Here’s How to Make Frosting-Filled Black Forest Pie

April 15, 2013 // 6:00 am

I’ve come to a realization about myself: I love frosting, and I think it’s highly underutilized. Sure, with the popularity of cake balls and whoopie pies, it gets a lot of love, but it’s not the star of the show.

So I’ve decided to stop beating around the bush and declare that…

Even if You Hate Valentine’s Day, We’re Pretty Sure You Won’t Hate These Brownies

February 13, 2013 // 6:00 am

Confession: I actually like Valentine’s Day.  Possibly because I have a severe medium addiction to chocolate and will happily celebrate any holiday that makes it acceptable for me to receive an entire box of it.  I only have one gift to buy, only one other person to feed, and I don’t…

This Thanksgiving, Avoid Family Interrogations with Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

November 15, 2012 // 3:01 pm

Remember when you were little and Thanksgiving was just about the turkey and stuffing? Now it seems that every third Thursday of November when you return to the dinner table, between forkfuls of cranberry sauce and yams, you now have to explain, again, why you didn’t fulfill your family’s dream…

These Frosting Murals Look Good Enough to Eat – But Don’t

November 7, 2012 // 2:00 pm

Sick and tired of “normal” street art media like paint and yarn? Celebrating your birthday without a cake? Do you like licking walls?

Birthday Cake Oreo Truffles

February 19, 2012 // 9:30 pm

Marriage, like the elevator business, has its ups and downs (high-oh). Some days you might have to remind yourself that you chose to marry him or her. And then there are those magical times when you just know that your spouse was meant for you. Today was one…

Buffalo Chicken Wing Cupcakes, Because This is America

January 20, 2012 // 12:22 pm

It’s a turbulent time for some. As the Superbowl rapidly approaches, many a home chef will be wondering to themselves, How do I please the strange mixture of people coming over to watch the big game? Should I serve meat pies? No, too manly. Cupcakes? No, what is this, a…

Bacon Frosting

October 27, 2011 // 6:05 am

Bacon toothpaste, bacon floss, bacon toys, and now Bacon Frosting. Where do you not see bacon deliciousness at anymore? Touch up your baked goods with this 5″ by 2″ tube of red-colored, smokey-flavored frosting. Or just eat it straight up. Nothing says good like a mouthful of…

Aristocakes Cupcake Mold

April 26, 2011 // 12:55 pm

The media has declared this week to be Royal Wedding Week, so what a perfect way to celebrate someone’s wedding that you don’t care about, by making crown shaped, noble cupcakes. If I had been in Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail, this is what I…