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Sunday, August 17, 2014

The New York Baking Company Review

I was contacted by the The New York Baking Company to do a review of their product on my blog.  I was delighted!  As you probably know from the title of my blog, I love baking.  Funny enough, I love the process of baking even better than the eating of the things I make.  Baking is my therapy, and it just makes everything better in my world.  


They are so pretty!  The kids were thrilled to open up the package of colorful cups, and line them all up.  I have to be honest... I had to youtube a video to make sure that I could put the cups on top of a regular baking sheet.  Yes, they stayed upright, and nothing spilled out!
 I also wanted to bake some (pink!) cupcakes in the normal paper liners for comparison.
 Here is the finished product!
 Yummy!
The cupcakes in the silicone cups took a little longer to bake.  They peeled right out of the cups.   I didn't have any baking spray (the youtube tutorial suggested using it), but it didn't matter-- they peeled easily out.   As Tate pointed out, if you have the silicone cups, you don't have to throw them away, but get to use them over and over again!  Also, they washed right up.  They are dishwasher safe, so I just popped them into the top rack of the dishwasher.  

Now, since this is an honest review, I will also add that I prefer the paper liners when you are giving cupcakes away.  When we wanted to give a few to our neighbors, we didn't want to have to ask for the liner back.  I guess I could have peeled them out before frosting them, but really, I don't think my neighbor wants my hands on the outside of the cake when I hand it over.  

Lastly, here is Tate's review. 
We spent all afternoon making review videos, as little kids are funny.

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Where did July go?

We took a spontaneous trip to Michigan, (and by spontaneous, I mean, we decided the night before to leave at noon the next day), and somehow I lost a month.

Our summer camp hasn't progressed as planned, but that is ok--we have had lots of fun activities any way.  The weather has finally cooled, so my current favorite activity, is drinking the coffee outside, while the kids play in their pjs/underwear.  Yes, underwear.

Random Things that we have done, in no particular order:

Play with Moon Dough.

Rediscovered the View Finder.



 Jam with the cousins.

Freezer Paper T-shirts (google it for instructions:)

 Dyed Rice for the Sand Table (This was a total hit. Again, google...)

Hang Out with Family,

Check out Real Estate.  In Michigan.




A box and markers.
 Visitors!

A snake cake, constructed entirely by kids.

Cardboard Tubes and Tape.

Tap Light, Paint, Books about the Solar System.  
(stole this from Play at Home Mom.)
The summer is going by wayyyy too fast.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

We love Cupcake Shops!

....Especially when they have ice cream as well, since that is the only treat that Tate really likes.
I love the beautiful shelving and lighting of this place, which was in Delray Beach, FL while we were on vacation.  (It is called Cupcake Couture)


The guy in the background looking at his iPhone bought his 5 year old 6 full sized cupcakes and let him eat as much as he wanted!  
The kid was really cute and ended up talking with Tate, wanting to play with him.




They were showing Charlie and The Chocolate Factory on one of these oven/tvs.  LOVE THEM!

Tate and Paul as we get ready to leave.