My Madison Bistro

About three years ago, I decided I would come up with a cupcake to rival Candace Nelson’s. There were a couple of problems with this plan. First, I’d never actually had a Sprinkles cupcake. Second, I certainly wasn’t what you would call a cupcake master; up to that point, every cupcake I’d made had come from a mix (shameful, I know).

Nevertheless, I set out on my cupcake journey. I’ve made many, many cupcakes during that time. Some I’ve been happy with, some, not so much. There’s a balance needed between fluffy cake and moistness, and I discovered it’s not always the easiest to achieve.

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Tags: cupcakes, vanilla

I know, I’ve given this post a rather profound name. I guess I simply wanted to give you some background on why I’ve decided to start this project. Frankly, I worry that my friends and family are quite tired of always listening to me blather on and on about food, about making this or that, so I needed some sort of outlet.

I love the creation of a new dish, I love flipping through a new magazine, I love getting a new cookbook. I love decorating a dessert, I love the smell of dinner cooking in the oven, I love wandering through the stalls at the farmer’s market. And I love reading food blogs.

I could go on, but I think you get the idea. I love to cook, but there is one slight problem: I absolutely loathe doing dishes. So much, in fact, that sometimes I let laziness get the best of me, and I order takeout.

So I started a blog, both in which to share my love of cooking and baking, but also to keep me in the kitchen and away from the phone.