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Carrot in a Cake – Carrot Cake!

So Easter is said and done, but I’m not ready to move on just yet.  Rather than call this an Easter cake, I’ll call it a SPRINGTIME, It’s 60 degrees outside (YAY!) cake! I made white cake batter and tinted … Continue reading

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Polkadotty Goodness!

For ha-ha’s I showed Big Girl the pinterest pin of the polkadot cake on Once Upon A Pedestal.  That cake is amazing, and I knew there’d be no way mine would ever look like that, but when anyone asked what … Continue reading

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Cake Camp

There’s a little cupcake shop around the corner from the scrapbook store where I work.  Customers will frequently wander over there to get a snack and always come back with some pretty impressive looking cupcakes.  Imagine Big Girl’s surprise when … Continue reading

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Growing Bean

my big girl has been borderline sick for a couple of weeks now – a fit of coughing here and there, a runny nose from time to time, but this a.m. she woke up with dark circles under her eyes … Continue reading

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can’t win em all…

oh, pinterest, you let me down…  i’ve been thinking a lot about carrot cake this week, and all desserts containing carrots.  i found some pictures on pinterest that looked downright naughty, they looked so tasty.  i gathered ingredients and got … Continue reading

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you had me at caramel apple…

SO!  in searching for “things to put in canning jars”, i found this cute little idea for ways to work up a caramel apple cake.  WICKED easy, and SO tasty.  carmel cake mix, 2 for $4 at the grocery store, … Continue reading

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treats for the brace-faced

so.  i got braces last friday afternoon.  i was not 100% sure that would be the day, i thought it would be molds and pictures and xrays, but walked out with my upper teeth all braced up.  i might’ve been … Continue reading

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primary cakeballs

people bring me lots of ideas.  people say “oh! i saw this and thought of you! you have to make this!” so i have a MILLION ideas back-logged in my head. (sometimes i wonder why THEY don’t make the things … Continue reading

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this and that and the other thing…

making rainbow cupcakes for babycake’s 1/2 birthday at preschool tomorrow. note to self, don’t give children an open ended “what do you want for snack at preschool” unless you’re gonna follow through on the craziness.  next time, i’ll remember to … Continue reading

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flakey balls

ohhh, i made some gloriously lovely balls today: the humidity in the house musta been perfect, mercury musta been in retrograde, SOMETHING, cuz they were just lovely… not too many lumps or bumps.  whoopie! then i decided there had to … Continue reading

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