Featured Articles

Happy New Year!

Posted by on Jan 1, 2012 in Cookies, Cookies, Featured Articles, Life, Misc | 1 comment

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone.  Today is the first day of 2012!   I wonder what this year will hold for me and my family.  I’m trying not to have any preconceived expectations because this year will inevitably be a year of change.  But as Price Pritchett said, “Change always comes bearing gifts” and I do [...]

Read More

St. Paul Classic

Posted by on Sep 17, 2011 in Featured Articles, Life | 1 comment

St. Paul Classic

My family had such a great time this last weekend riding in the St. Paul Classic. This is something that my kids and I decided that we wanted to do several months ago. We really hadn’t ridden our bicycles for quite a while, so we decided it would be the perfect goal to get us a little more active and healthy.

Read More

A Speculaas Garden

Posted by on Sep 2, 2011 in Featured Articles, Molded Cookies, Molded Cookies | 1 comment

A Speculaas Garden

I had such a fun time the other day while trying my hand at making Speculaas. Speculaas are a type of cookie popular in Holland and Belgium. Most of you probably know them as “windmill cookies.”

Read More

Curtis Stone’s Low Cal Cupcakes

Posted by on Aug 18, 2011 in Cupcakes, Featured Articles, Life | Comments Off

Curtis Stone’s Low Cal Cupcakes

This past year has been a little stressful for me.   And when I saw a “little” stressful, I mean that sarcastically.  In reality, this past year has been MASSIVELY stressful.  Which is not good for an emotional eater.  What’s crazy is that I didn’t even realize until last month how much emotional eating I [...]

Read More

SpongeBob SquarePants and Icing Smiles

Posted by on Aug 11, 2011 in Birthday Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Featured Articles | Comments Off

SpongeBob SquarePants and Icing Smiles

This past weekend I had the opportunity to make a very special cake — and I mean a VERY special cake.  You see, about six months ago I joined a nonprofit organization called Icing Smiles.

Read More

Mini Fondant Cakes

Posted by on Aug 4, 2011 in Cupcakes, Cupcakes, Featured Articles | Comments Off

Mini Fondant Cakes

I am pleased to have a guest posting today over at Frosting for the Cause.  The purpose of this site is to raise funds for cancer research and to raise awareness of how we are each touched by cancer.  In addition to making a monetary donation each participant bakes something, donates it to a local [...]

Read More