Tray and I are having a really good week. Granted we're both exhausted from working late into the evenings, but both really happy. We got a call from a store in LA to carry our cupcake necklaces. I'm not telling which store, but it's one that the celebs go to on Robertson Blvd, and that I dragged Dina and Gina into for the first time a few years ago on my birthday!
Hearts,
Michi
Thursday, December 03, 2009
=)
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Christmas Carol in 3D
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
25 Days of December
Chocolate Decadence Ornament Giveaway

Kit Kats!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
New Recipes
I broke with tradition and made Snickerdoodle Pie (for David since it's one of his fav cookies). It was so easy to make, and everyone loved it. I found the recipe in November's All You magazine.
This is the recipe for the filling (I actually ended up using a Nilla premade crust since I've been so busy with work, Cherry Dot Holiday orders, and wedding planning).
Snickerdoodle Pie filling:
- 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 cup plus 1 Tbsp. sugar
- 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 4 large egg yolks
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp. salt
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil
2) In a small bowl, mix cinnamon and 1 Tbsp sugar (this is for the topping)
3) In a large bowl, whisk together (yey for using my Kitchen-Aid again), melted butter, buttermilk, egg yolks, flour, vanilla, salt, and sugar. Pour into pie shell, and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture over.
4) Bake for 20 minutes
5) Turn the oven down to 325 degrees and bake for another 20 minutes
6) Let cool and serve warm or chilled.
The other recipe we're adding to our holiday traditions is Cranberry Juice Sangria which was in the November issue of Martha Stewart Living, and that David was in charge of making. Tray who doesn't usually like sangria even had a few glasses and enjoyed this one.
Cranberry Juice Sangria
- 1 - 750ml bottle of zinfandel
- 4 cups cranberry juice
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 orange, halved and thinly sliced
- 1 apple cut into thin slices
- 1/2 cup cranberries (we didn't like the fresh cranberries and will probably nix them next year. But they do look really festive).
1) Combine all ingredients and chill for 4 hours or overnight. Stir, and serve.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Homemade Donuts
Friday, November 27, 2009
Happy Holidays!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Awesome BBQ! [T]
Every time I go to LA, I try to go to Lucille's BBQ. Their food is just delicious although a little pricey. The best thing there is the biscuits they give before the meal. It comes with this Apple Cinnamon churned butter that's to die for. It's like a spreadable, flavor bursting cloud like awesomeness.
Well anyway, I never found a place to challenge that spot... till this past weekend.
I hung out with my friends and they took me to Hard Knox Cafe. Their food is soo good and so affordable. Granted I only got the spare ribs there so I can't talk for anything else on the menu but what I ordered was so good. Course they didn't have my apple Cinnamon butter so its not AS good as Lucille's but close enough to tide me over till I go visit my peeps in La. And it was half the price of Lucille's. =)
Definitely worth a visit.
Hard Knox Cafe
2526 3rd St, San Francisco, CA
(415) 648-3770
Labels: BBQ, Hard Knox Cafe
