This is actually a cake recipe from the Chocolate Cake Mix Doctor by Anne Byrn, but I altered it for cupcakes because I’m Captain Cupcake. You will need: 1 package (10 ounces) frozen raspberries packed with sugar, thawed 1 package (18.25 ounces) devil’s food cake mix with pudding 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup [...]

Check out what my dad sent me today, I want one!

I have been the proud owner of a Kitchenaid stand mixer for a few years now, Tony bought it for me on Valentine’s Day a few years back before there was even a glimmer of a Teno and $300 Valentine’s Day gifts were perfectly reasonable. The little lady has served me quite well, I would [...]

 I have to get over the idea that I need to be chatty. I got this recipe from a coworker/friend whose last name is the same of mine, yet we are not related. Not relevant, but an interesting tidbit nonetheless. I found it really didn’t matter if you are a dingbat-like cook and don’t realize [...]

 Natalie did not get the cooking gene from me, though I do enjoy baking on occasion. I liken myself to Lucy when it comes to kitchen skills. I mean well, but things always seem to go wrong. It’s like I have cooking ADD. I cannot seem to focus. But even I did not eff up [...]

from Cupcakes! From the Cake Mix Doctor by Anne Byrn Ingredients: 1 bar (4 oz.) German’s sweet chocolate 1 package plain German chocolate cake mix 1 package vanilla instant pudding mix 1 cup sour cream 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup vegetable oil 4 large eggs 1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line 24 cupcakes cups with [...]

from  Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero You will need: 1 cup soy or rice milk 4 black teabags or 2 tablespoons loose black tea 1/4 cup canola oil 1/2 cup plain or vanilla soy yogurt 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1-1/3 cups all-purpose [...]

I hate the Gizmo. I cannot wait to buy a new hand-mixer. I love my Kitchenaid stand mixer, but it’s useless for small batches of anything. This thing, however, is even more useless than just stirring things by hand. I guess if I loved washing dishes I would like the Gizmo. It’s really good at [...]

I choose this recipe because some people were coming over and it was the only one to which I already had all the ingredients. Well, sort of. And that “sort of” is possibly why these did not taste as delicious as I had hoped. I had low-fat creamy peanut butter but I also had party [...]