The Story: Did anyone actually make good money doing a lemonade stand? I remember sitting out in the blistering sun, fighting our little card table that kept collapsing and trying to find the right balance of cute and pathetic so people would stop and buy a drink or two. But I don’t remember any money…
Blackberry
Chocolate Blackberry Cupcakes
The Story: My summers seem to have lost their magic. They used to be full of hiking, sleeping in the backyard under the stars, smokey campfires, craft camps and loosing a sense of what day of the week was. But now, all I seem to do is work. When I finally do have time to…
Chocolate Blackberry Cream Cookies
The Story: Until I was 5, we had blueberry bushes down our drive way, but after that we moved to a house where blackberries grew along the other side of the road. My parents still live in that house, and I went and picked blackberries there for the first time in at least 5…
Blackberry White Chocolate Cupcakes
The Story: These cupcakes at the wedding were probably the biggest hit. The color scheme of the whole night was purple, so these beauties fit right in, and who could say no to a beautiful blackberry atop a cupcake anyway? Vanilla Cake 1 cup butter 1 ½ cup sugar 2 eggs 4 egg whites 1 TB…
Wedding Cupcakes
The Story: I have been busy the last few weeks making preparations for 300 cupcakes for my friend Whitney’s wedding. We sat down a few weeks ago and planned flavors, I was given a color scheme, and then I was off! I baked, decorated and made all of the buttercream the day of the…
