cupcakes

Adventures in San Francisco: Day 1

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on November 8, 2011

in friends, travel

I’d been looking forward to the FoodBuzz Festival of 2011 pretty much since the same event ended last year. I was lucky enough to be able to attend last year with the help of AJ and his unending generosity and support of the blog. This year, I was lucky enough to have been chosen for [...]

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Birthday Wishes and Frosting Dreams

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on October 17, 2011

in Baking, friends

Over the course of the last year, many of my friends have gone through some terrible times. Deaths, miscarriages, lost houses, divorces, lost jobs… and I was one of them. It seemed like everywhere I turned, someone I knew was going through something difficult. Usually, when someone is going through something, I’m the first one [...]

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That Blue for That Smile

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on June 6, 2011

in Baking, friends

Every girl knows the color. That slightly green, mostly blue, usually inscribed with a little black name and tied with a little white ribbon. [source] Ah yes, Tiffany & Company… the infamous color, home of breakfasts, bling, and truly untouchable luxuries. If you’ve ever received anything from Tiffany, you remember it. You probably remember where [...]

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Mini Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cupcakes

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on May 30, 2011

in Baking, family

Special occasions call for special treats. I don’t think anyone would disagree with me on that fact. A double birthday party though, in which a) one person was turning 50, b) his daughter was turning 6, and c) chocolate was requested, requires something decadent, tiny, and very very chocolate. I turned to my newest obsession [...]

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Lima Colada Cupcakes

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on May 2, 2011

in Baking, dessert

I began my love affair with cupcakes about a year ago with a spring break project that went wonderfully right. Coconut cupcakes with key lime buttercream were the beginning of something that then snowballed into a full-blown obsession love affair complete with paraphernalia, souvenirs, and requests for cupcakes all over the place. I can’t say [...]

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Cooking Shenanigans

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on March 31, 2011

in Baking, beef, dessert, friends, Italian, simple recipe

I’ve been out and about with my friend Ericka since she arrived on Monday afternoon… but, for Ericka and I, “out and about” includes things like going to fun grocery stores, coming up with recipes, cooking, and eating. Our friendship has pretty much always been like that, actually. We met in college when we shared [...]

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