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Vegan, Gluten-free birthdays? Yes we can!

Filed in baking,events, November 8, 2009, 6:59 pm by , ,

So about a week ago I realized I had a dilemma. Rich’s birthday was a week away and I still wasn’t allowed to eat any gluten whatsoever. Now, this may not seem like a huge deal, except every year that we’ve been together I’ve baked him some sort of birthday treat. Last year it was [...]

Vegan Cupcakes Take Over Freshbooks!

Filed in baking, June 24, 2009, 3:42 pm by , ,

As some of you know, Rich works for Freshbooks as their Network Operations Manager, which in non-geek speak means ‘head IT dude’. Every two weeks they release a new version of Freshbooks, and they almost always have some sort of cake to celebrate. Back in February, I made a giant vegan chocolate cupcake with normal-sized [...]

The Cupcakery

Filed in shopping,Toronto, January 18, 2009, 9:24 pm by , ,

Cupcakes are a bit of a contentious issue here in Toronto. We argue about who has the best ones, who uses real butter in their buttercream, and if it’s really worth it to pay $3 for a single cupcake. There’s even a cupcake camp happening next weekend! For my birthday, I asked Rich to pick [...]

A tale of two cupcakes

Filed in baking,sugar high friday, September 21, 2008, 12:11 pm by , ,

I’ve always been a fan of cupcakes.  Cute, single serving treats of delicious cake and icing, what’s not to love?  I’ve never really understood why some don’t like them.  I understand not liking cake at all, or preferring cake to cupcakes.  I also understand being sick of the cupcake trend, with bakeries popping up all [...]

Chocolate cupcakes!

Filed in baking, April 12, 2008, 1:26 pm by ,

Yesterday was a bit of a slow day at the office. It was rainy and cold, and by the time 2pm rolled around, I was done all the paperwork I’d set out to do that day. Having nothing else planned for the day, I thought I’d bake up some cupcakes for my friends. Most weeks [...]