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Battlestar Galactica Rainbow Cupcakes

 
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Yesterday, I posted a few pictures of the rainbow cupcakes I was making because one of them had a perfect red heart peeking out through the top layer of blue batter. Now I’ll show you why I was making Technicolor cupcakes in the first place.


Battlestar Galactica-Inspired Cupcakes Battlestar Galactica-Inspired Cupcakes

Battlestar Galactica-Inspired Cupcakes Battlestar Galactica-Inspired Cupcakes


Tonight, Battlestar Galactica‘s final episode airs. While the quality hasn’t always been consistent, the miniseries pilot and the first season of the show (running into the first few episodes of the second season) had an excellent plot arc and some of the finest writing, acting and production I’ve ever seen on the small screen. Even my least favorite episodes have had their own flashes of brilliance. I’m very sad to see it go, but I can understand wanting to end the show intentionally instead of risking being canceled or just having the creative juices fizzle out. Continue reading

Rainbow Cupcake Love

 
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How am I supposed to put frosting over a face like this?


Rainbow Cupcakes


I didn’t even notice the little heart until I was staring down at the cupcake through my camera’s lens. At which point I fell in love. The cupcake must know that I was born on Valentine’s Day.


Rainbow Cupcakes


Fortunately, she has plenty of brothers and sisters to ice instead of her. Hey, if a cupcake manages to communicate with me, it deserves special treatment. Continue reading

Black Bottom Cupcakes

 
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I’ve wanted to have a food blog for a very long time–and I suppose I sort of did for awhile when I was in pastry school–but up until recently the state of my kitchen prevented it. The “vintage” side-by-side range/oven perched atop the cramped, sad formica counters were not exactly practically or aesthetically conducive to it. I wasn’t able to enjoy cooking very much, and I couldn’t take pretty food pictures, either. But we’ve gotten far enough through a remodel that I think I can start having fun.

Tonight I made Black Bottom Cupcakes for–as the Toasty Chef calls him–Mr. T’s birthday tomorrow. I can blog about them tonight because Mr. T doesn’t know about this blog yet. Sneaky, right? Continue reading