Daily life and travel with food and cupcakes as a common theme.
Posted in Cupcakes, Desserts, Uncategorized on Jul 4th, 2010
Want to know what’s half way between Austin, TX and Phoenix, AZ? Roswell, NM. A few weeks ago my family wanted to drive to Phoenix for a visit and we decided to meet them half way and road trip with them. We made a few stops on our way home, but the most anticipated was [...]
Posted in Arizona, Cupcakes, Desserts, Recipe, Volunteer on Jun 13th, 2010
A few weeks ago a group of software developers, project managers and designers got together for a marathon weekend of coding for charity. As someone who is involved with not for profits, I know that IT expenses, planned and unplanned can eat up a major portion of budgets and time.
As a result of the event, [...]
Posted in Cupcakes, Desserts, Food, Recipe, Uncategorized on May 15th, 2010
Glory, glory! I made a frosting that I actually like. Like, lick the whisk, don’t let any go to waste like. I’m not sure I’ve ever had this level of cupcake euphoria. The flavor profile for this cupcake is; frosting lavender honey cream cheese and the cake is lemon lavender.
I read Stefanie’s Cupcake Project post [...]
Posted in Cupcakes, Desserts, Eat Local, Recipe on Mar 28th, 2010
Ugh…decorating. There are times that I achieve monumental flops with my cupcaking. Then there are even more times that I surpass those flops when I attempt decorating. My mind’s eye and my ability don’t often match up between what I see and what I’m able to accomplish.
These little fellas are bunnies. I feel I need [...]
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Who dat think they goin to beat dem Saints?
Typically I watch enough football to weather pop football quizzes from my Dad. I love a good sports story and when they do those behind the scenes rags to riches over coming diversity stories, I well up with the best of them. But lets be serious, I [...]
Posted in Arizona, Cupcakes, Desserts, Drinks and Cocktails, Fruit, Recipe on Feb 3rd, 2010
The drink that was always on our table at lunch or dinner was iced tea. When I think about it I can’t remember a time when there wasn’t a pitcher of tea in the fridge. The picture in the background is a photo of my grandparents (Bubba and Moo Moo) leaving for their honeymoon. Iced [...]
Posted in Cupcakes, Desserts, Fruit, Recipe on Jan 31st, 2010
Meyer Lemon Pound Cake Cupcakes
Makes 12 regular cupcakes or 24 mini cupcakes
* 3/4 C sugar
* 1 T lemon zest
* 1 1/2 sticks (6 ounces) unsalted butter, softened
* 3 large eggs, room temperature
* 1 T pure vanilla extract
* 2 C (7 ounces) sifted cake flour
* 1/2 t baking powder
* 1/4 t salt
* ¹/3 C (3 ounces) [...]
The past few batches of cupcakes in the “citrus series” from the Martha Stewart Cupcake book I had quite a few lid busters. Meaning most of them baked over the top of the rim of the cupcake pan. I still haven’t determined the root cause. Theories I’m working on include over filling the cups or [...]
Posted in Arizona, Cupcakes, Desserts, Eat Local, Food, Recipe on Jan 16th, 2010
It’s like a little lemon pie on top of a cupcake. This cupcake recipe was the epitome of great parts coming together to make an amazing whole. This recipe was inspired by Martha Stewart’s Lemon Meringue Cupcakes. The difference is I chose to make classic meringue for the topping instead of her 7-minute frosting.
The lemon [...]
Keesha oversees recruiting and training programs for GoDaddy.com. She is responsible for building programs that attract and retain amazing employees.
Keesha loves food and photography and is passionate about community volunteering. She sat on the board of directors for the Junior League of Phoenix and is on the Children's Museum of Phoenix committee. She attended Blinn College and Texas A&M University. Her most private cupcake confession? She doesn't like frosting!