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Smarts and Crafts: November 2011
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Saturday, November 26, 2011. Easy Peasy Banana Bread. In the days BB ( before breadmaker. I didn’t make any bread but this recipe. It was quick, easy, required no kneading or rising, and was a great use for black bananas. Considering I don’t eat bananas once they get a bruise or run past the slightly green/bright yellow stage, this recipe saved a lot of bananas from a garbage fate. 3 – 4 ripe/black bananas. 1/3 cup melted butter. 1/3 – ¾ cup of sugar *. 1 egg, beaten. 1 tsp baking soda. Instead, I’...
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Smarts and Crafts: January 2012
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Saturday, January 28, 2012. This post isn’t meant to showcase a truly awesome cake à. La Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes or Food Network Challenge. Please, I don’t know how to build cakes! It’s just meant to show a cute technique that I’ve used to make a fun little cake. I made this cake for a baby shower several years ago. Two girls I worked with were having babies and I love them both. I wanted to make them an awesome cake. I frosted the entire thing with buttercream. Curl your right hand into a fist. Foggy mi...
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Smarts and Crafts: Rose Cupcakes
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Saturday, January 7, 2012. I thought I’d continue this week with another cupcake from the What’s New, Cupcake. The sequel to Hello, Cupcake. I made these the weekend of my sister's wedding ( they were for those of us staying at a beach house together. Make your favorite cupcakes. Again, it doesn’t matter what kind, but I did specifically bake them in red cupcake liners. It helps with the flower effect. To ice the cupcakes and make the flowers, you will need to gather a few things. Add other flattened fis...
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Smarts and Crafts: Cake Fun
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Saturday, January 28, 2012. This post isn’t meant to showcase a truly awesome cake à. La Cake Boss, Ace of Cakes or Food Network Challenge. Please, I don’t know how to build cakes! It’s just meant to show a cute technique that I’ve used to make a fun little cake. I made this cake for a baby shower several years ago. Two girls I worked with were having babies and I love them both. I wanted to make them an awesome cake. I frosted the entire thing with buttercream. Curl your right hand into a fist. Foggy mi...
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Smarts and Crafts: December 2011
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011. For my 2011 finale, I wanted to show you my favorite cupcakes! The idea comes directly from the book “ What’s New, Cupcake? 8221; which is the sequel to “ Hello, Cupcake! 8221; The ideas are so cute and some are easy to implement ( some are actually a bit difficult, sadly. But this one is really easy! Make whatever cupcakes you like. I’m a big fan of chocolate or red velvet, myself. Once they are cool, gather the following things:. Bag of mini marshmallows. So gorgeous, in fac...
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Smarts and Crafts: An Alternative Wedding Guest Book
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Saturday, January 21, 2012. An Alternative Wedding Guest Book. I’ve never understood guest books at weddings. I have nowhere to store the thing nor will I ever flip through it to look at the names. They’re just weird to me. My husband’s opinion was “We need a guest book? I decided to take into account where my husband and I were each from: Buffalo, NY and Philadelphia, PA. Both cities are on the water ( Lake Erie and the Delaware River, respectively. Since the picture was going to have to be large enough...
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