October
19

All-Star Cupcake Frosting Recipes

All cupcake frostings were not created equal. Some are sweet, some with a tang; some have fruits, others are garnished with nuts. Making cupcake frostings in itself is an art – you have to take into consideration how it looks, its consistency, and most especially how it tastes. No wonder a lot of people have experimented on cupcake frostings over the years. The tastes that you can incorporate in frostings are as diverse as the combination of different ingredients to suit your preferences.

Cupcake frostings range from the most basic – such as the basic vanilla or chocolate frosting – to the exotic. Each has its own group of loyal supporters, and each can be delicious in their own right. The main criteria for choosing the three cupcake recipes featured below are its taste and how easy it is to prepare. It was not easy to play favorites among cupcake frostings, but for us, these three emerged as clear winners: Read More

September
17

Bake, Frost, Eat

Some people have French fries for their comfort food. Others have ice cream, and still others just buy a huge bar of rich, creamy chocolate when they’re feeling down and out. As for me, I cheer myself up by buying two or three good cupcakes.

It is no secret that we live in a stressful world. If you’re not sleeping, you’re working. If you’re not working, you’re studying. If you’re not doing both, you’re going out of your mind with boredom. For a species that has been around for several thousands of years, humans still can’t seem to find the perfect balance between what s/he can do and what s/he wants to do. The result is stress and skyrocketing psychologist fees, to name a few. Read More