Last weekend was The Littlest Apple’s FIRST BIRTHDAY! We had a small family gathering at our house to celebrate his big day. For the party, I decided on cupcakes instead of cake. It got a little complicated because The Littlest Apple is allergic to milk and eggs and one of our family members doesn’t eat [...]
Filed under: cake, cupcakes, dessert on September 10th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Cupcake Hero theme for March was Marshmallow. Last month, for the liquor theme, I made Strawberry Margarita Cupcakes, but felt like they were kind of boring. This month, I spent hours pouring over recipes and cupcake descriptions, agonizing over the “perfect” recipe, one that would really stand out in what I figured would be [...]
Filed under: Cupcake Hero, chocolate, cupcakes, dessert, dulce de leche, pecans on March 27th, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Since I live in Houston, it is only fitting that I love Tex-Mex. Love love love it! Cheese enchiladas, sizzling beef and chicken fajitas, tortilla chips, salsa, guacamole, queso, lime, cilantro, fresh flour tortillas….yum! There are so many restaurant options here for Tex-Mex, so we usually make our decision based on what kind of dinner [...]
Filed under: cupcakes, dessert on February 22nd, 2008 | 6 Comments »
The Picky Apple and I are not the type to go out to dinner for Valentine’s. In fact, we normally don’t really celebrate at all, which is a little strange considering that Valentine’s day is also the “anniversary” of our very first date. That’s right. Our first date was on Valentine’s Day. Ten years ago, [...]
Filed under: cupcakes, dessert, holiday, main dish, pork, potato, vegetables, wine on February 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Being from the South, I decided it was about time I tasted Red Velvet Cake, the classic, beautiful Southern dessert that I’m always seeing in cookbooks and on TV. I attempted to make Red Velvet Cupcakes, after seeing Chockylit’s recipe on Cupcake Bakeshop. I made a few adjustments to the recipe, including a decrease in [...]
Filed under: cupcakes on January 29th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After many weeks of exploring cooking, baking, and foodie blogs, I’ve decided to create my own blog to chronicle all of my cooking and baking experiments. I usually try 3 or 4 new recipes for dinner and bake at least one dessert a week. My husband, who is actually THE Picky Apple, is usually a [...]
Filed under: cupcakes on January 17th, 2008 | 1 Comment »