baking

.: Strawberry Cupcakes :.

April 12, 2010

It always happens. Springtime rolls around and my thoughts turn to frilly desserts; lightly textured pastel cakes with lemons and berries and cream. So it’s not surprising that I found myself baking strawberry cupcakes. In particular Sprinkles’ Strawberry Cupcakes I thought the pureed strawberries had such a beautiful color View at Picasa Strawberry PureeOLYMPUS OPTICAL [...]

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.: Two Baking Triumphs :.

July 7, 2008

So in the last couple months I’ve been trying some new summer recipes and have had some delicious success. The first one I found on epicurious: Rhubarb Strawberry Pudding Cake I’m a big fan of fruit desserts and rhubarb was in season. I loved how easy this cake was to make. I’ve also substituted other [...]

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.: Hawaiian Pork and Lemon Cake :.

April 15, 2008

So a couple weekends ago I was craving summer and decided to try out this recipe: Hawaiian-Style Braised Pork with Stir-Fried Cabbage I used pork chops instead of spareribs and pineapple instead of cabbage and decided to make my own Chinese Five Spice powder from this blog’s recipe. The spice powder turned out excellent and [...]

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.: German Chocolate Cupcake Extravaganza :.

March 30, 2008

So, I had to make cupcakes last night. I tried out the German Chocolate cupcake recipe from that book: mmmmmm Fudge Sauce! I love my mixer I’m really proud of how this custard turned out, the eggs didn’t curdle at all and it was a great consistency. It turned out delicious. Voila! I actually liked [...]

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.: Cupcake Blog and Baking :.

March 28, 2008

I recently bought this book by Elinor Klivans: Its cuteness beckoned me from the shelf at Borders and I’m excited to start trying out the recipes. It seems I’m not the only one who has fond memories of devouring cupcakes at school gatherings ^_^ I also found this amazing blog: cupcake bake shop The cupcake [...]

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