treats
if you don't have ina garten's barefoot contessa cookbook you should get it. if for no other reason than these coconut cupcakes with cream cheese coconut frosting. they are amazing. within three days we ate 20 of these (would have eaten 24 but i managed to separate myself from four of them for a new mommy) and were still wishing for more. even chip, who is usually no giant fan of delicious sugary treats, couldn't get enough. i'm now using the left over frosting to dip my apples and grapes in and don't plan on stopping until it is completely gone.
in addition to all the sugar flowing through our veins, we got some surprise treats in the mail yesterday! how great are these hats? pam, we love love love them. and the tiny little shoes? i'm in heaven. i've been really lucky in a lot of ways with my marriage, but i totally scored with the great friends i inherited from chip. thanks so much pam- you've made our house a happier place!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 09:57AM
Reader Comments (7)
that cookbook IS great. i don't have it but my sister cooks for me from it all the time. i may just have to get a copy myself.
and the girls look adorable! your camera sure takes much nicer shots than mine.
Yes, that cookbook is great - and I particularly love those cupcakes. I made them for Jane's B'day last year, but filled them with lime curd, and used a light green buttercream frosting - also very yummy. The hats & shoes are super cute - lucky you!
I need to bust out my cookbook, except I think it is buried in our storage unit.shoot.
and those are darling, nice job Pam!!
i think i may even just need to make the frosting for dipping my fruit, at least that would be partly healthy right?
LOVE the pictures of the girls with those darling hats - too cute!!!
i love that cookbook. I don't really like coconut..would I like those? I'm thinking no. But perhaps I'll make them for my sister-in-law who loves coconut and then if I don't like them, I won't have wasted the whole batch. Now that I've told you all my baking plans...
jen-
the great thing about these is that there is a good amount of almond flavoring so it isn't just overwhelmingly sweet coconut. of course i love coconut, so it's difficult to say. . . try them, you might like them and if not, shove them off on the skinny sister-in-law!