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jillbcooks 9/11/2009 4:48:00 PM
Did you realize that we had a date with all nines in it this week, 9/9/09? It is hard to believe that we are already in September’s double digits. As I was figuring what to blog about today, I decided to check the calendar. We are less than two weeks away from Rosh Hashanah, which begins at sunset on September 18. I guess with dates in my mind, I noticed something sort of significant about Rosh Hashanah this year. Just like some cultures find 9/9/09 numerically significant, in Judaism, th...
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Cupcakes, tea, Chai, tea cakes, Rosh Hashanah
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AndiatBettyCrocker 7/16/2009 2:45:00 PM
What could taste better in the summer than chilled lime-flavored cupcakes with cream cheese frosting? These Key Lime Cupcakes start with a cake mix to which lime-flavored gelatin and Key lime juice are added. After baking, they are poked with a toothpick and a glaze of powdered sugar mixed with Key lime juice is drizzled over the tops. A scratch cream cheese frosting is mounded on the tops and fresh lime peel is added for a tasty and pretty garnish.
This recipe is in the newest issue of the ...
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Cupcakes, Key Lime Cupcakes, summer desserts
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AndiatBettyCrocker 3/23/2009 5:05:00 AM
We gathered together last week to celebrate my mother’s 88th birthday. Here we all are: Jason, Katie, Grandma Shirley, Blake held by "Papa" Jack and me—all four generations of my family.
All of us went out for dinner and then back to my mom’s place for dessert. I baked a batch of Cream-Filled Cupcakes f...
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birthday party celebration, cream-filled chocolate cupcakes, cupcakecakes stand, Cupcakes
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AndiatBettyCrocker 3/5/2009 3:10:00 PM
Have you been looking for a recipe for Texas Sheet Cake or a Rhubarb Coffee Cake? Or, how about an easy-to-make cheesecake or even a wedding cake that starts with a cake mix? Maybe you need a new bar recipe like Gooey Caramel-Chocolate Bars or Lemon Cheesecake Bars?
If you answered “yes!” to any of the questions above, you will want to pick up the newest issue of the Betty Crocker recipe magazine at your supermarket with the Luscious Strawberry Cream Cake photo on the cover. Doesn’t it look sort of...... LUSCIOUS?!...
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Betty Crocker, Crocker recipe magazines, Cupcakes, Fairy Tale Princess Cake, Fruit-Topped Almond Cake, Gooey Caramel-Chocolate Bars, Lemon Cheesecake Bars, Luscious Strawberry Cream Cake, making cookies and bars from a cake mix, Rhubarb Coffee Cake, spring cakes, spring desserts, Sunflower Cupcakes, Texas Sheet Cake, wedding cakes from a mix
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AndiatBettyCrocker 2/19/2009 11:43:00 AM
With the Academy Awards show coming up on Sunday night, you may want to make some star-studded recipes to eat while you watch it. Here are some ideas.
Apricot-Chipotle-Cream Cheese Star
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Academy Awards, Apricot-Chipotle-Cream Cheese Star, Cupcakes, star cookies, star cupcakes, star recipes, star-studded recipes
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jillbcooks 1/29/2009 8:07:00 AM
I just read about a school where selling snack foods during the lunch period set off a parental brouhaha, since the practice conflicted with rules about healthful eating that the school had previously adopted. The school did not allow for these types of snacks to be sold, or even to be eaten in classrooms for celebrations. The rules also prohibited teachers from giving students candy.
Times have changed a lot since I was in elementary school. Back then we routinely celebrated everyone’s birthdays with cup...
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Cupcakes, Valentine's Day, children, health, school, treats
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jillbcooks 12/4/2008 8:32:00 AM
I positively adore watching those cake decorating contests on television and just marvel at the ingenuity of the decorators crafting these tall and elaborate masterpieces. A few years ago I took a cake decorating course where I learned the basics. Each week we were to bring a cake to frost and design. My husband, who signed me up for the class as a gift, especially loved when I came home from class, toting along a cake decked out with chrysanthemums, barnyard animals or intricate vines or whatever we learned that week. Though it might be crazy to admit, we found ourselves with too much cake week to week with all this decorating practice, so I decided to make cupcakes and...
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baking, Cupcakes, coconut, decorating, family fun, hanukkah, holidays, latkes
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Heidi at Betty Crocker 9/9/2008 3:29:00 AM
My all-girls sleepover on Saturday was tons of fun. In addition to the tacos and rice, AC helped me make strawberry cupcakes with cherry frosting. The cupcakes were out of a box and the frosting out of a can, but no one was keeping track. 
AC's husband, Luke, makes the best guacamole ever so I asked him to make u...
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guacamole, girl's night in, Cupcakes, Margaritas
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AndiatBettyCrocker 5/15/2008 11:06:00 AM
This time last year, my grandson, Blake, was only 4 days old. We celebrated his first birthday and my son Jason's 30th birthday last weekend since their birthdays are only four days apart.
My daughter-in-law, Katie, decided on a pirate theme for the party and then invited around 50 guests to attend. I asked Katie how I could help her with the food and she immediately asked if I'...
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Birthday Parties, Bithday Cakes, cupcake stand, Cupcakes, Pirate Cake, Pirate theme, Pirate's Hidden Treasure Cupcakes