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Cupcakes - The Newest Sweet Treat Trend

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Cupcakes - The Newest Sweet Treat Trend By Denny Phillips Have you been to an event recently and been surprised that instead of a regular cake, you were treated to an elaborate cupcake display? Cupcakes seem to be all the rage nowadays. Cupcakes seem to be the trendy thing to serve at any gathering, from baby showers to weddings, or birthday galas to Super Bowl parties. Cupcakes are easy to eat, full of delicious flavor and exciting eye-catching delights. It seems everyone loves those sweet little concoctions. But, are they really just cute little miniature cakes, or are they a wonderfully flavorful dessert deserving their own title? The origins of cupcakes are controversial. Some believe that cupcakes were invented by people baking cakes in little teacups, so that the little cakes would not take so long to bake and would cool faster. Others believe that cupcakes were named by the way the ingredients were measured (1 cup of flour, 2 cups of sugar, etc.) Whatever the origin, the cupcak...

La main dans les biscuits

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As I sit here uploading pictures, my hand is unconsciously dipping into the cookie jar. Yes, the cookies I made the other day that didn't turn out quite right. They're edible, therefore I cannot let them go to waste. Now, must I add that dinner is currently cooking on the stove and that I'm sabotaging my appetite? Oh well, leftovers are always good for next day lunches. (which no one in nyc seems to know) These pants are my "jeggings" I wore the other time and stained my legs black. You remember them? Well I gave them a good wash and its safe to say that they're now dye free on my legs. I guess you always take a gamble when you're buying clothing for a whopping $12.50. Have you ever tried cuffing your leggings? I seem to do this quite often at home so I decided, why not try it with these? I quite like the look and with my booties it brought up my "pants" to just the right length. As you can probably tell, the weather has turned back to it's u...