Shop - {Filled Lemon Poppy Seed Cupcakes}

Selecting a cart is the first of my troubles. It happens all too often that I grab the handle of one in a row, confidently tug it in my direction and consequently find myself reeling backward with neither my balance nor dignity. Or the cart.Then, if I am to victoriously retrieve a cart from its resting place, I always find it difficult to excuse myself from the surrounding environment. Amongst

Goal - {Lime Curd Tart}

When you were in your early years of school, were you forced to come up with goals for yourself? To sit through lectures that focused on goals and their importance to your success? I certainly was, and I remember hearing the preaching and being incredibly confused. What kind of goal could I have? my younger self would think, baffled by the concept of setting lifetime objectives before recess.

Nineteen - {Lemon Chiffon Cake}

It's just after 8, and I'm failing to drift back to sleep. Sheltered from the morning chill outside, it's warm under my blankets. My pajamas comfortably enslave my limbs, but my mind aches to break free from the confines of my comforter. Under the sun's warm and welcoming glow through my window, I struggle to coerce my eyes back into a state of unconscious repose.But I fail.It's been like this

Recipe Coward - {Lime Cupcakes}

The adage that "baking is a science" has always bothered me. It's discouraging, frightening and dishonest - especially for someone like me who stopped caring for science when we quit rubbing balloons on our heads... I mean, ok, it's true, the chemical reactions that occur when wet meets dry and batter meets oven do require a certain preciseness, but it's hardly something to panic about. A