I'd love to say I've been doing something glamorous for the last yearish offline but to be honest apart from baking the odd tower of cupcakes (such as the one below) I've been camera-less while reading, sleeping, neglecting my e-mails, doing a spot of gardening (see below below) and baking the odd tower of cupcakes.
The world has been battered and bruised since the last asparagus season and with the next one shortly arriving to a plate near you I'm remaining quietly optimistic that 2009 will be the Year of the Cupcake, helping to keep the Big Bad Recessionary Wolf (not to mention the three poorly little pigs) firmly from my door.
For that reason once I get my hands on a decent camera again the blog will become a mini-portfolio for the always good value cupcakes that folks order to sweeten their celebrations with family and friends. As I don't have a shop front as such I'm hoping the site will reassure potential customers that their virtual order will result in real live cupcakes, baked with as much love as I can muster at 4am. If anyone wants to leave their sugar-fuelled compliments I'll accept them with as much grace as I can muster after 2 1/2 hours sleep.
I have my biggest order to date this weekend (200 cupcakes) and once I've manouvered my way round the 25kg bags of sugar in my kitchen I'll let you know how I get on, by 2010 at the latest I swear.
P.S. The cupcake recipe is here for anyone who'd like to go the DIY route.
Yay, you're back :-)
I'm currently planning the dessert table for my (still 14months away) nuptials and I'm thinking it won’t take much arm twisting to talk me into a tower of cupcakes!
Incidentally, can you do gluten free cupcakes since in your year off my beloved has been diagnosed a celiac.
Anyway, I'm delighted to see you back in the blogosphere.
Posted by: The blogger formally known as Maz | April 30, 2009 at 08:35 AM
You're back! Hooray! :D I love the tower of cupcakes, just wish I hadn't looked at this pic at 9am, it feels a little early in the day to be experiencing sugar cravings!
Hope all is well with you!
xxx
Posted by: Siobhan | April 30, 2009 at 09:09 AM
Good to see you back, Laura!
Posted by: kieran | April 30, 2009 at 10:46 AM
yay!! well u know how much your cupcakes are loved in La Cucina:)
Posted by: italian foodie | May 01, 2009 at 09:52 PM
Laura, so good to see you back!! Looking forward to the cupcakes!!
Posted by: Rachel@fairycakeheaven | May 02, 2009 at 04:40 PM
So glad you're back!!
Posted by: Cornflower | May 10, 2009 at 02:25 PM
great to see you up and blogging again! i nearly gave up checking in at your page but all is forgiven now that your back.
Posted by: clodagh | May 14, 2009 at 01:02 PM
Inspired by you, my cupcakes went down a treat in my local Farmers Market on Saturday! :D Ok so I had to put up with a few questions like "Are these just ordinary Queen Cakes??" I had to resist throwing the Magnolia Bakery Cookbook at them and explain that "No...these are SO much better!" :D
They disappeared anyway so I'm making them again next week for sure! A thousand thank yous for bringing this recipe to Limerick and to my tastebuds! :D
Posted by: Siobhan | May 25, 2009 at 11:21 AM
This one looks so beautiful.
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Posted by: John | June 01, 2009 at 07:21 PM
Welcome Back Laura! Good to see you back, in the year you've been away I've figured out that I am actually capable of baking pretty decent muffins and of rustling up a cheesecake - a far cry from the onion muffins (all that I was once capable of on the baking-front!). My blog is still laying abandoned I'm afraid... maybe one day I'll take the plunge again!
Posted by: Mary T | July 21, 2009 at 01:01 PM