheless. So many of our (children) gift giving occasions are dominated by big gifts that they can share, but this… 

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Filed Under: buttermilk, cakes, cupcakes, molasses

Black Bottom, And, Er, Black Topped Cupcakes

September 14, 2008 By Laura 7 Comments

The minute I saw this recipe over at The Kitchen Sink I knew I wanted to make it. I love the combination of chocolate and cream cheese and have always meant to try more black bottom baked goods. Originally a Dave Lebovitz recipe, the recipe calls for a sweetened cream cheese topping over chocolate cupcake… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cream cheese, cupcakes

The Sugar Must Come Before The Eggs: Monkey Cupcakes!

June 17, 2008 By Laura 19 Comments

I consider myself fairly self assured in the kitchen. Cooking for other people mostly gives me a thrill of anticipation, not panic or anything.   But I tend to make weird dumb errors when my in laws are around. Kinda like when I once left flour out of the cookies I made for them (granted… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cupcakes

Time For Sweets: Billy’s Vanilla Vanilla Cupcakes & Nancy Baggett’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunkers

March 1, 2008 By Laura 4 Comments

I haven’t posted about desserts for a while (for me anyway).This week I baked some dough I already had in the freezer from Christmas and I also made the Billy’s Vanilla Vanilla Cupcakes.The cupcakes I made exactly as written—I found the recipe on both A Cracking Good EggandA Whisk and A Spoon(both blogs of fellow… 

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Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, cupcakes, peanut butter

De-Stressing with Chocolate Chip Cupcakes Topped with Ganache

January 26, 2008 By Laura Leave a Comment

Bony Update Many of you remember the German Shepherd that I rescued a week or so back… well I decided to volunteer at the shelter that took her. I got there today for the orientation session, and while I was filling out my paperwork, Bony left with her new owner! He had another German Shepherd… 

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Filed Under: animal shelter, chocolate, cupcakes, ganache, Yockelson

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Hi! I’m Laura and I am a recovering history major who has re-channeled all of my passion for learning about the history of different countries to learning about their food culture. That doesn’t mean every dish on here is strictly authentic, but it does mean that even my adaptations are not undertaken lightly. My goal is to show you–by doing–that these dishes are possible in your kitchen. Including desserts because I have quite the sweet tooth! Read More…

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