July flew by... it already feels like a dream.
The end of June and beginning of July is always a whirlwind birthday time for our family; my brother's birthday is on the 18th of June, Dad on the 30th, my husband Dave is on June 27th and I'm on July 3rd.
This year we decided to lump all the birthday ...
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Easy Birthday Cupcakes and July Adventures
Sweetopia: America’s Next Top Cookie Contestant
I've been nominated!! Tiffany at The Cookie Blog wrote me a sweet email saying that I'm a contestant in America's Next Top Cookie contest. I have no idea how I got to be lucky enough to get picked for this fun idea!! There are soo many pretty cookies out there!!
You can check out the details of ...
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Baby Shower Cupcakes – Bows & Happy Flowers
These are the cupcakes I made for my friend Shannon's baby shower.
They're easy peasy to make. I used the chocolate cake and lemon vanilla recipe from Planet Cake and the buttercream recipe from Peggy Porschen's book, Pretty Party Cakes.  Since I'm not a coffee drinker, I think I'll eliminate the ...
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Baby Shower Cookies
My girlfriend Shannon has her first baby in the oven... she's due in August so a friend and I threw her a shower last Saturday.
Shannon already knows that her baby is a girl. I'm secretly glad... Can you tell I like pink?
I tried to add some other colors though.
I made the cookies using Peggy ...
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Winners of Planet Cake Giveaway!
Lemon-raspberry, chocolate-caramel, tiramisu, cheesecake with chocolate crumbles on top, strawberry yoghurt, blackberry dark chocolate mousse, decadent red velvet and the list goes on!
My mouth was watering reading the comments you left behind! I was hoping to find out what the favorite ...
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Cookie Decorating Tutorial – General Tips & Butterfly Cookies
This is my first tutorial on tips and tricks for decorating cookies with royal icing. I have to say first off, that I've learned many great tips from various sources on the internet, from books and from cookie decorating classes. If you're interested in other sources here are the main ones I've ...
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