Desserts & Sweets - Muffins & Cupcakes

Sometime last year, I was on Instagram lamenting the fact that I was baking a cake for an event or a bake sale, and I wouldn't be able to taste-test it. Oh,[...]

Every year about this time, I start dreaming of strawberries. Sure, I love Honeycrisp apples and Clementines, but for me, strawberries are perfection.[...]

We had a cool front yesterday. The temperatures were in the 60's when we woke up, so I pulled on a long-sleeve shirt and my jeans (and thought about lighting a[...]

Please tell me you do things like this, too... A friend, let's call her Cheryl , tells you about making desserts in push-pop containers. You then see a blog[...]

Do you have an idea book? You know, a binder where you store all of the great ideas you see in magazines? Kinda like retro Pinterest. { Remember life before[...]

I toyed with the idea of calling these QPTWB Muffins (Quite Possibly the World's Best Muffins), but it seemed a little braggy...and difficult to say. I[...]

I have a slight obsession with the hazelnut cappuccino. At this point, I'm pretty sure my blood type is O-Hazelnut. I love them so much that I was fantasizing[...]

Baking from scratch, I love it; I do. But sometimes, a cake mix comes to the rescue. Like sometimes in the mornings...when I tend to feel lazy...and the last[...]

Time to get your sprinkles on... I'm gonna be honest; I love conversation hearts, but I don't like to eat them. I like to LOOK at them. So, I[...]

Kiddo's birthday was last week and he LOOOOOOOOOOVES cookie dough. {So does his mother...it's hereditary.} I knew exactly what to make him for his birthday[...]

It's still November, so it's STILL pumpkin season, right? I've confessed my love for pumpkin already...let me share with you two of my favorite muffins. One[...]

Have you heard of Baked ? The bakery in New York and South Carolina? Maybe you've heard of the Baked: New Frontiers in Baking cookbook. Maybe just maybe, if[...]

What's the first thing you think of when you think of going to a spa? Food, right? I know, it's strange, but when I think of spas, my mind wanders to thoughts[...]

Desserts for Dudes I don't know about you, but when kiddo and I go to the farmer's market, our minds turn to big, farm-fresh salads cupcakes. I'm pretty sure[...]

I'm not sure you can call these mock Hostess Cupcakes because they're not chocolate and they're not covered in ganache and they're PINK, but that was the[...]