If you’ve been a regular visitor of The CPB Gallery you know that I live in the NJ and recently took a road trip to Michigan and Illinois. This being the case, most of my cafe reviews revolve around the NY / NJ area but lately I’ve been blabbering about some of the many treats […]

The incredible Vegan Peanut Butter Cupcake posted above is from The Bleeding Heart Bakery in Chicago (from flickr user The Bleeding Heart Bakery). Drooling yet?
Taste Tester and I were only in Chicago for two days, and since we bought over a dozen cupcakes on our visit to Molly’s Cupcakes we didn’t get around to visiting […]

Hi people! I missed you during vacation, but I’m back to share some fun chocolate and peanut butter adventures from my road trip to Michigan and Illinois.
Taste Tester, Taste Tester’s brother, and Jackie Brown (our Chocolate Labrador) and I drove from New Jersey to the Canadian Lakes in Stanwood Michigan, stopping in Ann Arbor on […]

There has been an intense on-going debate for who makes the best cupcake in NYC. There are the Magnolia lovers and the Magnolia haters. There are lists upon lists and arguments upon arguments. Well, I’m here to settle the debate for you.
The best cupcake is NOT in NYC.
It’s in Florida. At a chain called Misha’s […]

This was one of many cupcakes made a couple weeks ago for my sister, a high school math teacher, to give to her students at an end-of-the-year party. She didn’t request any particular kind of cupcake, so it made sense to go simple. The only thing she requested was that they have sprinkles and that […]

There are lots of ideas for graduation party desserts floating around the web right now and I’ve especially been noticing a lot of cupcakes. People toil making fancy graduation caps out of fondant but for your average person, this is far too much work. Luckily I came across this incredibly easy decorating idea on flickr. […]

I recently received Crescent City Cooking by Susan Spicer as a gift. My taste tester decided to try out her recipe for Chocolate Chip Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Icing, but used the batter to make cupcakes instead of a full on cake. He made them while visiting family in Chicago, but was kind […]

I just thought this was such a great photo. Her eyes are so big and full of excitement and her hands are holding the cupcake like it’s a prize. Doesn’t it look like it should just be glowing with almightiness? The big booming voice in my head is saying “SEE THIS CUPCAKE. BOW BEFORE IT’S […]

Okay, so I’ve been craving cupcakes a bit lately. So sue me!
Here’s the second cupcake recipe in a row that I’m posting, but I can’t help it. I love em. And I was going over to my mom’s for a big Sunday dinner, so of course I had to bring something sweet along! Because it […]

Did you ever think you’d be able to find any Paula Deen recipe that only had HALF of ONE stick of butter? Well, here’s a shocker, I found a DESSERT of hers that only has that little in it. Kinda crazy. Kinda freaks me out actually, but these sound great none the less and a […]