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Red Velvet sandwich cookies with printable box sleeves

The first day of February! Valentine’s day is just around the corner, and today I had the honor of guest-blogging a Valentine themed DIY project over at Mint. I’m so excited to share it with you!

Thank you SO MUCH Ellie and Mint readers for having me!

2 Comments February 1, 2010

Adventure in the Big D: The Sweet Part

As I mentioned on earlier post, I had to entertain a friend while she was in town visiting me last week. We both LOVE dessert, chocolate, and basically anything sweet… just as portrayed on Love Ardently’s 2010 Calendar! *wink* So anyway, I took her to lots and lots of bakery and pastry shop… every single day. Here are some of the sweets we tried :)

The famous Sprinkles cupcake from Beverly Hills. I tried their Red Velvet and my friend tried their Chocolate Marshmallow. I would say both are just okay. Not as awesome as what I heard through words of mouth, but it’s not bad either. I thought the cupcake could be more moist. The Red Velvet is quite tasty, but I thought the cream cheese in the frosting could be more apparent. I love their wooden utensils :)

And then, there is Asian Mint. I love their Green Tea Layer cake and their Jasmine Crème Brûlée from the very first bite. Yum. The creamy frosting on the green tea cake was just right. The hint of jasmine smell on the crème brûlée was what really had me on the start. I really love it with the strawberry, too.

My friend loves fruit tart, so I got to take her to La Madeleine, a country French cafe, which is pretty rare to find in Oklahoma (shocker?). I haven’t tasted a lot of fruit tart, but I think La Madeleine’s fruit tart is just so, so divine. The fruits are ALWAYS fresh and taste great. We also tried their Chocolate Almond croissant which was delicious, too.

A while ago, I blogged about Tart Pastry on my first visit there. This is my second visit and it looked just as adorable. This time, I’m not loving my french macaron that much, though. I really, really like it when I had it on my first visit, but this time, I could almost taste that it was just coming out of the refrigerator. The triple layer chocolate cake that we had was good. Very creamy and delightful.

1 Comment December 23, 2009

Bakerella’s Wedding Cake Pops

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Too cute for words! I want to nominate Bakerella as the cutest baking website in the whole universe. Don’t you just love those wedding cake lollipops? They were actually made for proposal purpose, but I think it’s such a cute wedding favor idea! Read the whole proposal story here.

Cuteness Overload: Lollipop Workshop

I was over at Bakerella, one of my most favorite baking blog, and almost fainted to spot these cutesies.

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Doesn’t that make you go “Awwwh…”? I couldn’t believe my eyes. How very, very cute! Lollipop Workshop makes the cutest lollipop doll. And guess what… they make custom birthday and wedding cake topper :) I love everything on their Etsy shop! Literally, everything!

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1 Comment September 23, 2009

National Flags out of Food.

Design and food are my two passion in life, and so when they are combined, it becomes this all-amazing piece! Kind of reminds me of those Japanese bento art, yes? :)

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Happy Monday, you!

Tart Pastry Boutique

Quite a while ago, I went to an adorable pastry boutique, Tart, per Dian’s recommendation. I was going to get a gift card for a friend’s birthday and of course a couple of macarons for myself. This place was so cute and adorable, I couldn’t help to take pictures while waiting for my macarons! I haven’t tried their cakes yet, but if you are planning a wedding in Dallas, you should at least do a cake testing here. Or, you can even do a fun macarons croquembouche as a wedding cake, which I would definitely do if I were to repeat my wedding all over again! :)

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