Archive for October, 2009

Daring Bakers October 2009 – Macarons

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The 2009 October Daring Bakers’ challenge was brought to us by Ami S. She chose macarons from Claudia Fleming’s The Last Course: The Desserts of Gramercy Tavern as the challenge recipe.

Iron Cupcake: Music II

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

“In a prehistoric dried up lake
A million years after the last earthquake
There lived a little girl who loved to bake
The only thing she made was cake and all she used was salt
That’s all she had, it’s not her fault
Saline the Salt Lake Queen”
- Rasputina
This was the first idea I had upon learning what this month’s [...]

Iron Cupcake: Music I

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

“But you are, my love, the astronaut
Flying in the face of science
I would gladly stay an afterthought
Just bring back some nice reminders”

Pumpkin Cupcakes, Part 2

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

If you like these cupcakes, please vote for them in this month’s Cupcake Hero competition!
These might look a little familiar to anyone who has bothered to read ALL the way back on this blog…back to when the pictures were horrible instead of slightly-less-than-horrible…

Post-Season

Friday, October 9th, 2009

Is ice cream season over? Does ice cream ever really go out of season? I hope not.

Muskrat Jelly?

Monday, October 5th, 2009

This fall I have been discovering all sorts of wonderful new fruits and vegetables, as well as enjoying the heck out of some older favorites. The grocery downstairs started selling some interesting-looking grapes recently and once I found out what they were and tried some I was definitely hooked.