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The Olympics and Red, White, and Blueberry Pound Cake

The Olympics and Red, White, and Blueberry Pound Cake

Are you watching the Olympics?  I am watching mostly during the evening.  I’ve seen a lot of skating and skiing but not much curling and hockey. Respect the pants! Is it just me or are there  A LOT of commercials this time around.  I think that if I got up and began my training during […]

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Late Night Banana Bread

Late Night Banana Bread

Banana bread is not my first choice of dessert but I had three rotten bananas and I don’t like to throw out food so I made the ubiquitous rotten banana banana bread. I think that was a run-on sentence. Or was it?  That’s a fragment.  I hate grammar. It’s late.  I actually didn’t know how late […]

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Chupa Bowl Sunday 2014

Chupa Bowl Sunday 2014

Are you cracking up? Chupa got in on the action this year on Super Bowl Sunday.  He enjoyed the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet and then joined the family to watch the game. Being a Tebow fan, I loved the outcome!  We also loved our Chupa Bowl cupcakes.  You will, too! Super Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes […]

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Not the buttons!  Not my Gumdrop Buttons!

Not the buttons! Not my Gumdrop Buttons!

  I couldn’t resist a Shrek quote to go along with Diane’s birthday cake this year.  My SIL has a December birthday and we usually celebrate when we gather at Christmas.  This year I made a chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream frosting, a vanilla buttercream filling and a chocolate ganache drizzle.  I added some Wilton […]

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Carrot Ginger Muffins

Carrot Ginger Muffins

Carrot Ginger Muffins 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 t baking soda 2 eggs, beaten 1 1/2 cups shredded carrot 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar 1/2  cup whipped cream cheese 1/4 teaspoon vanilla 1/8 teaspoon ginger 1/4 cup […]

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Happy Birthday to Me

Happy Birthday to Me

Olivia made me a truly delicious Lemon Chiffon Cake for my birthday today.  We planned to celebrate later on this week but Olivia declared that everyone needs a cake on their actual birthday.   So, we had cake today!   This cake was wonderful.  It was light and moist but not tough or rubbery like […]

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