How to Make Nipple Cupcakes
Stupid things I do, food November 8th, 2009Doesn’t everyone want nipple cupcakes? I mean, come on. They’re awesome.
Step 1: Pour too much cake batter in the cups. No, not bra cups, silly. Cupcake cups!
Step 2: Don’t shake down the batter like apparently you’re supposed to do.
Step 3: Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
Viola!
Nipplicious cupcakes!
Step 4: Pile icing high, high, high and no one will notice!
Good grief. I can’t even make a normal cupcake. Don’t even try to help me. There is no helping me. But I’ll take pity. Pity’s good.
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November 8th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
What? You’re supposed to shake down the batter?! My cupcakes ALWAYS looklike this!
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November 8th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
Nice! I love cupcakes and these look delicious. I’ll take a dozen please.
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November 8th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
With the right icing job, someone can get slapped.
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November 8th, 2009 at 6:40 pm
Hmmmm, my cupcakes never look like that, and I’ve never shook? shaken? down the pan. However, my muffins ALWAYS end up pointed no matter how much I jiggle the pans. I always reach for the biggest cupcake or muffin anyway, so being nipplicious just makes them better. LOL
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November 8th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
And was this the second batch? I think you are doing this so you can call them failures and scoff them all down yourself.
I can just see my mum now, tapping the tray down on the unit two or three times to level out the mixture. I never knew it was to lose the nipples
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November 8th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I could help eat those cupcakes for you.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Well, that’s a title that catches the attention! Your cupcakes look so pretty with all that colored icing. I like the swirly ones. They hide those nipples so well!
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November 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Awe….those are cupcakes that Madonna would just love! LOL
They look pretty yummy to me; I’ll take a dozen to go!
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November 8th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Those are beautiful cupcakes! The colors are so happy and cheerful! You can make some for me… as long as they’re vegan.
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November 8th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Wait….nipples are bad? *looks down at her ladies* I’ve got some bad news girls..
November 8th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Cups?
Shake down??
When did Easter get here???
They look perfect to me….I’m not seeing a problem.
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November 8th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
I did a similar thing with frosting once, but that was a long time ago and I don’t remember her name.
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November 8th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
LOL – never heard the term “nipple cupcakes” before. My friends often referred to those as “Shane cupcakes” because apparently I don’t know how to bake, either. Oh well, can’t be great at everything – just most
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November 9th, 2009 at 1:12 am
I love to cook, but I am one of those weirdos who does not like cupcakes. I have made thousands of bran muffins though, but never the “nipple” kind. I think you have a rare talent!
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November 9th, 2009 at 5:47 am
All the pretty frosting hides the nipples so well! As long as they taste good, that is the important part.
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November 9th, 2009 at 6:15 am
Lynne — My regular cakes look a bit like this too. Always a hump in the middle. Get shakin’ girl!
MadMadMargo — I made mini-cupcakes before this that came out worse icing-wise. So I ate them. A lot of them. Possibly a dozen of them.
Stephanie Barr — Hilarious!
Ladybuggs — These sort of looked like corn muffins to me. Yes, the bigger the better I always say!
Babs Beetle — I think you’re on to me. Yes, this was a second batch. The minis came out poorly and so I ate most of them. Yes, shake down to lose the nipple. Shouldn’t they put that on the cake batter box?
Regan — You could have helped me MAKE them. I’m familiar with your master cupcake baking skills. I could have used you.
Surfie — I can’t wait to see the kind of google searches I’ll get with a title like this. I like the swirls, too. Thought of that at the last minute. Otherwise, they would have all looked like that. That’s going to be my icing technique forever.
A. Marie — Yea, they could have used a pointy bra, couldn’t they?
Kelly — Nope, not vegan. The batter had eggs. Sorry. There’s a great vegan bakery near me that makes the best sweets and treats. I wish it wasn’t on my way home from work. It poses a danger to me every day.
daughterbonnie — Nah! Nipples are good! As long as they’re not hanging down to the floor.
kathryn — Ha! They do look like Easter don’t they? I started out trying to make “petit fours” from my Hello, Cupcake book. They suggested these colors but they didn’t come out at all like the book. So I ditched them and made these.
Jeff — Naughty boy, Jeff!
Shane — I actually googled “nipple cupcakes” and some people have recipes out there to make them look very, very authentic. I didn’t go that far.
Will – I’m sorry you did not get the cupcake gene, but muffins are just as good. If you make ‘em, remember — pile high in the center and throw ‘em right in the oven. Nipples!
Daisy the Curly Cat — They taste extra delicious! I hope you know I say that now every time something tastes good. People have no idea I’m talking “Daisy speak.”
November 9th, 2009 at 6:32 am
You are much too critical of your baking efforts. You should be proud of them! At least you baked and as long as they taste good, that’s all that matters.
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November 9th, 2009 at 7:13 am
Love the beautiful, creative colors! Great cupcakes.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:19 am
Hmmmmmm, I’m getting the urge to make some of these myself now
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November 9th, 2009 at 7:47 am
I made a cake recently that did this. The top cake ended up splitting and sliding down either side of the bottom cake. So – I learned something valuable here today – shaking down the batter. Never heard of that before (but then again, I don’t bake too often!)
November 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am
NOM!
Gimme some of those nipples. I don’t care what they look like, as long as they are even slightly edible and have tons of frosting.
Truly, they are beautiful.
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November 9th, 2009 at 10:05 am
yummy, love to have and taste one,
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November 9th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Hey as long as they don’t have crusty edges..I call them perfect. A little frosting and everything is good again. I never shake my cupcakes. I shake my booty….
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November 9th, 2009 at 10:55 am
the pointy tops just makes them easier to frost! i love the festive colors, very pretty. but next time, i would prefer chocolate. please.
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hugs,
puglette
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November 9th, 2009 at 11:34 am
I have been baking for more years than I care to count and I have never shaken down my cupcakes. Now I have poor cupcakes and I am sure they wouldn’t have much to give….
More cake and less frosting is best with me.
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November 9th, 2009 at 11:42 am
My husband’s comment after spying your unfrosted cupcakes was that they looked luscious.
(Does that sound as dirty as I think it does?)
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November 9th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
And here I thought, prior to scrolling, that you were going to decorate them with, oh, peach colored frosting and a single central jelly-bean or something.
Okay, I just envisioned that. Bad idea. Really, really bad, and so not funny.
Nevermind.
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November 9th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
They look beautiful! And besides, my mother always said the whole idea of baking was to make something that looked awful and nobody liked so it would last longer.
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November 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
I think they look great, is the frosting all different flavors or just colors?
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November 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
If frosted creatively, those would be banned!
November 9th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Those actually look really good. Some of the frosting colors reminds me of that “super man” ice cream. lol. Yum.
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November 9th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Kathy, I have an award for you on my blog.
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November 9th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
They look wonderful to me and I love the colors- my kids would love the looks of those like a box of crayons.
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November 9th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
OMG that is funny. Those are great looking nipple cakes. But my cupcakes like everyone else always looked like that. What in the world would a flat cup cake look like. I don’t think I have ever seen one. You need to try that to make this even funnier.
November 9th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Great, it’s 4pm here and now I’m looking at cupcakes! There goes dinner.
P.S. just think of the frosting as pasties.
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November 9th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Yum those cupcakes look so delicious. Seriously if you don’t want them I’ll have them.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I would LOVE a tray of Nipple Cupcakes!
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November 9th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
Eh, don’t worry about the nipples. It all gets ate the same way.
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November 9th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I just love you, Kathy. Seriously. You are much more sophisticated, polished, refined, and let’s face it, grown up than I am. I wouldn’t have slopped the frosting on (altho they look yumilicious!) – I would have kept them looking like nipples, then added half a cherry on top. Then I would have waited to see who said something.
But truthfully, they look awesome and I’d grub on ‘em. I’m good like that.
You have a fantastic blog – and I don’t only check your blog daily to see if my mind’s here. I actually read it!
And even though you aren’t a “new” blog to me, there is an award for you on my blog. I would be honored if you’d stop by and pick it up. I’m passing it along to you because of the great way you add to my life with your posts. (That sounds so incredibly dorky – and sad. Yes, I have absolutely NO life. But even if I found one, I’d still love your blog.)
xx
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November 9th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Hey those cupcakes aren’t nipple cakes, they are “I love frosting cupcakes”. If the frosting is super thick on the sides you know you just busted a frosting lover.
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November 9th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
WOW those are GORGEOUS cupcakes, are you KIDDING? How did you make the different colored frosting?? They are so pretty
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November 9th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Karen — Oh, you’re so nice. So when I saw how tall they were, you think I should have been proud?
Data Entry Services — I liked these pastel colors too. I made them with “neon” food coloring. Never knew they made such a thing til I saw it on the shelf. I forever and always want purple cupcakes.
Blazing Minds — I’m keeping spare boxes of cake mix and icing in my pantry now. For when that urge strikes. Go forth and bake!
Kathy — Sorry about your slidy cake. Could you salvage any part of it? It might help, too, to use room temperature batter. I used refrigerated batter for these and I have a sneaky suspicion that affects how they bake up.
JD at I Do Things — Nipples! I did put a lot of extra delicious icing on them. I hope the ratio of icing to cake was satisfactory to my sister and all her co-workers who dug into them today.
ish — Stop licking your screen!
Buggys — No crusty edges for me. Shake that boo-tay!
puglette — I had to put more on the tops for some reason. The nipple kept poking through.
Pricilla — Really? More cake? Wow, that’s a first!
Midwest Mom — It sounds dirty AND complimentary. I’ll take it!
Jenn Thorson — I shoulda, it’s a brilliant idea, but no areolas in the house that I could find.
Patricia — I think I prettied them up too much. My sister, who was the lucky recipient, shared them with her officemates. I think they were gone by noon.
Jude — Icing was all vanilla, only colored like that.
melissan — I’m not creative enough to make them look like actual boobs. Besides, I don’t know how appetizing they’d be.
American Idiot — Yes!!! I remember that! Boy, what a trip down memory lane.
Buggys — I shall be over soon.
Michelle Gartner – They do look like the icing was painted or colored on with a brush, don’t they?
Marg Elmendorf — I swear all my other cupcakes were flat-ish. The should most definitely not look like exploding muffin tops.
DJ — Ha! Hope you had a sensible dinner.
Deb — Well, I gave them away to my sister for her birthday. No more left!
meleah rebeccah — Who wouldn’t?
Yum Yucky — That’s what my mom always said. Goes to the same place, so who cares how bad it looks?
Katherine — You must made my WHOLE DAY! Thank you so much for your kind words. And don’t you dare say that I’m more grown up than you. I’m perpetually five. Are you older than five? Thank you for the award, and really, you really made me feel like I’m doing something right here.
redkathy — I could have gone more nuts on the icing, but I was working with only a 16oz can. Hmmm, maybe next time I’ll double up and really make people sick.
Katherine — I had five different pastel bowls, some more full than others. So I got the idea to mix them up and use the icing I had the most of left. Just dip the knife in one, dip in the other and swirl! That’s how I’m going to ice all my cupcakes from now on. Can I patent that I wonder?
November 9th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Nothing wrong with extra large nipply cupcakes. Apparently this is a problem that I have when making muffins, because they always look like nipples. Maybe I will try shaking the pan. Or maybe I’ll just bake another pie since I seem to be proficient at that now.
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November 9th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Looks good to me! As long as they taste like regular cupcakes, I’m all for them!
Do you do bachelor parties? Heh.
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:14 am
I’m not a very good cook, either, though have the fantastic talent of making something amazing once, then never making it that good again.
I like the ones where the frosting is multi-coloured. ^-^
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November 10th, 2009 at 6:51 am
Do you have any left over? Cause you should share with us and not just tease us!
November 10th, 2009 at 9:59 am
Very colorful cupcakes! I believe they taste as good as they look.
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November 10th, 2009 at 3:16 pm
very interesting, could be a whole new line of adult bakery products in the making here.
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November 10th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
OMG you are too funny what a great way to make cupcakes..I’m gonna try them.
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Hey, I like funny looking cupcakes. They all end up in the same place, so why not have some fun with them.
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Well, they look mighty tasty to me no matter what the shape. Nice bright frosting too! I give you a B+
Di
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Nipples or not I think they look totally yummy and I L-O-V-E the icing colors – too cute!
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November 10th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Kim — “Nipply cupcakes” has a nice ring to it. I would never try my hand at a pie. It wouldn’t even remotely look like one, even if I used store-bought crust. You have my admiration.
Your Daily Cute — Now I know what to bring to parties! I think I need to add a little something on the top to really be authentic. Got any ideas?
Elisha — Me too. Or, I’ll find the one thing I do well and make it over and over again. My signature dessert is chocolate covered strawberries. Look pretty and hard to make but they’re not. I like the swirly colors too.
Linda — Nope. All gone! Sorry!
BK — Almost too pretty to eat. For five minutes. Then, nom!
ann — For more “adult products, see Redhead Ranting’s Sex Toy Party. Caution: May not be safe for work.
Dorothy Stahlnecker — Make sure you do the swirly icing too! And try to find the “neon” food coloring. That’s how I got those pastel colors.
Lauren — Got that right.
Di — I love the frosting, too. The swirl is my new technique. So long single colored icing!
The Bee — Yeah, covered in icing. Without, not so great.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
That’s the beauty of baking anything that will be frosted–it covers a multitude of sins. I’m sure your nipple cupcakes were scrumptious, and the swirled icing looks very fancy.
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
I’ll never look at a nipply woman in the cold again without thinking.. Yummm cupcakes.
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November 10th, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Wow it’s been so long since I’ve eaten a cupcake. But those actually look pretty and yummy. Can’t think about food too much though or else I’ll get off of my diet.
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November 10th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hehe, your cupcakes have nu-nus.
You should have totally bought some of those clearance pumpkin shaped candy corn thingies and gone full-booby.
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November 11th, 2009 at 4:50 am
I love the icing colors you used on them nipple cupcakes
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November 11th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Well, I tried following your instructions step by step, because I was so happy to finally see a recipe that matches my baking abilities, but for some weird reason my cupcakes didn’t turn out like yours!!
I’ll try it one more time, hopefully this time it will work
November 11th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Ahahaha! Yes, well, if those are nipples, does that make the icing a bra?
I’m just glad you didn’t “decorate” them any further. They do look delicious!
And Jeff, I had to LOL at that one!
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November 11th, 2009 at 12:05 pm
they look yummy to me…
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November 11th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
You are hilarious. There’s an award waiting for you at my place. Hope you’ll stop by to pick it up!
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November 11th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Hey Kathy, can you use these cupcakes to pad your bra???
~(@)u(@)~
… without the icing, of course….
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November 11th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Stopped by and laughed again at the title.
About what to add on top of the nipples for parties… a nice, edible silver ball thing (like a piercing)? Hah! They’d be a hit.
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November 11th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
The end result looks great! Very pretty with the pastel-y frosting. I would not object to having some sent my way! Mmmm… cupcakes.
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November 11th, 2009 at 10:58 pm
My husband would have loved these. He’s a boob man. Is there another kind?
Oh right. Well…he’s a boob man.
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November 12th, 2009 at 12:29 am
Your icing match your nipples (I meant, cupcakes!)
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November 12th, 2009 at 6:09 am
absepa — Most sins. Hump in the middle? Not so sure. I do love the swirly icing, though! I made more last night. All swirlies this time!
Gatekeeper — Just don’t tell her that.
Eren Mckay — Sorry about your diet. Can’t you make room for one little cupcake?
Tracy — “nu nus” Oh, that’s funny. Haven’t heard that term in a hundred years. I’ve gotta remember the candy corn next time. Perfect!
Vera — Me too. I made more last night to take to work, and they all got the swirly treatment.
??? — You have to really be an inept slob for this. Try harder. Or try less.
Maureen — In a way, yes. A tiny, color-filled bra that Victoria’s Secret should make now. Just remember it was my idea.
staciesmadness — Look AND tasted yummy!
SuziCate — Thank you!
Maitri — Luckily for me I don’t need padding, but I do quite like the idea of stowing food in my bra for whenever i need it.
Your Daily Cute — Some have suggested a raisin. I have to say it’s got the right texture.
erin — I love the pastel colors and the ones I did swirly-like. I made more last night and they all got the swirly treatment.
Lisa at Boondocks Rambling — My husband’s a leg man. Too bad I don’t have great legs for him to look at. But I do have great ….
stinkypaw — Har!
November 12th, 2009 at 6:19 am
LOL. you know I think I will take 40 dozen, they will not go to waste here. they do double D as a pacifier right?
they look yummy but i’m not sure i can eat them, with my eyes open. nipple cupcakes. LOLOLOL.
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November 12th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Why would you “pile icing high, high, high” so no one would notices? Ever checked those ‘exotic cake’ sales? You’ve got a goldmine on your hands!
Off to print this for my wife LOL.
Brett.
November 12th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
You had me at “nipple cupcakes”
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November 13th, 2009 at 4:34 am
Funny and delicious – they’re nipplicious indeed!
November 13th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Liked the idea Niiple cupcakes its delecious
November 13th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
What the heck. . . . cupcakes with nipples?? Well, yummy. . . they do look nipplicious! LOL
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November 13th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I never heard of shaking down the batter. I just pour them 3/4 full and pop them in the oven. I’m not the world’s best baker. I tend to estimate rather than actually measure everything with the proper measuring cups and spoons. Then I add and subtract ingredients along the way. Things tend to turn out well, for some reason. I think it’s Irish luck.
November 13th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
LOL! Love the cupcakes!
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November 14th, 2009 at 7:39 am
Just need a cherry on the top now!
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November 16th, 2009 at 11:38 am
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December 4th, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Wow Kathy,
The whole world is going “green,” and your going blue-with your humor that is. You’ve created tasty -and naughty-cupcakes, and they are too funny. You’ve made Rachael Ray blush. Don’t try cooking sausage and meatballs together. You might not be able to publish those photos here! -Mike.
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