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Cake

Cake Decorating Woes (Recipe – Millie’s White Wedding Cake)

January 10, 2010

A little under 8 years ago, I took a cake decorating class. It was my first foray into domestication after my first child was born. I was determined that as the perfect mom I was sure to be, all of my kids’ cakes would be extra special and decorated by me. Well, to do that, [...]

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Babies, BlogHer and Banana Bars (Recipe: Frosted Banana Bars)

July 27, 2009

Leah Meets Paula Deen BlogHer 2009 from Kristen Doyle on Vimeo.
The video above is of Paula Deen chatting with Leah during her appearance at BlogHer. Paula was hilarious, genuine and really an overall neat person! Seeing her was definitely one of the many highlights of BlogHer.
I returned from the BlogHer conference in Chicago yesterday and [...]

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Where’s the Crumb? (Recipe – New Jersey Crumb Cake)

June 25, 2009

When I was 12 years old, my mom let me loose in the kitchen to make a batch of chocolate chip cookies on my very own. I followed the classic recipe on the back of the Nestle Chocolate Chip bag. I mixed the wet ingredients together and as the directions said to do, I sifted [...]

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Return to Menu Planning (Recipe: Strawberry Cake)

April 26, 2009

I have one small goal this week, aside from getting my writing deadlines done by the 30th, and that is to get back into Menu Planning. Now that my husband is not traveling again until sometime after the baby is born, I feel like it is important to get back into the routine of having [...]

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Standing Ovation (Recipe: Chocolate Covered Oreo Cookie Cake)

April 7, 2009

Ella, who will be 3 at the end of May, is officially potty trained. We have been off and on working on potty training for the past 2 months, but it wasn’t until the last 2 weeks that we have seen progress. She is now at the point where she will tell us that she [...]

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All Grown Up

August 31, 2008

When I turned 16, I was finally allowed to date. For a constantly boy crazy girl, I felt like sixteen would never come and when it did, I took full advantage of it! I dated some pretty nice guys, but one guy, who ended up becoming my boyfriend for a few years, taught me more [...]

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Something Ordinary

June 15, 2008

(First of all… are you already having Tastespotting withdrawl like I am? Luckily Food Gawker has stepped in to take over where Tastespotting left off! Check it out!)
As someone who writes for a food blog and other food related sites, and someone who also loves to read food blogs, I can admit that often times [...]

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Pet Peeve

June 4, 2008

I try not to let too many things get to me… really I don’t, but sometimes people just push a button one too many times and I get annoyed enough to say something.
I will probably get reamed for this, and that is fine, but if I see one more person flaming someone else about their [...]

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