From the monthly archives:

May 2010

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

May 31, 2010

Pin it This dessert is not healthy.  It’s not subtle.  It’s not revolutionary.  It hurts. Chocolate and peanut butter piled on top of peanut butter and chocolate.  There’s sugar too…  and it hurts. These cupcakes hurt your diet.  They hurt your teeth.  They destroy your morning workout.  They’re bad for puppies.  They upset kittens.  Big-eyed [...]

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Bake Out with Jill and Joy

May 27, 2010

Pin it  I made Caramel Pudding with my friend Jill a few weeks back.  You were here.  You remember.   We made a video too!  Oooh goodness gracious.  We did.   If Caramel Pudding freaks you out… if you’re scared of cooking sugar to a golden brown… well, problem solved!  I can show you how. [...]

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Dear Thirty Nine Year Old Joy,

May 25, 2010

Pin it  Dear Thirty Nine Year Old Joy,      It’s 2010.  Today we’re Twenty Nine Year Old Joy.  It’s exciting.  My Facebook page is exploding with birthday wishes.  Cool but mostly gross.  I’m making a birthday cake.  That’s what that big mess is all about.   I’m writing you, Future Joy, just to say [...]

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Dark Chocolate Brownies

May 24, 2010

Pin it Sometimes I turn chocolate into cookies. Sometimes I turn chocolate into cake. Once I turned chocolate into sorbet. I usually sleep with a chocolate bar on my nightstand.  You probably think I’m kidding.  I’m not.  It’s strangely comforting. Chocolate bread?  Ok… that seems like a good call. Chocolate for breakfast?  Duh. But my [...]

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2010. It’s Happening.

May 19, 2010

Pin it  Every few months I go on an over-sharing spree on Joy the Baker.  I talk about all sorts of things that aren’t chocolate or butter or cake.  I sometimes tell you about my sister.  I often tell you about my tragic affection for The Real Housewives of Everywhere.  Sometimes I talk about boys [...]

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Strawberry Blackberry Shortcakes

May 17, 2010

Pin it Is it summer yet?  Seriously… can we just go ahead and kick this season off a little early? I’m in… you should totally join me. What does it mean to kick summer off a little early?  Well, here’s a list of things I’m going to get rollin’… like toot sweet. Summertime means: Consuming [...]

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Potato Frittata

May 14, 2010

Pin it I went ahead and made you breakfast for this weekend. Except I ate it.  All.  It was delicious. So actually… if you could just go ahead and make your own breakfast… that would probably be best. Potatoes.  I strongly suggest you get 4 big russet potatoes. Peel them clean.  Rinse them off.  Marvel [...]

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How to Make Butter

May 12, 2010

Pin it  We do have butter to talk about today, but first I hope you’ll indulge me in allowing me to write an open letter to my little sister Lauren.   Dear Lauren, This afternoon I found a card that you wrote me on January 1, 2000.  That’s right.  I found a ten year old [...]

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The Making, Baking and Consumption of the Best Chocolate Bundt Cake ever.

May 10, 2010

Pin it We have a system around here, don’t we? I bake something every few days, take pictures of it, and post a handful of those pictures in this little wedge of the Internet. What would it look like if I showed you a whole bunch of everything?  The chocolate.  The cake.  The clock.  The [...]

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Pretty. Pretty Things.

May 8, 2010

Pin it You and me?  We always talk about yummy things.  Today we need to talk about pretty things. These beautiful porcelain creations are the work of Alyssa Ettinger.  Alyssa makes pretty things with her hands… let me explain. Alyssa makes these beautiful porcelain Ball jar and the small little sweater inspired votive holders using [...]

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Mama’s Day Brunch Menu

May 6, 2010

Pin it  I love my Mama.   The older I get… the more I love my mama.   The farther away I get from being a bratty, insufferable and ungrateful teenager… the more I appreciate my mama. Phew… I didn’t make it easy on her.  Can I make up for those obnoxious years with brunch? [...]

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Berry Cobbler Pie Bars

May 4, 2010

Pin it We’re all friends here, right? I can tell you things. I can tell you things like… how I put sour cream on just about everything that I ate yesterday. Sour cream on my granola.  Sour cream on eggs.  Sour cream on kale.  Sour cream in my dessert.  Sour cream… everywhere. I feel a [...]

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Heck Yes. Wear a Dress.

May 2, 2010

Pin it  For a second I thought I might sit around my house this past weekend and wallow knee deep in self pity and other sorrows.  Sounds like fun, right?  A real riot.   I thought better of it.  I kicked myself right in the pants and put on the biggest party dress I could [...]

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