As some of you may or may not know, I’ve been hard at work writing a feature article on Chicago pastry. The actual focus of the article has shifted a bit, as they often do, but I conducted a few interviews I found to be very inspiring before the focus changed. Not wanting them to [...]

reminder finger Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! Dude, I’m everywhere. It’s only a matter of time before Martha takes notice and hires me as her stupid, lazy sidekick. Martha Reads the Columbia Chronicle, right? Special thanks to Jessica for not making me sound as retarded as I think we all know I am. And [...]

Everyone loves stickers. Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! Guess who’s a featured member on Bake Space today? It’s me, everyone’s favorite jerk!

Hellooooooo, fall! I hate being cold, I hate wearing socks, but I love fall foods and baking all the time. We had a surplus of green apples around these parts so I thought I’d try out this recipe from Julie Hasson’s 125 Best Cupcake Recipes.  I don’t have great luck with streusels, I will say, [...]

Caramel apples….. sweeeeet!!! Originally uploaded by TravelnFotog So, I promised a new recipe tonight and then Teno got sick. I still made the cupcakes, but I haven’t assembled, photographed or eaten them yet. I posted the recipe for Caramel Apple Crisp Cupcakes in the My Space blog, so my friends on there can sneak a [...]

Oh, hello. You’re still there? I know I’ve been a naughty blogger, you may direct all complaints to the teachers of Columbia College. They have this crazy notion that homework and learning is somehow more important than baking and blogging. And then if that weren’t silly enough I’m actually tossing around the idea of piling [...]

Knitta Please Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! I finally posted pictures of me actually wearing my new shirts! Now you can see how they fit as opposed to the American Apparel ones. More room for cupcake tummies and breast feeding boobies indeed.* http://bakeanddestroy.etsy.com *I added a sale section today and listed each size separately [...]

IMG_4807 Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! Praise be to Julie Hasson, she’s done it again. These are from 125 Best Cupcake Recipes, which is more valuable to me than all of my back issues of Bust and comic books combined. For the cupcakes you will need: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking powder [...]

Vegan Fauxstess Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! I decided to make these for an art sale I took part in this week end. They’re just a combo of different vegan cupcake elements I’ve used before, just switched all around. To make vegan cream filled chocolate cupcakes with ganache, or Fauxstess cupcakes, you’ll need these [...]

Bake and Do Stuff Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! As promised, new stuff on the Etsy shop tonight. I should have more B&D shirts as well as a whole new line of Knit and Destroy shirts up tomorrow. Saturday I’ll be selling cupcakes and other goodies at Kate’s amazing Craft Show Jr. If you’re [...]