Meyer Mania

I've been slightly obsessed of late with Meyer lemons, those delicious little citrus fruits that smell wonderful and taste like a cross between a lemon and a mandarin orange.Our kitchen has been churning out Meyer lemonade, and even a tasty new cocktail we invented, the Meyer Mojito (white rum and mint, but replace the limes with Meyer lemons, and swap out some of the club soda and sugar for a

Pumpkin-tastic cupcake finds

To Halloween - one of my favourite times of the year. Firstly its my wedding anniversary and secondly I love all the spooky stuff that appears in stores around Halloween! Although we're nowhere near as obsessed with it as they are in the US (I MUST go there one year for Halloween!) or even Berlin, where they had some fab stuff in the stores when we visited!

Anyways whilst doing my monthly browse of Williams-Sonoma, following a conversation on the phone with Dennis, my Sarah Palin loving friend, today, I spotted these fab Halloween cupcake items! I want!!!

I really love the pumpkin moulds, how cute and the Sprinkles Pumpkin Cupcake mix sounds yummy! I really must make my Sprinkles mixes that Dennis bought me soon - maybe this weekend?

I wish we had Williams-Sonoma here - I CANNOT wait to go to NY!!!!

DIY cupcakes - LA Style

My adorable friend Dennis returned from his trip back to Ann Arbour with a veritable feast of goodies for me. I'm so lucky to have someone who will happily schlep to Williams Sonoma for me, although he claims he refused their offer to sign up to their mailing list and pleaded with them to restrict internet access to America only..pshaw! Never mind I check the site LOADS! Way too much actually -its a bit obsessive!

Of course I'm ALWAYS excited to meet my friends but this time was particularly exciting as Dennis - the worst surprise keeper ever - had already told me what he'd bought me on the phone so I was totally excited all day Monday and it was worth it as he'd kept some secrets...like the two Cup A Cake containers (for cupcakes on the go!) he'd gotten and a MASSIVE amount of Hello Kitty goodies! And of course the TWO bake your own SPRINKLES sets complete with their trademark dots! wuhu

I can't wait to bake them and eat them of course :)