Hmm...

Okay, so I may have rushed in judgment of "Cupcake Wars." I just finished watching last week's episode and I kinda fell in love. This was a really sweet challenge and I loved the winner so much. She and her sister's story is so much like my own that it was scary. And the fact that self taught bakers beat out Kara, of  the Kara's Cupcakes empire, gave me so much inspiration. Maybe it was just a great episode. It made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
With that said, I really can't stand that French judge. He is depressing and mean. Like, it's a friggin cupcake. What do you want from it. Cupcakes are supposed to make people happy and nostalgic. He takes all of the happy out of cupcakes. And the host is slightly annoying, and I know he's just trying to be funny with all of his cupcake and baking references, but he's just not. I can imagine being in that kitchen frantic with time running out and I have to keep hearing him yell stuff across the set. I'd just want to smack him. I'm sorry.
All in all I guess the show is growing on me, but I still can't say that I love it, I will just retract my previous statement that is sucks and move on from here.

DC Cupcakes hasn't disappointed. It's entertaining and they are funny. A little bit more of a mess than I thought they would be, but it's cute. They kind of don't really have it together, but who does, and it always comes together in the end. Well at least in the three episodes I've seen.
I'll keep watching both!

There is hope...

As excited as I was for Cupcake Wars, it saddens me to have to say this. That show SUCKS!!! I's awful, almost painful to watch. I would elaborate, but there are just too many reasons. That french judge for one, but I'm not going to go there.
But alas, there is hope for reality cupcake TV. Tonight TLC premiers DC Cupcakes. It's different from CW as it's not a competiton, but I'm hoping that it will satisfy my craving for sweet TV!!
Back to back episodes tonight at 10 on TLC.

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Milk and cookies... but not really

You know I’m all about the cupcake, but, sometimes a girl just needs and tall glass of milk and some good old chocolate chip cookies.

As much as we love these sweet treats, we can’t indulge as much as we might like to. After all, like old the saying goes; A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips.
Well, my new favorite site and blog of the moment dispels all fears of waistband expansion and allows you to treat yourself to all of the cupcakes and cookies you’d like.

Milk and Cookeez- a yummy bath shoppe
You will not believe your eyes, you will be so tempted to taste these body pastries, but please don’t. They are soaps people. And bath bombs and lip scrubs. They are the cutest little inedible bits of happiness I’ve ever seen. I feel so happy just looking at the site. Everything looks so yummy and makes me feel like a kid. I have visions of my future cupcake boutique and I see Milk and Cookeez items being big sellers there.

These sweet treats are not just for you. Share them. If you have one of those kids who just never wants to take a bath, one purchase from Milk and Cookeez might make your life so much easier. What kid wouldn’t want to wash up with a Popsicle, or an ice cream cone? Seriously, I would love to take a bath with a cupcake. And with the high quality ingredients Milk and Cookeez uses, you might want to hide these goodies from the kids and keep them all to yourself.
Check out the site and the blog; you’ll love it!

Oh and the super cute site is another product of that Mammalicious Amy Sheppard. No wonder I loved it so much. I love her work!

Enjoy!

          

  

Cupcakes everywhere...

So I was watching videos on MTV tonight, which I rarely do; my 12 year old made me do it. Promise!

Anyway the cutest video came on, Katy Perry's California Gurls I was so excited to see so much pink and the Candy Land reference, loved it! As I watched more and started bopping my head, to my delight... there were cupcakes!!!!! Cupcake bikinis and cupcakes in the background, oh and you can't forget about Snoop Dogg in his three piece cupcake suit. Serious a cupcake suit. Now that's some cupcake couture for ya! I wonder what I'd have to do to get my husband into one of those.
It's such a cute video, love the song too!

Is it just me or...

Was Cupcake Wars a little bit of a disappointment? I'm not sure what I was expecting, but I was a little bored. I know it was the first episode and all, so I won't make any assumptions. The next episode better have me on the edge of my seat or I will not be happy. I think maybe I was looking for a cross between Iron Chef America and Food Network Challenge. It just wasn't that intense. Although, the set and the backdrops are super cute, and in the end they did come up with some awesome cupcakes.
Next Sunday, I'll give Cupcake Wars a second chance. I should say Monday, because right now my Sundays at 10 are devoted to flipping between Army Wives and Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami.

Thank goodness for DVR ; )

Yay Food Network!!!

Tonight is the premier of Cupcake Wars on Food Network. I have dreamed of this show every time I watched an episode of Food Network Challenge. They must have heard me begging.
I am so excited! From the looks of it, it should be a really good series.

Cupcake Wars:
It’s cupcake vs. cupcake in Food Network’s tastiest competition yet! Each week on Cupcake Wars, four of the country’s top cupcake bakers face off in three elimination challenges until only one decorator remains... more

Food Network usually doesn't disappoint so I don't expect anything other than yummy greatness from this show. I'll be on the couch, cupcake in hand at 10:00 tonight.

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

It’s my birthday today!  Birthdays are so much fun.  No matter how old I get I still feel like a little princess on my birthday.  People just treat you nicely when it’s your birthday. It’s like how they treat you when you’re preggers- and then as soon as you have the baby it’s back to normal. Either way, I love birthdays so much.

 I have three things that I would like to wish for today.  I know they say if you tell someone then they won’t come true, but I don’t believe that.  

Now, these are not the Miss America wishes; of course I would love for there to be world peace or to end world hunger, but, this wish is not about that (although I do wish they would get this oil situation under control).  Anyway, my first wish is for the famous, most awesome and super fabulous Ms. Oprah Winfrey to taste one of my cupcakes, and love it; because God knows if she hated it I would be devastated.  My second wish is actually two wishes in one.  I want oh so badly to meet Ms. Paula Deen and Mr. Bobby Flay. They are my absolute favorite Food Network personalities.  I would give Paula Deen the biggest hug ever.  She just seems so huggable!  And that Bobby Flay, he’s so cute; I want a Cupcake Throw-down with him.  I would kick his butt!  He’s huggable too; I love them both.

Ok, now my third wish is something that I am very serious about and I am going to bake my little heart out to make it come true.  I WANT A CUPCAKE TRUCK!!!!!!!!  I want a truck so bad.  It would be the cutest little couture cupcake mobile you’ve ever seen. Pink and brown just like the site; until then, I will continue on the path that has treated me soooo well thus far.  But, one day soon you will see a sweet little pink cupcake truck rolling around the streets of Philly and I will be behind the wheel.  Can’t wait! Honk your horn and wave when you see me!