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Dowser 9: Blitzen in a Cup

Blitzen in a Cup is one of my most requested cupcake recipes, but when I first tried to make them – easily five or six years ago – Michael didn’t think they tasted like coffee or eggnog, just chocolate and butter, so I shelved the recipe. Move forward to the upcoming release of Gemstones, Elves, […]

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Baking: measuring butter

I celebrated getting Reconstructionist 2 off  to the editor this morning by making brownies (as posted on Instagram) and it occurred to me that the recipe calls for a truly ackward measurement of butter – 6 tablespoons. And that most of my butter icing recipes aren’t any better – using 1/3 of cup. I dug out […]

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Speaking of Cozy in a Cup …

We were speaking of cupcakes, weren’t we? Recipe found here and in the Dowser Series Companion Cookbook.