I'll start by warning that I have no cooking ability. None at all. Squat. Can't cook. But I can bake. I love to bake. When I was little my mom used to let us help her bake cookies on rainy days. I always had a... um... problem... with touching the ingredients, because they were messy. Although, with working at sbux I've learned a little how to deal with that, so that's helpful. And it's sparked my interest in creating baked goods again. Last month I made thumbprint cookies using jam from my trip to London and the week after that I made rainbow cupcakes taking after this post by Bakerella.
Unfortunately I don't have photos yet, seeing as those were both pre-blog and I didn't think to take photos. I haven't been able to bake since then due to my recent lack of tonsils and all the pain that comes with it. So no baking for a while, until I can swallow cupcakes again anyway.
So for today I'm just going to go throw some of my favorite baking blogs real quick:
- Cupcakes Take the Cake showcase some of the most fabulous cupcake goods I've ever seen. And they're based in NY so I can start visiting some of the bakeries they discuss. =)
- The Cake Ninja has some really interesting recipes and things that make me smile.
- Bakerella has ingenious baking ideas for lots of kitchen fun, AND she knows Martha.
- Couture Cupcakes has beautiful creations that tingle my visual taste buds.