Baked Goods, Cupcakes, Desserts, Holidays / Entertaining

Chocolate-Oatmeal Cupcakes With Maple-Bacon Butter Cream

February 22, 2009

My friend Anna instant messaged me on Wednesday afternoon to let me know that a co-worker had found a recipe for bacon cupcakes in The New York Times. Anna really...

Baked Goods, Cupcakes, Desserts, Muffins

Orange Frosted Pumpkin Muffins

September 22, 2008

Happy first day of fall! I’m sure most of you aren’t feeling very excited about this change, especially if you reside in New England like I do.  The onset of...

Contests / Giveaways

And the Winner of CakeLove is…

May 23, 2008

Congratulations Christie! You’ll be receiving CakeLove in the mail shortly. Thank you to everyone for participating and be sure to stay tuned! There are more giveaways in the works.

Contests / Giveaways

An ErinCooks Contest – Win CakeLove!

May 21, 2008

If after reading Monday’s post you now desperately want your chance to dive right into the cake baking world of Warren Brown then you’re in luck!  I’m giving away a...

Baked Goods, Cake, Cookbook Reviews, Desserts, Reviews

CakeLove: Mojito Pound Cake

May 19, 2008

UPDATE:  Don’t forget!  You have until Noon (EST) on May 23 to enter the contest to win your very own copy of CakeLove.  Simply follow this link and leave a...

Baked Goods, Cookies, Desserts, Holidays / Entertaining, Pink Things

Hungry Heart Cookies aka Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies

February 6, 2008

Once upon a time I lived in Portland, Maine where there was a really great radio station called WCLZ. One morning, while driving to my cubicle dwelling office job, I...

Baked Goods, Cake, Desserts

Best Ever Banana Cake

February 2, 2008

When I was a kid I would get so excited if the bunch of bananas my mother brought home from the grocery store had a Chiquita Banana sticker. I’d quickly...

Baked Goods, Desserts, Garden / Crafty, Holidays / Entertaining, Nostalgia, Products

All Aboard The Jolly Express Gingerbread Train!

December 17, 2007

I’ve had the Avon Jolly Express cookie cutter set since 1992. When I first used the kit (way back when I was 12 years old) it came with prepackaged gingerbread...