I got a Valentine’s Day advertisement email from Fancy Flours today. It worked. Sheesh, they just have so many clever ideas and products for cookie and cupcake decorating. Check out their Valentine’s Day newsletter HERE. I especially love these puzzle cookies printed with retro children’s card wafers. (Find how-tos on their site, too.)… Read More ...
Carnival Roses
Yum. Learn to make these Carnival Roses (a rose shaped doughnut filled with jam, I think) HERE at Just My Delicious. I’m already picturing one of these with my afternoon coffee. Hmmm. Wonder what the Poland to Washington DC travel time for doughnuts is.… Read More ...
Valentine’s Play Dough Cookie Pops
Look at Amanda‘s Play Dough cookie pops! But not really Play Dough. They are honest to goodness yummy cookie pops, but rolled into spirals and smushed in to hearts (hence, “Play Dough”). Find the how-tos HERE at Amanda’s Cookin‘.… Read More ...
Gingerbread Beach Huts
Loving this year-round gingerbread idea: a row of beach huts. Oh my goodness, there’s even a little seagull. Find the beach huts HERE at Lucy Vanilla, find more images HERE, and find the recipe and how-tos HERE.… Read More ...
Marshmallow Topped Cupcakes
I know I posted on the marshmallow-as-cupcake-frosting idea before (here), but I love the use of colored marshmallows. Much more festive, yes? Find the idea HERE at Tabemashou!.… Read More ...
Chocolate Rolled Valentine’s Cookies
Oooh, I have to love a recipe that contains liqueur. And chocolate. And that involves cookie decorating. Find a recipe for rolled chocolate cookies HERE at Glorious Treats, and find links to frosting and decorating how-tos.… Read More ...
Crinkle Cookies and a Trader Joe’s Chocolate Giveaway
Find a recipe for yummy two-tone crinkle sandwich cookies HERE at Munchkin Munchies aaaand enter to win the Trader Joe’s Chocolate Palette collection. My ears always perk up when I hear Trader Joe’s, so I had to share with you. Find details to enter the contest HERE.
{This giveaway is hosted by Munchkin Munchies, I’m only the messenger. … Read More ...
Valentine’s Day Table Printables (Free!)
Check out this darling (and sunny, why isn’t it that sunny where I am?) Valentine’s Day table from Lily’s Laundry. If you like Lily’s Laundry on Facebook or follow on Twitter, you can receive the Valentine’s Day party printables free, including cupcake toppers, cupcake wrappers and the paper cones. CLICK HERE for more details at the Lily’s Laundry site.… Read More ...
Wonder Woman Party
I think this cake perfectly represents the wonderousness of Wonder Woman. Find details and resources for a Wonder Woman party HERE at One Charming Party. And HERE. And HERE.… Read More ...
Sparkly Red Cake from Kate Spade
Check out this cake video by Kate Spade created for their new Red Collection. Specifically, check out the sparkly sparkleness of the red cake. {spotted on Sweet Tooth: Dessert Meets Design}
Flaming Strawberry Cupcakes
I still get nervous and turn my head every time I turn on a gas stove, so I have the utmost appreciation and respect for those that play with fire. (It was that Little House on the Prairie episode with the fire that instilled me with this fear.) The brave can learn how to make these ridiculously impressive flaming strawberry … Read More ...
Pom Pom Cupcake Toppers
Learn how to make these pom pom cornflower cupcake toppers for these sparkly cupcakes HERE at Martha Stewart.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Hat and Mitten Decorated Cookies
I can’t be sure, but I think I just gasped when I saw these gorgeous cookies at Bake at 350. Gasped. My cat looked startled, anyway. Learn how to decorate this Wintery vision in turquoise and red HERE at Bake at 350.… Read More ...
Don’t Kill the Birthday Girl
I have to say, it was a slightly surreal experience to see this post today on Cupcakes Take the Cake, for I know Sandra Beasley in an entirely other capacity (as good friend and cohort in a writing world), and especially as I just watched her book trailer yesterday. As soon as I spotted the post, I slapped my … Read More ...
Panda Bread
Wow. Learn how to make this, wow, Panda bread with green tea and cocoa dough HERE at Perfect Pandas, from the original recipe HERE at Taro Taro, translated by Do What I Like, and spotted on Food2. I know, that’s a lot of linking, but just wanted to be sure this loaf got traced back to … Read More ...