Cupcake Heaven

Cupcakes by Sonja

We had to bring the husband’s iMac in for repairs at the lovely Apple Store yesterday, and thought we’d drop by Cupcakes by Sonja on our way home. The cupcakes, all eight that we bought, went quickly- so quickly that all I could photograph was the box they came in. But it’s a pretty box.

This was the second time we’ve had Sonja’s cupcakes, and have already chosen our favorites, which are:

Red Velvet Vixen. Traditional Southern Cake made with Belgian Cocoa and Cream cheese icing. My personal favorite. I will not share this, not even with my dear sweet husband.

Bunny Huggers Carrot Cake.  Very moist cake made with fresh carrots topped with cream cheese frosting. Okay, so I’m a sucker for cream cheese frosting- and for carrot cake, for that matter. This is nicely done, not too spicy.

Lemon Drop. Delicious vanilla cake smoothered in our signature lemon buttercream frosting. Tangy lemon, mmmm!

Read more about Cupcakes by Sonja at these blogs (external links):

My Kind of Pizza (Chicago Deep Dish!)

Blame it on this video on YouTube. For weeks now, and all throughout my short bout with the flu, I’ve been craving authentic Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. Because I don’t know where to get it here in the lovely suburbs, I decided to do it myself.

Home made Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

I used this recipe I found online. Please note that I halved this recipe, since we’re- um- not a family of seven.

A Slice of Deep Dish

The crust was way too thick at the bottom- completely my fault- but my husband liked it anyway. Next time, I’ll use less crust, and pre-cook it before filling it. See the recipe after the jump.
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Nigella’s Chocolate Chip Muffins

Believe me, I have no intention of turning this into a video blog- but when I came across Nigella’s Chocolate Chip Muffin recipe on YouTube, I couldn’t resist embedding it here. I love how messy Nigella is in the kitchen, because I’m the same way (see how she drips batter all over the pan while scooping).

If that isn’t super sarap, I don’t know what is.