...jennydoll

Coffee. Wonderful. Delicious. I love the smell of coffee.  I am not a huge coffee drinker but I do love those frou frou coffee drinks.  The last two weeks my mother in law has been visiting and she is an avid book reader.  She has been reading a series called, "Coffeehouse Mysteries"  by Cleo Coyle and in the back of each book are recipes that were featured in the book.  I wrote down one that looked really good and decided that I would make it this afternoon.  I improvised a little because I was too lazy to go to the store twice in one day.  So, the sour cream that was supposed to be one cup became a spatula scoop.  I also did not put the icing on that it called for.  I sprinkled powdered sugar on top along with some miniature chocolate chips and sliced almonds. They turned out pretty tasty! On a side note, I received my candle order today that consisted of Black Coffee and Gingerbread.  They were handmade by a friend of mine who owns...

This past Sunday was Valentine's Day.  A day that is not really celebrated in our house.  Don't get me wrong, I am not down on the whole holiday and if you enjoy it and celebrate it, please do!  We don't.  I spent a number of years as a floral designer and know the "pressures" that this holiday causes.  People stress over making sure they have the right flowers, chocolates, or other token of love to give to the significant other and I don't feel it's worth it.  I also know how much the cost of flowers are increased due to this holiday.  When Dave and I were married we, more me, decided that if he wanted to give me flowers to do it on a day or an occassion that it wasn't expected.  We felt that we did not need a specific day to express our love to each other.  You should show it every day!  Yes, I realize that sounds a bit schoompy.  Anyway, since I had found these cute little frog cupcake picks and I decided to...

I am so excited about baseball season starting soon!  Go Cards!  My brother and I share a love of baseball so it only seemed fitting to make him baseball themed cupcakes for his birthday.  Granted, my brother is not a huge sweet eater like I am but I found these fun baseball picks so I had to make him these.  I made dark chocolate cupcakes in cardinal red liners and topped them with either a coffee buttercream or maraschino cherry buttercream.  I also made the lettering out of dark chocolate and placed it on top of the icing.  They smelled delicious!  It was hard not to eat them myself!  Enjoy!