Furious Shirley » organic sweets http://furiousshirley.com/blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:39:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Have Your [Cup]cake and Eat It Too http://furiousshirley.com/blog/2009/05/25/have-your-cupcake-and-eat-it-too/ http://furiousshirley.com/blog/2009/05/25/have-your-cupcake-and-eat-it-too/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 02:17:33 +0000 Shannon Shirley http://furiousshirley.com/blog/?p=251 read more »]]> Since today is a holiday and I have things to do, I’m only going to talk about one think I like … one thing I really like.  CUPCAKES!!!!  Sweet, moist, yummy in my tummy cupcakes.  Last time I was visiting my family back in Ohio, my gramma showed up with an entire box full of cupcakes.  I think I ate one at every meal [or maybe it was one for every meal].  Thanks for all of the extra sit-ups, gramma.  Thanks alot.

Now you can have the deliciousness without all of the guilt … Organic Cupcakes [that taste anything but bland].  These delectable beauties come from cupcake yum. yum, who even have their own cupcake blog! [And they are from my home state!]

Chocolate Raspberry – Thick brownie cake w/ raspberry glaze and chocolate mousse

raspberry

The Buckeye! – Dark chocolate cake, creamy peanut butter buttercream, & chocolate ganache

buckeye

Cupcake yum. yum uses all natural ingredients [ie - local, organic, fair trade, etc] and none of the “bad stuff’ [ie - oils, dyes, preservatives, etc.] and has some really original flavors to choose from.  They also do cakes.  I am definitely putting them on my wedding cake list.  5 screams from Furious Shirley [out of 5, so that's goooood]

Another popular cupcake spot is here in New York – BabyCakes NYC. They specialize in vegan and gluten free sweets and sweeten most of their products with agave nectar.  They have a blog too [apparently baking blogs are all the rage] and just put out a cookbook!  They bake cookies, cupcakes, breads, brownies, etc.  I need some [soy] milk.  Catch you tomorrow.  Happy Memorial Day.

Clink on image for more info on the cookbook!

babycakes cookbook

FYI – I’m taking Tuesday off this week.  Recouperating from a fun-filled, but oh so busy weekend!!  Will be back for Wednesday’s “I’m Hungry” posts!

]]> http://furiousshirley.com/blog/2009/05/25/have-your-cupcake-and-eat-it-too/feed/ 1 Too Pretty To Eat … Almost http://furiousshirley.com/blog/2009/05/20/too-pretty-to-eat-almost/ http://furiousshirley.com/blog/2009/05/20/too-pretty-to-eat-almost/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 03:55:29 +0000 Shannon Shirley http://furiousshirley.com/blog/?p=200 read more »]]> This post is all about food that looks so good you can taste it.  My mouth is watering already.

Have It Sweet Confections is a green business in California, run by a husband [French trained pastry chef] and wife team that donates 15-25% of their monthly profits to Kiva and they buy a tree from Plant a Billion Trees for every $20 spent in their store.  As if these confections themselves were not enough to die for.  Love them!

marshmellows

caramel

And one of my favorite sites for beautiful food is TasteSpotting, a “visual potluck” where you can register and submit delicious things like these…

Mango, Red Pepper, & Cilantro Salad

Click on picture for recipemangosalsa

Crunchy Brown Rice Salad w/ Dill

Click on picture for recipebrownricesalad

And don’t miss out on SEASALTWITHFOOD, one of my favorite foodie blogs.  The photos are beautiful and the recipes are a collection of tastes from all over the world.  YUM.

Popcorn Shrimps

Click on picture for recipepopcornshrimp

Pasta Salad with Roasted Tomatoes

Click on picture for recipe

pastasalad

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