TIP OF THE DAY: Wedding Cake & Matching Cupcakes

We’ve been to quite a few weddings and other events where cupcakes have replaced a traditional tiered cake. We love cupcakes, but miss seeing a cake. Yummy Cupcakes of greater Los Angeles (Brentwood, Burbank and Santa Monica) provides the solution by making cupcakes with a matching layer cake. You don’t have to save this tip…
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RECIPE: Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Carrot cake and carrot bread seem to be on the menu year-round; but fall means pumpkin bread. This recipe incorporates that other favorite fall ingredient, cranberries. Thanks to Cheryl Indelicato, proprietor of HandCraft Wines in California, for sharing this recipe: PUMPKIN CRANBERRY BREAD RECIPE Ingredients For One Loaf 1 cup solid-pack pumpkin 1 cup sugar…
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PRODUCT: Yoga Cookie Cutters

For yoga fans, cookie cutters that can transform many foods—including this piece of cornbread—into yoga poses. Photo courtesy YummyYogi.com.   Our fast-paced society is stressful. Work pressures, managing family and household and inescapable digital demands don’t leave us with much quiet time. Some 15.8 million Americans—6.9% of the adult population—practice yoga to de-stress. Yoga quiets…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Make An Easy Cookie Sundae

You may have had a sundae with a side of cookies but in this simple concept, the cookie become the sundae. A cousin of the ice cream sandwich, a cookie sundae is a lot easier to make. Try it tonight! COOKIE SUNDAE RECIPE Ingredients Per Serving 2 cookies, ideally a chewy style that can be…
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HALLOWEEN: Rice Krispie Treats

Enjoy this Halloween spin on a favorite no-bake cookie: Rice Krispies Treats. The recipe is from Karo Syrup, which, along with its sister brand Fleischmann’s Yeast, is joining the fight against child hunger. This year Karo and Fleischmann’s have donated $200,000 to Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign. Learn how you can help at…
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