Make sure you get all the way to the bottom for a giveaway about your favorite cupcake and frosting flavors!
I take it for granted that everyone has a favorite type of cake. The kind they hope to see on their birthday, that they enjoy making themselves or wish someone would make for them for a [...]

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I love lemons. In California I had a lemon tree in my backyard and loved it. And though now everyone is talking about meyer lemons all over the food blogosphere, I thought it the best time to share some lovely lemon macarons made with some of the best lemons Italy has to offer from the [...]

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Happy World Nutella Day!!!! Today, February 5th is World Nutella Day!
For the 3rd year, we’re celebrating the chocolaty hazelnut spread that is Nutella! Back in early 2007 I was thinking about how there was no holiday to celebrate wonderful nutty Nutella. And World Nutella Day was born!
As your World Nutella co-host, just a reminder, you [...]

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I promised you a recipe for the Dark Mint Chocolate French Macarons that I made for the The Best Holiday Cookie Swap Ever. If you’re going to make these, I would recommend making them the day before or the morning of your event so that you have time to do all the various steps and [...]

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You spend a lot of time interacting with people, on their blogs, on Twitter, listening to their ups and their downs, their triumphs, their fun moments, their cries for help. You support them and work with them together for causes, and you fall down on your knees when you lose one of them.
And even though [...]

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