I am still really enjoying the Bake It In A Cake trend.  This week’s sweet is a candy corn mini cupcake inside a chocolate cupcake with vanilla bean buttercream frosting, topped with a Hershey’s candy corn kiss. When I saw three flavors of Hershey’s Kisses for Halloween, I bought all three planning to use them… 

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Earlier this year, my friend Deanne came over and we tried to make cake pops, cake truffles, cake balls, whatever you would like to call them, ala Bakerella.  We failed miserably. I couldn’t understand why–it looked so easy on-line. I thought and thought about why this didn’t work.  Deanne suggested maybe we didn’t cool the… 

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This is my first creation since discovering Bake It In A Cake.  While it’s not the first time I have baked something inside of a cupcake (see my Cadbury Cupcakes), it is my latest obsession.  Since stumbling upon Megan’s website, I’ve been contemplating the idea of putting something inside of a cupcake.  I started simple,… 

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Oh, how I love the Palisade Peaches I hope to find every August when I visit Colorado!  While I’m thankful for the work that takes me to Colorado every year, I am most thankful for the visits with friends and delicious produce provided by these trips to the mountains. My friend Suzanne bought peaches for… 

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Another adventure in hotel room baking…and what was I thinking?!?  A yeast bread in a hotel room with questionable humidity, an oven with a questionable thermostat and unfamiliar baking supplies?  I was thinking that I wanted to de-gluten a friend’s favorite sweet treat.  I failed miserably.  These were still edible, but did not have the… 

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 My real job took me out of town a lot of the past couple of months.  I’m behind posting Sweet Treats, but haven’t missed an opportunity while out of town to create something yummy every week and share it with a friend, even if it meant baking in a hotel room. What a set of… 

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