This is HUGE! Please vote, spread the word!!! heidiminx has been working very hard to develop Built on Respect, a non-profit started in true DIY style that helps support young people who are working towards positive social change! They are one of three finalists in the MySpace Impact Awards; this is a great opportunity! If [...]

I wonder how many bakers rejoiced upon tasting Starbucks’ new instant coffee, VIA. I got off the El at Merchandise Mart a few weeks ago and was greeted with a hot cup of VIA and a free sample to take home. After tasting it- so close to the real thing it was spooky- I knew [...]

Well, well, well- who loves aprons? You guys do! Had I known what an amazing response I was going to get from apron blogging I would have skipped the baking and gone straight for the accessories all along! Special thanks to the official Deathmatch sponsor Cupcake Provocateur, who not only created the Argyle Effect apron [...]

I wish I would have been smart enough to do a screen grab of the numbers that popped up on Randomizer.org when I choose the TWO winners for my pastry bag giveaway- seriously, I know you guys aren’t going to believe me, but Lyns from Sweet Cuppin Cakes Bakery and Cupcakery Supplies and City the [...]

I have done a lot of difficult things in my day – stayed vegan for 5 years despite working in a delicious Italian bakery, gained and lost 70 lbs in an 18-month period, sat through Dracula 2000 without stabbing my own eyes out – but I don’t think I had as tough of a time [...]

As you may have read, I am working on a fabulous apron showcase which my friends on Twitter and I have officially named The Apron Deathmatch. It’s taking more time collecting all the photos and keeping track of everyone’s stock than I thought it would- and I hope to have the showcase posted Monday night. [...]

For his birthday,my friend Greg had a very specific request: booze-soaked cupcakes with blood-red buttercream and John Waters-themed cupcake toppers. Given my affinity for drag queens and Mac cosmetics I have always been a fan of the gays, and given my stellar bone structure and sassy mouth, the gays have always loved me back. So [...]

Holy cupcake papers, you guys- there is a colorful mess going on in my kitchen right now! Much to Tony’s dismay I cannot pass up a beautiful cupcake paper, no matter how disposable or how expensive and I’ve been going just a little bit overboard lately. All my favorite suppliers have all kinds of new [...]

The Finest Faux Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy You may have noticed I don’t do many reviews. This is mainly because the things people email me about are crap. Nope, I don’t want to review your gluten-free cookie mix. Nope, I don’t want to review your baking with kids cook book. Nope, I won’t [...]