February 2011
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Hello out there: a Thank You and "that's what she...
Recently, I’ve gotten a few out of the blue (and heavily appreciated) comments/messages about my blog. Hearing that people who I’m not expecting to be following along, keep up to date on my baking, leaves me very humbled (I think that’s the word I’m thinking of). So I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for letting me share.
My friend Danielle blogged about...
January 2011
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I made an "About Me" page →
Because obviously I have other things I should be doing.
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Chocolate Glaze
The cupcake book that I got last Christmas is really awesome and has very good, clear directions. I highly recommend it. The peanut butter cupcakes were paired with a chocolate glaze which had to be made over the stove.
It involved a couple of ingredients
Vanilla, butter, heavy whipping cream, and of course, milk chocolate. You heat up the cream and butter in a skillet, remove from the heat...
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Peanut butter and chocolate for the second time...
They are obviously meant for each other.
Tonight I have an improv show with this group I’m in, Don’t Tell Mimi, which I usually bake for, and it’s Matt’s last show, which is sad, but he got to make the request of what I make, which turned out to be peanut butter cupcakes. I meant to take more pictures along the way and blog about the whole process but I was singing along...
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Text message conversation leading me to my baking...
Me: Good sir, any baking requests?
Matt: Peanut butter anything
Me: Balls, cupcakes or cookies?
Matt: Surprise me.
(1 minute later)
Matt: Actually I vote cupcakes
Me: Okay! I'm excited about it. It will be a cupcake first for me, but a lot of times when I bake it's a first.
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fishmcgill asked: Have you ever made vegetable cookies (with chocolate)?
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I got the fantastic job of shelling the edamame. It was actually very satisfying.
I had never made hummus before, it was way cool and super yummy! This recipe (to be posted at a later date, once I get it) involved edamame (obviously), tahini, garlic… and some other things.
I loved the color that it turned out to be.
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Supper Club
Yesterday I went to the first of many “Supper Club” dinners.
Supper Club is a thing organized by this fantastic girl Elizabeth, who is a mutual friend of a few of my friends who I had met a couple of times. She decided to form this group of 12 girls in Boston who don’t all know each other but are all connected to at least one other person (mostly her) in some way (school, work,...
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Cookie Creations - Girl Scouts of Eastern... →
The annual Cookie Creations fundraiser invites the area’s top chefs to use our famous Girl Scout cookies and whip-up a delicious dessert. The fabulous evenings of culinary delights will include tastes of all the treats, a silent auction, appetizers, great networking and the satisfaction of knowing you are supporting Girl Scouts.
Celebrate Girl Scout Cookie time while “raising some...
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OKAY, I ADMIT IT, I HAVE A TERRIBLE SWEET TOOTH.
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Even the cupcakes turned out alright.
Yes, some got a little too much lovin’ from the oven, but the majority of them are okay.
I decided it would also be fixed by cream cheese frosting, because who doesn’t love cream cheese frosting?
I used a recipe I’ve posted before, but used only 1/2 cup of confectionary sugar and added 2 tablespoons of honey, to go along with the honey chai cupcakes. The taste is very subtle...
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So everything ended up working out.
After having my roommates and best boy taste the cardamom coffee cake (which I originally thought was a disaster) I decided to bring it to the brunch and it went over much better than I expected. Heidi, the lovely hostess of this brunch, especially enjoyed it.
Here’s a semi-blurry picture of it cut up
Next time a recipe calls for a bundt cake pan, I’m going to make sure I get my...
TLC Cooking "How do self-cleaning ovens work?" →
I was JUST wondering this. This also explains the smell in my apartment.
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As punishment to the oven, I told it to get it's...
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Next baking boo boo... honey chai cupcakes
Now, I’ve made these cupcakes MANY times. It’s a recipe from my super cheep-y cupcake book I got at the Christmas Tree Shops last year. I love it because it involves brewing chai tea and adding it in at the very end.
The mixing and everything was going well. I was doubling the recipe and not forgetting that I was doubling the recipe (which has happened before). I even used my new...
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Sometimes I wonder what I'm doing this for
….this whole Cora-bakes-a-lot and blogs about it deal. Especially when I have a baking blunder. Especially when I have more than one at once.
I’m going to a brunch tomorrow so I decided to make a brunch-y baked thing. I found a recipe for Cardamom Crumb Cake which called for these things
I didn’t actually know what cardamom was before seeing this recipe and am not sure if I...
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1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons
I did not know that before.
Now I do, and so do you.
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And I'm back on the internet!
No, I’m not baking yet, but I do have things to share!
Last week I went to Disney World and ran the Walt Disney World Marathon. I didn’t actually end up taking a “sugar break” the days before, like I said I would.
I did however, KICK BUTT during the race and I wore a gold tutu skirt and smiled the whole time and had a lot of fun. I was there with some swell pals and we...
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Sugar break
Which will also be a short baking break.
After I finished the last of my cookies, I decided I need to briefly cleanse my body of the large amount of sugar consumption I have been putting in my body as of late. No cookies, no cupcakes, no dessert, no candy.
Also, I’m running the Walt Disney World Marathon this Sunday and decided I want to be real good to my body up until then.
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Baking date
Yesterday I had a baking date with my friend, Rory, it was loads of fun! He enjoys baking (and also cooking, which he’s great at). We made cookies and a cake. It was different baking in a foreign kitchen, and having to depend on someone else to know where things are, being unfamiliar with tools, how the oven bakes. We also have different styles.. he measures some things more accurately than...
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Anonymous asked: I think you and the blog and photos and your baking are just adorable! and incredibly sweet! Loved seeing you in one of your aprons!!!
I don't get how the blogging works? Where do people get to post their comments? can others read or just you? - mom
I don't get how the blogging works? Where do people get to post their comments? can others read or just you? - mom
