• Chicken & Corn Cupcakes
    DINNER INSPIRATION,  LUNCHBOX TREATS,  THE WEEKEND BAKER

    Chicken & Corn Cupcakes with Sriracha Frosting

    It all started with a mince & cheese styled birthday cake.  It didn’t have mince or cheese in it, wasn’t a pie & was definitely a cake 🙂  I’ve always enjoyed making & styling cakes, and for as long as we’ve been married I’ve almost always done a different cake for DH.  From pac-man to pies, it’s always been a sweet treat.  This year, however, DH issued me a challenge without actually thinking he had 😛 He happened to mention, at some point before his birthday, that he’d never seen anyone do savoury cupcakes with icing/frosting.  CHALLENGE ACCEPTED said my brain 😛 Timing, however, wasn’t on his side.  With his…

  • minion cupcakes
    FAMILY

    Alex turns 4!

    It seems like just yesterday I was at the hospital willing this child to get out!  😛 Those four days went slower than the past 4 years; but I guess, as the saying goes,  time flies when you’re having fun 🙂 In the last 4 years, I’ve watched my little baby boy grow into a smart, funny, polite young man. I’m immensely proud of him and the skills he has managed to master already. I mean this little monkey can read already! I’m glad I’ve been fortunate enough to be home with him & I’ve enjoyed his journey so far and know he will go far 🙂 And before I…