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after the marathon baking session tuesday, i decided to keep it to just a few things on wednesday to avoid falling asleep in a bowl of batter– sugar cookies and some more cupcakes. the vanilla cupcakes (the amazing perfect party cake from the amazing dorie greenspan)were such a hit that i decided to modify them and put out two varieties of those instead of going with a new recipe. since they already had lemon in them i wanted to do a lemon raspberry, and for the other i went with peppermint. i was a little reluctant to mix lemon with peppermint but let me just tell you…. i took one bite and i was in love. no, seriously, best cupcakes ive ever made. EVER.
i made my rounds again, hitting the departments and friends i had missed the day before, and came to the realization that i am pretty much the opposite of the tooth fairy. i can live with that.
maybe it is that i had ravioli for dinner three days last week. maybe it is that i am italian. maybe the folks that published this recipe don’t know the difference between what a pillow looks like in comparison to what ravioli look like. whatever the reason, these pillow cookies look a lot more like ravioli to me than they do pillows.
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*disclaimer: back to horrendous lighting, as it was a gloomy day… these look much better in person than these pix*
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as you may recall from my post of lauren’s gigundo poptart cake, i bake for the birthdays of the team that i manage. for andy’s birthday i decided to ask his girlfriend what he likes and i held my breath in hopes of something i could whip up pretty easily. when she said that he would love a strawberry rhubarb pie i breathed a sigh of relief. i could totally do that. THEN… oh then… friday afternoon i get an instant message that he wants these zombie cupcakes. i am totally up for a challenge, but i checked the halloween section of the few places i buy my candy stuff from and did not seem to be able to find a brain shaped candy mold. i called up candyland crafts (it is like disneyland for candy makers, but with no frills) and it turns out they do have a brain mold but it was hiding in a different section. the good news is that they had it, the bad news is that it was way bigger than cupcake size.
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although baking/cooking is my passion, i make my living by working in corporate america. if i tried to explain to you what the company i work for does, or even what my job is, it would still be unclear after you asked any question you could think of… here is the short answer: companies, schools, governments, etc buy all sorts of computer stuff from us, i manage a team of folks that specialize on a particular product manufacturer and help the sales reps. just like i do something outside of my day job, one of the gentlemen on our help desk does something spectacular in addition to his job at our company: HE PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM AND PUTS HIS LIFE ON THE LINE FOR US! He came back from Iraq a few weeks ago, and will be returning to work this Monday, so a bunch of us ladies are baking as part of the welcome back/thank you efforts.
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so, today i went to what just may be the last of the summer bbqs, and decided that this evening’s selection should be a farewell to summer. when i think of personal pies i think of pizza hut’s personal pan pizzas, but this time the personal pies are an homage to a delicious snapple flavor– raspberry peach! i was going to make blueberry pies, then peach blueberry, but then i remembered the delightful flavor combination of this fine beverage.
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