The Pescetarian and the Pig

How to make Chocolate Bowls using BalloonsRemember those fantastic little chocolate bowls from my Romantic Dinner Date?  Don’t you want to learn how to make them? Well, I sure hope so cause I made a whole episode to show you how 😉 And, of course, the video features the one and only world’s most adorable […]

Dark Chocolate Toffee Chip Cookies Are you cool with me moving on from an entire month of completely healthy eating with no desserts? I sure hope so, because these cookies are just begging for you to make them… and eat them. It’s a groundbreaking concept, I know, I’m still trying to wrap my head around […]

Vegan Gelatin with Chia SeedsSo, looking for a fun, refreshing, low calorie, low sugar snack that jiggles like Jell-O and is also vegan? These should satisfy your craving! Made from agar agar, a sea plant, this is one awesome way to avoid the animal-derived gelatin (which to Cupcake’s chagrin, is usually made of pork 🙁 […]

Cinnamon Pecan PralinesI’m just not ready, you guys! I’m not ready for Christmas to be over. I’m totally one of those people who leaves the tree up and decorated until every last pine needle drops to the floor and the skeleton that’s left erupts spontaneously into a curtain of flames. And even after that, I’ll […]

Peppermint White Chocolate Macadamia CookiesHelllooooooo Delicious! So, funny little story, the idea for these babies was actually birthed while I was searching for Andes Peppermint Chips so I could make a whole bunch more of my Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies to give as gifts. Seems like those baking chips really caught on this year, because […]

Can you say “Yum”? This Brandy Spiked Chocolate Eggnog Cake was my most popular recipe of 2011 and was featured on WordPress.com’s Freshly Pressed. Seems like people really like a boozy dessert, eh? When I created this cake, I wanted to come up with a recipe that was so packed with flavor that it would […]

Ginger Molasses Thumbprint Cookies I have been dying to try out my own version of a ginger molasses cookie for years. Seriously, years. For some reason, I thought this was going to be a very daunting task, but it wasn’t! And as soon as I had the idea to turn them into thumbprint cookies filled […]

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Cookies I am so unbelievably happy right now. The Christmas season puts me in the best mood ever! I’ve already Christmas-themed my website, put up all of my decorations (I’m getting a tree on Thursday! Wahoo!), and last night I watched Home Alone. Love! Yesterday I went to Bed Bath and Beyond […]

Cranberry Pomegranate Goat Cheese Poppers This is the best season. The BEST. It’s just a continuous stream of holidays, parties, gatherings, and desserts (wonderful desserts!) And plenty of amazing appetizers. Plenty of pomegranate. Plenty of cinnamon. Plenty of awesome. These little “poppers” are perfect appetizers. They’re very quick to prepare, and you can even set […]

The Best Banana Bread (Ever) I know it’s a big claim, but for serious, it’s for real. I’ve toyed around with banana breads for a while. Gotta make sure they’re moist enough, dense enough, flavorful enough, and of course, with a crunchy sugary topping to make your tastebuds swoon. Well, I nailed it. Really and […]