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 […]
Cupcakes
Second Annual Mystic Food Truck Rally 2016
We spent the afternoon in Mystic, Connecticut at the Mystic Aquarium for the second annual Mystic Food Truck Rally. It was our first time going and we had such fun. You never know how things will go when you venture out alone with kids at lunchtime. Mine were particularly patient and well behaved today so […]
Sweet Buttercream Frosting
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 […]
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 […]
Pumpkin Pistachio Cupcakes with Brown Sugar Frosting
Last weekend we set out to make applesauce cupcakes. We had the perfect red cupcake holders. The perfect idea for how to photograph the finished cupcake. The car was packed with all of our baking supplies and we headed out on our hour long drive for a weekend away only to arrive and find there […]