Daily life and travel with food and cupcakes as a common theme.
Posted in Candies and Treats, Candy, Holidays, Recipe on Feb 20th, 2010
All too often in my life, my dad was walked up to me, grabbed my skinny, lanky arm and said some form of: You couldn’t to a pull up if your life depended on it or You couldn’t do a pull up if a million dollars was on the line. I’m a little to proud [...]
Here’s my mom, me and my sister over Christmas in Austin. No there’s nothing on your screen, we decided to have a bit of fun and wear bendis we got at Tesoro’s (just my favorite store ever). This is Liz’s freshman year and if it’s possible to ride your little sister’s coat tails, I’m doing [...]
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) [...]
Over the summer I was graciously invited to a jam session. I know what you’re thinking, with my mad tambourine, killer harmonica and finger cymbal skillz why wouldn’t I be invited to a jam session, but this one was food related. A group of about 8 tackled making homemade Prickly Pear Jam. I gotta say, [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Drinks and Cocktails, Fruit, Recipe on Jan 12th, 2010
Timing is key when making any type of cello. I can’t recall what happened last year when I started a batch of Limoncello, but I was gun-ho for the first two weeks and something happened in weeks three, four and five…and six. Eventually I forgot about it. Several months when I opened the jar, I’m [...]
Posted in Arizona, Candy, Cupcakes, Desserts, Eat Local, Food, Fruit, Recipe on Jan 10th, 2010
A whole box of oranges that had been hand picked by the tree’s owner were given to me the other day. One one hand I was delighted on the other I was little sad that my alternative methods of fruit acquisition would be curbed for a bit.
Don’t get me wrong, absolutely did bike by THE [...]
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!
