Posts by movita beaucoup
the ballerina bakeshop: black swan cupcakes
Let’s talk Black Swan Cupcakes. These cupcakes are a light chocolate cupcake with a classic chocolate buttercream frosting. I added black food colouring to the frosting to make it darker. It will turn your tongue a little blackish-blue. If you don’t like using gobs of food colouring, you can just leave ’em as is – they’ll…
Read Moremovita’s favourite shrimp
. . . Three weeks from today I will start baking school. So, I was pretty excited when I got a call from Murphy Gear this morning to say that my clogs had arrived. My steel-toed, anti-slip, anti-shock, anti-pretty SIKA safety clogs. Quite a transition in footwear from the last time I went to school. In the…
Read Morechocolate cupcakes with {awesome} chocolate frosting
. . . Three weeks of visiting with Haddy, Luke the Dog, Adopamop, Pumpkin and Turnip, have taught me an important lesson. I have learned that 4.5 million accumulated drops of happiness can be matched in sorrow the instant you have to say goodbye. Now, don’t fret. I have also learned that: chocolate cupcakes slathered…
Read Morelemon tea muffins
My brother, Adopamop, along with Pumpkin and Turnip, arrived from France just over two weeks ago. My sister, Haddy, is here too. She brought Luke the Dog with her. They are all staying with Bill and Rosie Beaucoup. And they are all wearing me out. French kids sleep in. They aren’t total a-holes like North American…
Read Moreyer dancin’ photos – part 2
Remember Lan? From yesterday’s post? Whelp, this is a video of her dancing. It was shot at a Zombie 5k race. In the United States of America, they recently unleashed a massive effort to get Americans more fit. So they also unleashed a bunch of zombies. Here’s how it works: Americans run through a forest…
Read Moreyer dancin’ photos – part 1
So, last week I asked you to send me some dancing photos. Because Sonya (up above) sent me a super awesome photo of herself from 1974. And dance photos make me way happy. Here’s what hit my inbox on the weekend: That’s Lan up there. You probably remember her from Bake My Cake 2012. She’s…
Read Moredancing. you should be doing it.
. . . A few weeks ago, movita superfan, Sonya, sent me this photo: That’s Sonya. In 1974. I’ve looked at it 4.5 million times. Because it makes me happy. So, as we head into the weekend, I thought I’d ask you to send in a dancing photo of your own. Maybe it’s old. Maybe it’s…
Read Morelemon sorbet and an open letter to my sister
Dear Haddy, This evening, I am picking up our wee French nieces, Pumpkin and Turnip, at the airport. Adopamop will be there too. I’m very excited to see our brother, but I’ve NEVER MET TURNIP. And she’s two years old. So, I’m about as excited as any one person can be. Now, I understand that…
Read Morea review of grace’s sweet life {and chocolate éclairs}
. . . A few weeks ago, I was asked if I might like to review Grace’s Sweet Life, a book dedicated to Italian desserts. Let me emphasize: Italian desserts. Book reviews aren’t really the sort of thing I do round here, but because I follow Grace’s blog, and she’s a fellow Canuck, I accepted. Also, IT’S…
Read Morecrap i’ve been meaning to tell you about
. . . Sometimes I have so much crap to tell you about that I just wanna explode. And it’s hard to work all that stuff into a post with a recipe for muffins. So, here’s some crap I’ve been meaning to tell you about. With no recipe. Last week, I went to baking school…
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