Magic Trick

You know how when you bake a cake the top is never flat? It has like a little dome in the middle? Well, if you take a strip of old towel, soak it with water and fasten it around the pan with a safety pin, the cake will bake FLAT.

It's SCIENCE, but it's also MAGIC.

Cupcakes for days

I made a bajillion cupcakes yesterday. The good news is that I now have delicious new cupcake recipes to share.

Cherpumple?!?!?!

Oh. My. Goodness.

Oh yes, that's three pies, baked inside of three cakes, stacked on top of each other and frosted. I can't decide if I'm fascinated or horrified.

Two Pies in One

I'm so glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem...

...and even happier to find the solution!

Baking with Blueberries

Easter Food

If you troll the blogging world you know that Easter has exploded all over the internet. Some of the ideas out there are adorable, some are insane. Here are a few that I would love to try...

Bunny Buns!

Peep Bread... made with peeps.

Stained Glass Eggs

Chick Cupcakes

ps. Last week I finally tried pie in a jar! So fun. So easy.

I think I need to bake tonight

... Is it weird that I missed my kitchen while I was out of town? Not the dishes, just the kitchen.

If in doubt, bake a cake.

I am sorely tempted to get this print, put it in a giant frame, and design my kitchen around it.

Truer words were never spoken.

LA Weekend

My amazing weekend started a little early when my sister came into town on Thursday night and we got manicures and pedicures. It's been awhile for me and I don't think I've ever enjoyed a pedicure that much. Plus, I'm loving the OPI Russian Navy color that I got.



















Friday night, IKF and I stayed in and I got to try all of the recipes I've been itching to get to this week while he worked on a paper. I test drove the Apple Dumpling recipe, which got rave reviews. SO easy! SO delicious! I also tried a new Candy Cookie recipe that I'll post shortly. My Sunday School class couldn't get enough of the peanut butter cups in peanut butter cookies.

Afterwards we watched the FIRST Harry Potter movie, thus beginning our Harry Potter Movie Marathon leading up to the release of the next movie in November. I couldn't get over how cute Harry, Ron and Hermione were back then!

Saturday was the best, however. The inlaws organized a trip to the LA Temple and then the traditional dinner at Junior's afterwards. It was my first time in the giant, gorgeous, Los Angeles Temple. Going their and then eating at the famous deli afterwards felt like a right of passage. Plus I love my inlaws, we have a really good time together.

I got the potato pancakes. Dip them in sour cream and applesauce and you're in heaven. It had me missing Veselka like crazy though.

Sunday was church, naps and family! Aaaaaaand more baking. Because, that's what I do. Mom had all the right ingredients, so after a rousing game or two of Blockus3D, we pulled out the old stand-by: Chocolate Cover Cherry Cake. A few people opted to try the apple dunplings instead and were well pleased.

How was your weekend? Do anything different?

Next weekend I've got my fingers crossed for camping....

Patriotic Cake

Scrabble Cookies!

Add this to the list of things I must try when I have time to kill.

Bake On

Possibly, however, this one is more appropriate.

Rainbow Cake Recipe

How bright and fun and festive is this rainbow cake!?

I wanna try it and make bright, pretty, fun treats too!

Sprinkle Heaven

I found sprinkle heaven. It's right here.

All the sprinkles of the rainbow, arranged by color. I feel like a cross between Rainbow Bright and Martha Stewart just looking at all those sprinkles.

S'mores Brownies

I got a craving for s'mores about a week ago and IKF was kind enough to pick up the necessary acoutrements on his trip to the store that day.

Since then, every few days we've been making urban s'mores, warming the chocolate on a graham cracker in the microwave and then toasting the marshmallow over the stove burner. It doesn't have that campfire authenticity but its a decent stand in.

Today, however, I came across this recipe for s'more brownies, which I will definitely try out this weekend.

ps. Every time I make s'mores I start quoting the s'mores scene from The Sandlot to myself.... "First you take the graham... Then you put the chocolate on the graham... Then you take the mallow... And when the MALLOW is FLAMING..." Hee hee.

Ming Makes AH-MAZING Cupcakes

Favorite new website: Ming Makes Cupcakes.

Ming posts the most incredible recipes. Like...

I want to start baking, now.

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

These look delicious. I think I will have to make them.

You are the sprinkles

You:My life :: Sprinkles:Cookie

And now I feel like baking.

Cupcakes are always a good idea