Thank You!!!

This will be our last post before the New Year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have taken the time to read and share all our articles in 2012. We look forward to bringing you even more exciting recipes in 2013 and beyond.

We wish all of you and your families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and feast your eyes on our end of year cup cakes.

December!!!

December, checkmate December!!! a month that makes my head spin and swell with the Christmas excitement. I feel like I’m barreling full force into the holidays, into the end of the year, into planning my life for the next year, into trying to keep my act together and my new year anxiety at bay.

I sometimes wish December came with a score sheet for the year… just a little list that could tell me what has gone down in my year so far. Real assessment of me!

I really do not need an update on my New Year’s Resolutions for 2012… we all know those were written down on a piece of paper littering somewhere (maybe with "mai kosai"....). I want a score sheet more along the lines of: How many times I cursed while driving? How many cookies I stress ate in my car. How many times I’ve driven round town with either a pound of butter, or a bag of sugar in my handbag (don't ask me how come). How many times I bought cake items on impulse (impulse shopping) .How many times I’ve Googled the same word repeatedly to double check its spelling. How many times I went on amazon to order for cake tools. (A baker's obsession). You know… the important things. The things that really tell you how you’re living in your everyday.

The December days are ticking away quickly. Christmas will come and go in a blur of cranberries and Mariah Carey Christmas CDs(which Hubby used his last dollar on his iTunes Store account to purchase just for me).......Before we know it we’ll be pushing someone in the frigid pool at the New Year’s Eve party, or counting down to New years day!

For now… while we have this simple and exciting days leading up to Christmas......let’s just enjoy these (or really any) cookies, close our eyes and access the year’s ridiculousness, with a thankful heart.

Gift Away

One of the reasons we love chocolate cake so much is the pure unmatched physical pleasure we get not just from eating it but also from smelling it....
Whether or not we choose to share our pleasure with others by attemping to describe the complex flavours is another matter.
At the moment, fellow chocolate cake lovers get by without saying a word- they just know when it is good and a roll of the eyes or a deep sigh is enough to communicate this...
Do you want to see that delightful roll in the eye of your loved one? Let Crust & Cream make that come true.....gift a chocolate cake this season