birthday

Around Easter, a co-workers birthday prompted me to make some strawberry cupcakes with buttercream frosting. But I also wanted them to be somewhat special – so I topped them with dark chocolate eggs. OK, so really I just wanted dark …

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So all of you may know that being gluten free can be easier at some moments, and difficult at others. For example, meals at home can be adapted, where restaurants quickly become tricky territory. And bakeries? Unless they’re gluten free …

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Recently, our lovely friend Jen (our “other” Jen) turned 26, on November 26. Her Golden Birthday was upon us, and as Corelyn was visiting we knew we had to do something special. This is a photo of us from our …

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One of the first famous chefs I cooked recipes from was Ina Garten. My mom’s way of cooking almost always involved half recipe, half make-it-up-as-you-go. But she faithfully followed (mostly, usually) Ina’s recipes when she used them. Her book brought …

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A few weeks back I had a coworker who’s birthday snuck up on me. And since I didn’t have much time, I had to not-so-subtly just ask him what his favorite cake was. Then I did something I almost never …

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Mary’s take on the day…thank you Mary!!

A few days ago, I went to yoga with Demi Soeur and we were yoga-ing when the woman teaching said, “I’d like to do a hand balance pose” and proceeded to explain to us how to get into side crow …

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We’re moving into July over here, and that means…cakes! I know, I know, you’re thinking, what? But here in LA we have birthdays year round, not to mention the fourth of July, and that means CAKE. Who doesn’t love a …

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As Mary’s birthday was a few weeks back, Rebecca and I set off to bake for her. We knew Mary likes red velvet, and I had already made PW’s recipe. We figured that cupcakes would be easy to move (true) …

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So in case you haven’t gathered yet, MAC is GF (gluten free.) Because of this fact, she couldn’t come over to bake with us, but we had video-conference with her. First, we had to make a red velvet cake for …

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