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What’s with the spam lately?!
To use the free shipping code in the NellieCakes Etsy shop! Just type in LuckyClover to redeem it! I’ve also added a few new items, so check ‘em out!
If you’re looking for something specific for a birthday party or whatnot, feel free to message me too! I can make all kinds of cupcake wrappers to suit your needs!
And the fact that this holiday means more to me now that I have a half Irish daughter, I’m offering free shipping in my Etsy shop! Just use the coupon codeLuckyClover at checkout! It’s good on domestic and international shipping and will run until March 19th! Spread the word! I’ll be adding new items all week too so stay tuned!
The wood paneling cupcake liners are finally in my etsy shop! It took me forever to make them, but they came out great. Check ‘em out!
I’m waiting for some cookie dough to freeze right now and I realized I haven’t asked any of you if you’d like a Christmas card from the Nellie Cake’s household this year! I would LOVE to send you one, if you’d like! I’m a huge fan of sending cards, and of snail mail in general, so drop me a line here or here and I’ll do my best to get those out before the holidays!
If you don’t celebrate Christmas but would like a card anyway, let me know! I’ll make sure to find you one for any holiday you do celebrate. If you don’t celebrate any holidays, I’ll send you a non-holiday card. I’m super flexible that way.
I’m a terrible procrastinator, so I can’t guarantee they’ll get there before December 25th, but I do promise to try.
And to further the holiday mood, here’s a picture of my daughter playing in the snow!
And here’s another one for good measure.
Now go play in the snow like you’re 2 1/2 years old. You’ll thank me when you come back inside, frozen, rosey cheeked, and happy.
notyouraverageannie asked: I just wanted to tell you that I made the Pumpkin Brown Butter Cupcakes for my family for Thanksgiving, too, and they LOVED them! (So did I!) Thanks! =)
That’s awesome! Aren’t they amazing?! I have a little bit of an obsession with them. They just taste so much like pumpkin pie! I’m glad your family loved them!This made my day! Thank you for letting me know!
For Thanksgiving, I made my Pumpkin Brown-Butter cupcakes. In the middle of dessert, in between 2 tables of people, I pulled out my chair and rested one of the cupcakes on it so I could show you guys a picture of one.
And that’s a picture of my little girl, Evie. How adorable is that dress?! She was so sweet looking she almost made my teeth hurt. Luckily, I have quite a tolerance for sweet things.
I topped the cupcakes with cool whip instead of frosting because I’m still out of meringue powder, but it worked really well! It tasted just like pumpkin pie.
Speaking of Cool Whip, have any of you guys seen that commercial for Reddi-Whip where the woman is at a diner and the waitress goes through a ton of this or that questions, and when she gets to the cool whip/reddi-whip, she asks, “cream or oil”? Has anyone else realized that oil would probably taste better? Butter is almost the same thing, being a lipid and all.
I don’t like how they tried to turn a Cool Whip into something terrible with that commercial. I mean, I understand people need to watch how much fat they put in their diet, but cream has a ton of fat in it too. What if the oil in the Cool Whip is a low fat kind?
In fact, I looked it up just now. Reddi-Whip’s fat content is 2 grams per 10 gram serving and Cool Whip’s fat content is 2 grams per 10 gram serving.
Both servings have 25 calories.
25 calories doesn’t seem like much when you’re putting it on a piece of pie. You’re eating something pretty chock full of calories to begin with; I don’t think an extra 25 is going to kill you.
So there it is folks. Reddi-Whip was calling the kettle black. That wasn’t very nice of them.
And yes, I dissect every commercial this way. I’m a skeptic by nature.
Happy Thankgiving! I don’t want to bog down your dashboard with another list of things I’m thankful for, but I do want you guys to know how thankful I am for you!
You guys are amazing. You have left the most amazing comments, letting me know how much you enjoy this little blog of mine, and it always touches my heart. I didn’t think the things I bake were anything special, but there has to be something to them if they make that many people smile.
Every time someone leave a comment, asks a question or emails me it just makes my whole day. I’m not just saying that either. If Eric is home when I read them, I immediately run over to tell him about it. He loves you guys too, because you make me smile so often.
Happy Thanksgiving guys! (Except for the people not in the US. Happy Random Thursday for the rest of you!)
I made my Pumpkin Brown-Butter cupcakes to bring to dinner. What did you guys make (or wish you had time to make)?
Do me a favor and read the end of the last post. The one about brownies. I’m trying to give stuff away here, and no one have emailed me! Those tags aren’t that ugly, right?
I have to assume no one actually clicked through to “read more”… because if no one wants some free tags, it will make me very sad. I thought I did a good job!
They’re not pretty because I didn’t realize I ran out of meringue powder until after I already baked them. They were going to have peppermint royal icing on top, all swirled with green and red but honestly, these didn’t need anything extra. They’re decadent. They’re super chocolaty, and they’re the first brownies I ever made, unless you count the ones that come out of a box. Even Eric said he was impressed, and since he’s used to eating all the yummy things I make, that says a lot. He’s used to some pretty good stuff. (If I do say so myself!)
I did decorate the top a little, if only to break up the brown monotony. It’s just powdered sugar dusted on top with spray food coloring. I think it gives it a poinsettia feel to it, but I might be grasping at straws on that one. See?
Oh! And one more thing! The brownies are way better the next day. I don’t know why, but I think it has to do with the chocolate soaking into everything (or the fact that I watched Bones the day I made these… The Babe in the Chocolate kind of grossed me out.)
I baked these around 8pm and after they cooled, I tried one and I wasn’t impressed so I covered them and left them there until morning. When I woke up and ate one for breakfast, they were to die for! Go forth and make awesome brownies!
Ultimate Brownies
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notyouraverageannie asked: I just wanted to tell you that I love reading your posts. They're so creative and adorable! =)
Aw!! Thank you so much! This made my day!!
If you guys recommended me!
I made a bunch of things, and I took a bunch of pictures and I don’t like any of it anymore. I guess I could post it all anyway with a disclaimer that they look better in person…
I’m not very confident in my artisty I guess. I just keep thinking, “Why should I put these in a shop when anyone can make them?” Eh. I’ll do it later tonight hopefully. After House. And Lie to Me. And I do the dished.
Just kidding. I’m not doing the dishes tonight.
cocochanelandcupcakes asked: Hi! I really like your blog! I am new to tumblr, and I was wondering if you could follow me, because I don't have that many followers. I have followed you!
Thanks!
I would love to! Unfortunitally, since this is my secondary blog, I won’t be able to follow you as NellieCakes. Tumblr hasn’t caught up to the idea of letting the second blog do that yet.
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