Archive for December, 2007

Final Two Days of Shirt Sale!

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

New B&D shirts
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!

Ladies and…do any gentlemen read this blog? Anyway, ladies! There are only two days left to get your own Bake & Destroy or Knit & Destroy shirt for only $7! I needed to make some room and I sure did. Very limited sizes are available- large and XL [...]

Low-fat Lucha Libre Cakes

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

Low-fat Lucha Libre Cakes
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!

Let the resolution to bake low-fat cupcakes begin! Inspired by the Dan Madigan book I received for x-mas, Mondo Lucha A Go Go, I decided to go with a dairy-free Mexican hot cocoa (chocolate and cinnamon) cake and a low-fat chocolate cinnamon cream cheese frosting. The frosting [...]

Lil Smoky Cheese Ball

Friday, December 28th, 2007

Beating you with beaters.
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!
I was unable to get a proper picture of Amy Sedaris’ recipe in action because it was so delicious my family ate one whole cheese ball in about 10 minutes. I made two cheese balls from this recipe, if you made one it would be HUGE. You [...]

Boston Cream Pie Cupcakes

Thursday, December 27th, 2007

I heart Cakespy
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!
My sister-in-law is in town for the holidays and we decided right away we wanted to bake together. I’ve been wanting to make the Boston cream pie cupcakes from Julie Hasson’s 125 Best Cupcake Recipes and figured in this case four hands would be better than two. It [...]

Donut Muffins

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

Donut Muffin
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!

I read about donut muffins like, three times this week on all different foodie blogs. Now, I like muffins and I love donuts so I really couldn’t see anything not being awesome about these. And guess what… donut muffins are fuckin’ awesome. You have to eat them warm, so [...]

DIY Cupcake Toppers

Friday, December 21st, 2007

I thought it would be fun to give you guys a project for X-mas, because let’s face it- there is NOTHING to do right now. I mean, I’m sure your boyfriends and husbands* did all the shopping and cleaned the house, your in-laws are doing all the cooking and all of those last-minute details [...]

Attention, class…

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

skull bread
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!
I have this mental list of things I keep meaning to put in the blog, but it seems strange to just post three sentences and be done with it. So I saved them all up for this super special blog of announcements. Oh, and if you would [...]

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

red velvet cupcakes
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!
I had a request for red velvet cupcakes from a girl who said her aunt used to make the best red velvet cake but never makes it anymore. No pressure. So, I turned to my girl Paula Deen. I figured a proper Southern lady would have the best [...]

Rotelli with Walnut Sauce

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

Rotelli with walnut sauce.
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!

My mom bought me Giada De Laurentiis’ Everyday Pasta for my birthday last year. We always joke about Giada’s boobs being in her food but the truth is, she’s one of the only Food Network personalities I like. (I also love Paula Deen. I hate [...]

School’s Out for Winter!

Friday, December 14th, 2007

tiny pie
Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy!
Today, my beloved subversive cookers and cakers, is my last day of school for the Fall semester. I have a test in Tai Chi (I go to art school, shut up,) a test in remedial-ass math and then two long, glorious weeks off. I pick it up [...]