Category: <span>52 Sweets</span>

cupcakes, cookies & pie, oh, my!: A Book Review

January 24, 2012 By Johnna Leave a Comment

A couple of years ago, I went to a book signing and cupcake decorating demonstration with Karen Tack & Alan Richardson, the amazing duo behind the Hello, Cupcake! and What’s New, Cupcake! cookbooks. It was such a fun day, packed full of info on making super cute cupcakes. At the time, I couldn’t imagine what…

$5.20 Sweets: Rice Krispie Cupcakes

January 19, 2012 By Johnna 7 Comments

I’m all about Valentine’s Day right now. If it’s pink and red, I’ve stuck it to the wall, used it to decorate the kitchen table and cooked with it. Not even a container of pink frosting could evade me. I made these adorable rice krispie treat cupcakes and topped them with ready-made (gasp!) frosting. I…

$5.20 Sweets: Chocomole

January 6, 2012 By Johnna 10 Comments

Happy 2012! Instead of creating 52 Sweet recipes this year, I’m going to focus on Sweets that can be made for $5.20 or so. My goal is to create something that includes at least 4 servings and, as always, is gluten- and dairy-free. The first Sweet this year is one you might remember from last…

Sweet of the Week #52, Kale Kolada

December 31, 2011 By Johnna 3 Comments

Well, here it is, the end of another 52 Journey for me. And wouldn’t you know it, my final ingredient is one I have chosen not to bake into a Sweet. Instead, I’m putting it into the blender. You see, this is the end of three years of blogging about one Sweet every week. I’ve…

Sweet of the Week #51, Absinthe and Bubbly Cupcakes

December 30, 2011 By Johnna 1 Comment

This week’s Ingredient is Absinthe. I first sampled Absinthe while visiting Austria in 2001. The owner of the guest house where I was staying invited me to join other guests for a nightcap. What he served to us was hausgemacht absinthe, homebrewed with a combination of herbs passed down through at least 3 generations. Austrians…

Sweet of the Week #50, Black Olive Cake

December 27, 2011 By Johnna 6 Comments

This week’s Ingredient is Olives, suggested to me by my darling friend Keri. Specifically, I’ll be using black olives. And olive oil. I love olives. Olives and pickles. Pickles and olives. My two favorite snacks. As a child, olives had to be hidden from me. I’d pop one on each finger, eat them all…