Dirt Cupcakes

I belong to the YWCA–a splendid organization with a fabulous mission (Eliminating racism.  Empowering women.)  I don’t get to every meeting, but I was there last week, when our co-chair told a new member that my cupcakes are are so good that she’d eat one made of dirt if I gave it to her.
Well, I can take [...]

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Little Sunshine’s new winter ensemble

Little Sunshine has outgrown her winter coat from 4 years ago–both physically and spiritually.  A trip to the Ross Dress for Less revealed her hitherto hidden talent for ferreting out high-end fashion.  We traded down from Calvin Klein (a bargain at $130 marked down from $300) to this very elegant Kenneth Cole pea coat.  But [...]

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Iron Cupcake: Earth. Battle Chili.

If memory serves . . . sorry.  Couldn’t resist doing my Chairman Kaga imitation (which only reminds me that Joan totally thought that Chairman Kaga was a real person.  Like Santa.).
So, Iron Cupcake: World!  It’s the international cupcake version of Iron Chef, of course.  This month’s ingredient is chili, and we’re competing for fabulous prizes, including [...]

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Holiday Catch Up

There’s so much from the holidays that I didn’t blog about–and now it’s too late.  Life got away from me over my two weeks of vacation.  I haven’t had that much time off since I gave birth to Tuxedo Boy, all those years ago.  I must say, not working has its points, especially in the acting [...]

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Holiday Treats

Teacher treats are among my favorite things about the holidays–we love our elementary school, McDonald School, so much that it’s hard to rein in our desire to make treats for them.  These gingersnaps are, as even barely observant readers will note, shamelessly ripped off from the cover of Martha Stewart’s December issue.  I used the [...]

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Petits Fours Hubris

I took it into my head at 9:00 this evening to make petits fours for the kids’ bento.  Why?  you ask.  Because I’m going steady with the Eumenides this week–and it’s only Tuesday.  I clearly needed to be taken down a notch, and the universe was ready to oblige.
So I made a batch of my standard [...]

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Cupcake Party!

Our friend Lois is celebrating her 75th birthday tomorrow night with a party to which we are all invited.  What else could I bring to the festivities but 75 cupcakes?
Three kinds:  Texas Cupcakes (tiny little Texas Sheetcakes, with the signature pecan fudge topping); Buttermilk Spice Cake with Maple Cream Frosting, and the perennial Pink Lemonade–but updated with a [...]

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Wedding Cake

I perpetrated another wedding cake this weekend.  This one was designed by one of the brides, a very artistic and creative person who doesn’t like cake.  But she knew what she wanted:  vanilla cake, raspberry filling, vanilla buttercream, and fondant.  She gave me a very detailed sketch of the decorations she wanted.  There’s a lot [...]

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L’Amour, L’Amour . . .

Little Sunshine and Tuxedo Boy and I decorated these cupcakes last night at 10:00 p.m.–we’re making the most of the few days of summer vacation left to us by staying up late making delicious treats, watching ”The Women,” and doing our Bollywood dance tape together . . .
Tonight, though, we’re going to go whole hog:  we’re watching [...]

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Square and round

Square and round
Originally uploaded by melynda.huskey

More cupcakes! These are particularly nice, as you can see.
It’s hard to tell from my inexpert photography, but the chocolate ones are square. Square? Yes, because my generous and adorable daughter took her hard-earned babysitting money to our local craft store and bought me a dozen beautiful square silicon cupcake [...]

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