I love Valentine’s Day. With all the pretty pink, red and white things decorating every store and Pinterest page it is a bit difficult to ignore, even if you are a V-Day hater. I don’t care so much about the commercial side of it (although purchasing the cute pink, red and white things makes that […]
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Orange & Almond Mini Cakes with Anise Buttercream Frosting
Well, we are four days in to our first full week of elementary school here and let’s just say…it’s been a doozie. New school, taking a bus for the first time…it all adds up when you are in first and second grade and so sometimes it is just nice to come home and find that […]
Almond Ginger Buttercream Frosting
We have been cooped up for six days here with a sick little and a rambunctious russell who has been totally neglected. We needed a pick me up in a big giant way. What better than a brownie? Well…how about a brownie cake with almond ginger buttercream frosting?!?! Oh yes please. The sweetness of the […]
Vanilla Cupcakes & Sprinkles
Oh my, November has a load of great food holidays! November 10 is National Vanilla Cupcake Day! It is also the day that our children came to live with us six years ago. Definitely a reason to make cupcakes. Ahhhh! Where are my cupcake lovers? I think my love of cupcakes runs so deep because […]
Our Three Favorite Ways to use Black Tahini Paste
Have you heard of BLACK tahini sesame paste? Neither had we until we stumbled upon it at our local TJ Maxx for $4.99. It was one of those, we can’t leave it there moments- you know the kind I mean- when you feel like you sort of scored food gold in a town where it can […]
Grapefruit Vanilla Cupcakes
We’ve yet to have a real snowstorm here in Southern New England, but yet we are embracing the winter fruits and vegetables and pretending we have snow on the ground. Grapefruits are everywhere these days as they are in season until early April. They are one of those fruits that I really want to love. […]
Devil’s Food Cupcakes with Frito M&M Topping
I went to a very small liberal arts college in New England. It was old. The basement had dark, drippy tunnels and there were rumored to be ghosts in the older buildings on campus. It was a place that was full of artsy hippy type people from Connecticut and California. There would be big parties […]
Maple Syrup Cupcakes
Pancakes have always been a BIG favorite in this house. For me it all started when I was very small and would request them as my birthday breakfast. When I was old enough to make them myself I did…all the time. Now that love has been passed on (or more likely it was already in […]