This treat may seem complicated, but I dare say the uniqueness and character are nice rewards for the effort. Find the tutorial for crafting these golden chocolate eggs at The Kitchn. The recipe is courtesy of Francisco Migoya of the Culinary Institute of America New York. They are made with real eggs filled with chocolate and coated in gold … Read More ...
Fluttering Straws for Spring
This idea from for butterfly-adorned straws from Good Housekeeping comes to you via How About Orange, the bestest site for crafty DIYs and tutorials. You can download templates for the butterflies, made from patterned paper and vellum, here at Good Housekeeping.… Read More ...
It’s a Guinness! It’s a Cupcake!
Whatta great way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with these “Guinness” cupcakes from kitchen mischief. Oh, I’ve made so many cookies that look like pints of Guinness in the past 10 years, but I’ve never achieved the likeness in a cupcake. Our blogger adapted a recipe from Nigella Lawson to come up with these. Find the recipe here.… Read More ...
Cheers for St. Patrick’s Day!
Not into green beer? Make an “Ugly Leprechaun” from the fabulous site bloom.acious. This online magazine offers inspiration in interiors and design, beauty and health, food and entertaining (yay! that’s me!), fashion and style and more. “Bloomacious was inspired by by a love of all things beautiful and full of promise.” How lovely is that? And I … Read More ...
Make Homemade Soft Pretzels
I’m a sucker for a soft pretzel. That’s the snack I always get when I go to sports events at arenas (I sound stodgy about that because I go to sports events at arenas only with other people who make me go to sports events at arenas). So seeing these yummy pretzels at Bake Me More inspired me to search … Read More ...
10 Tips for Making Layer Cakes
The uber popular blog, smitten kitchen, has put together a wonderful list of 10 Tips for Better Layer Cakes. Find tips on why the freezer is your friend, on leveling, baking even layers, cake boards, keeping your cake moist, masking and more. This one is definitely going in my Bookmarks.… Read More ...
Eye Candy
I encourage all to hop over to A table for two and just scroll through these amazing photographs. Sydney Foodblogger Billy Law photographed desserts from the well-known patisserie chef, Adriano Zumbo. Find the link here.… Read More ...
Lollipops…in 30 Minutes or Less
I’ve spent the last 10 years making cookies on a stick, and I keep threatening to actually try real lollipops. Well, thanks to She Shimmers but she doesn’t do the dishes… I just might finally try real lollipops. The blogger also tried her hand at these lollipops for the first time (and whatta great job!) and gives us the recipe … Read More ...
Two Great Felt Food Etsy Shops
Must be something about insects, because these two great etsy shop finds have bugs. First, buggabugs offers tons of patterns for great felt food collections, like this Movie Time set or this Pankcake Breakfast set. Download patterns and instructions for $6 each. 
Next, Go Buggy offers adorable felt foods. Some of my favorites: Yakisoba (Pan Fried Noodles with Squid) and … Read More ...
Sweet Easter Ideas
I have to again credit Gordon Gossip with another great find: Sweet Paul, a design, craft and food blog. Check out his Easter crafts here.
The how-tos are available in the current issue of Country Living. 
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Homemade Oreos Abound
I feel like lately I’ve seen a million posts for homemade Oreo-like cookies, so I figure it must be a new trend! Here are some links to yummy-looking sandwich cookies:
From Love and Olive Oil, find a recipe (shown above) here.
From The Kitchen Sink Recipes, find a recipe adapted from a Thomas Keller recipe found in this … Read More ...
Fit for a (Gluten-free) Princess
How pretty is this princess cake? Find the recipe for this sponge cake, layered with cream and covered in marzipan, here at the lovely blog A Gluten-Free Day.… Read More ...
It’s a Donut! It’s a Pie!
Oh Cakespy. You’ve found my weakness for donuts. And pie. And combined them. Find the recipe and how-tos for making these yummy looking homemade filled donuts from pie crust here.… Read More ...
Jello Shamrocks, Crafty Blogs, and a Peeps Surprise
So cute and so easy… find the recipe for creating these Jello shamrocks on zakka life, a super crafty blog filled with super crafty ideas, projects and tutorials. And just to get ahead of myself, also check out this idea for the Easter breakfast table, also from zakka life. 
And as a bonus, a visit to The Crafty Crow… Read More ...
Ice Cream Cone Shooters
Look! A product fun for kids AND adults. Big Shott’s Edible Shooters, chocolate lined wafer cups, are touted as great for children, but better for adults. Apparently, they hold dessert liquor. (I found this product through the great blog, not martha, by the way.)… Read More ...