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May 19th, 2012 | Comments Off

Sales from Pinterest

  Moving Customers from Pinning to Purchase  9:40 AM Friday May 11, 2012   Pinterest surged into the spotlight earlier this year when it was revealed that it drives more web traffic than YouTube, Google+ and LinkedIn combined. What's so compelling about a website that lets you make virtual bulletin boards of "pinned" images, observers wondered, and does this service now belong in the pantheon of must-use social tools like Facebook and Twitter? Perhaps most important, marketers are … Read entire article »

Patriotic Cake

May 18th, 2012 | Comments Off

The Coolest Fourth of July Cake I’ve Ever Seen Posted on Jun 29, 2011 in Desserts, Fourth of July, Holidays | 66 comments I am end­lessly amazed by food. And by peo­ple. Espe­cially food­ies. And the lim­it­less nature of the imag­i­na­tion when it comes to food. It’s so beautiful. How serendip­i­tous that cook­ing and pho­tog­ra­phy com­pli­ment each other so well! Nothing inspires me like a gor­geous pic­ture of food. I have books that I likely will never actu­ally cook from, but nev­er­the­less, I pour over them with rapt fas­ci­na­tion! Just the images feed and sat­isfy me somehow! The inter­net in regards to food is like a crazy, inex­haustible buf­fet of eye and mouth candy!  It’s almost too good to be true. So much out there to peruse and put to the test! I have a huge com­puter file of recipes I … Read entire article »

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May 21st, 2012 | Comments Off

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ice cream cake

ice cream cake

Stay cool. Even an ice cream party deserves a cool cake. Take a simple ice cream cake and top it with chocolate ganache. Add a chocolate ice cream cone to the top to make it look like melted ice cream. Don’t forget the sprinkles. via One Charming Party | Birthday Party Ideas › ice cream party: cake & ice cream. … Read entire article »

Bride Groom Cakes

Bride Groom Cakes

Bride and Groom Shower Cakes Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix and icing come together in this beautiful bride and groom shower cake--a perfect dessert to complement the wedding theme of your party. http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/bride-and-groom-shower-cakes/e5d90708-00a6-44ba-955a-fc360c09cfd4 2 heart-shaped foil pans (8 inch) Icing cloud white Icing petal pink White candy sprinkles black decorating icing white decorating icing red decorating icing For bride cake, place 1 cake layer on serving plate. Frost cake with … Read entire article »

Rosette Swirls cake

Rosette Swirls cake

The delicious cake and cake stand above are from Herriott Grace Design*Sponge turns seven years old this summer, but today, I’m officially 30. I was only 23 when I started this site, and in some ways, I can believe it’s been that long, and in others, it still feels like yesterday. I’m so lucky and honored to still be sitting here, … Read entire article »

Marshmellow Fondant Recipe

      MM (Marshmallow) Fondant Icing Recipe From Peggy Weaver at http://whatscookingamerica.net/PegW/Fondant.htm   Prep time: 60 min Ingredients: 16 ounces white mini-marshmallows (use a good quality brand)2 to 5 tablespoons water2 pounds icing sugar (please use C&H Cane Powdered Sugar for the best results)1/2 cup Crisco shortening (you will be digging into it so place in a very easily accessed bowl)   Directions: NOTE: Please be careful, this first stage can get hot. Melt marshmallows and 2 tablespoons of water in a microwave or double boiler. To microwave, place the bowl in the microwave for 30 seconds, open microwave and stir, back in microwave for 30 seconds more, open microwave and stir again, and continue doing this until melted. … Read entire article »

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