Birthday Cupcakes

Birthday Cupcakes. My favourite! I wanted something funloving and cute (exactly like my friend!) and ended up with bright coloured chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. The colour theme, green and purple, goes along with her wedding, which is this coming October.

Happy Birthday!!

Cupcake Key Covers

A friend of mine, who knows me all too well, bought me these super cute cupcake key covers! They are so fun and I love how each one has a different facial expression. I tried to get the hubby to put one one... yeah, not happening.

Friendships & Farewell...

One of my closest friends left for Australia a few days ago. While I am happy for her, I'm also sad that we won't be able to see one another as often (or at all) for the next year-ish or so. But thanks to emails and facebook (!!), we'll still be able to keep in close contact.

Before she left, I invited her and a couple of girlfriends (above) over for lunch. The theme, super healthy (ok, minus the dessert part - duh!) and colourful! Veggie sticks, chicken Caesar salad and fruity raspberry + kiwi drinks!

For dessert, Oreo ice cream sandwiches. Can you believe my friend has never tried one of these before?? Talk about deprived!! Well, she tried it, and loved it!

Happy Birthday Hubby!

It was my husband's birthday this weekend and of course, it gave me reason to bake! But instead of using my trusty recipe for chocolate cupcakes (which I love!) I decided to spread my wings and attempt a super chocolatey cake.

I found the recipe a while back in a magazine (not even sure which magazine as I had merely cut the recipe out) but it looks like a keeper. It's two chocolate cakes sandwiched between a layer of crumbled chocolate brownies. Doesn't that sound delicious?

Well, it was! I don't think I've ever tasted anything quite like it, dense yet moist and jumping with chocolate flavour. It's true, chocolate does make everything taste better!