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Threadcakes on Chicago Tonight + a Threadless Giveaway!

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

As you may or may not know, I am psyched to be on the judging panel for this year’s Threadcakes competition! If you’ve been eating fondand under a rock somewhere I’ll fill you in – it’s a cake decorating contest that melds the creative, crowd-sourced designs of Threadless t-shirts with the uber popular art of [...]

Picnics & Pies

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009

“If you fancy yourself a baker,” teases the blog post over at Blue Sky Inn, daring you to enter their fundraiser/pie contest. The closest I ever came to making a pie was the 30 bazillion crostata I used to blast out like some kind of crostata-making machine at Letizia’s Natural Bakery. But the truth is, [...]

Apron Deathmatch Winners!

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

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 [...]

Pastry Bag Dryer Giveaway Winners!

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

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 [...]

The winner, and new Sugar Slam Champion of the world…

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

…is Dr. Jennifer Kovach with her Vanilla Pepsi Punkcakes! Congratulations to you, Jenn! You’ve won, as promised, the one-of-a-kind autographed Bake and Destroy photo book, a set of classic wrestling-themed cupcake toppers and whatever other fun things I decide to mail you! Now, before you all start booing and throwing your popcorn at me, I [...]

Please stay tuned…

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

the tattooed lady’s famous… Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! I’m glad I never set a deadline for when CM Punk would choose a favorite wrestling-themed baked item to crown Sugar Slam Champion because um… it’s taking a while. Believe it or not, he has other stuff going on in his life besides judging Internet [...]

Sugar Slam Entries!

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

There are probably a lot of people who wish they were CM Punk, but tonight I am not one of them. Not only because I don’t think I could stand to shave my legs nearly as often as he has to, but because I would not want to have to choose a favorite out of [...]

Sugar Slam!

Sunday, August 3rd, 2008

One of my fondest childhood memories is of my cousin Mikey putting his younger brother Josh in a Boston Crab. As Josh screamed and pounded on the carpeted floor Mikey calmly explained the importance of foot position to all of his wide-eyed little cousins. One by one we would slide off the couch and submit [...]

Mac & Cheese Cupcake

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Mac & Cheese Cupcake Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! Oh no I didn’t. I did, dude. I made a macaroni and cheese cupcake and I don’t care what you think about that. Echo Magazine is having a staff mac & cheese cook off. The winning recipes will appear in our June issue; categories include [...]

Are you the next Cupcake Hero?

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Are you the next Cupcake Hero? Originally uploaded by Bake & Destroy! My ginger apple cupcakes with orange clove buttercream might not have been enough to sweep October’s Cupcake Hero contest, but they apparently were enough to warrant my co-hosting of this month’s competition. When you’ve been a loser for as many years as I [...]