According to Wikipedia, Valentine’s Day is “an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines“)”. Well, my definition of Valentine’s Day is an occasion to celebrate love. And love is not synonym of lovers. Love is present in our relationships with friends and relatives… even in our relationships with our pets
Sweet Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
Last holiday season, sometime between Christmas and New Year’s, I made cupcakes. Carrot cupcakes. Deliciiious carrot cupcakes. This weekend, I was hosting a girl’s night at my place and made 2 batches of cupcakes, one of which was my deliciiious carrot cupcakes. Well… two horrible carrot cupcake batches later (this is why you have to write what you do in the kitchen, even when you’re
Banana Split Cupcakes
Last week: final exams. This week: after sleep, the first thing I really wanted to do was to go in my kitchen and make something special. Make cupcakes. Because I loooove to make cupcakes. And I deserve a nice treat :). I opened my newly acquired (aka acquired a couple months ago but never used it) Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World cookbook to find
Mini Doughnuts for Big Kids (small kids too)
I’ve been blogging for a little more than one year. And I’ve been reading blogs for a little more than that. And while reading blogs, I saw baked doughnuts. And then I saw baked doughnuts again and again, and again, and again. And every time I saw baked doughnuts on a blog, all I could think about was how I wanted to make some. And
Happy First Birthday to my Blog! – Strawberry Jello Almond Cupcakes with Banana Pudding Frosting
Yep, one year ago, Sweet Salty Spicy was born. And you should definitely check out the pasta dish that I shared to no one that day because it was quite tasty! Of course, I had to write something today. But what? I first thought about sharing “facts you probably don’t know about me”, but didn’t think of many interesting ones. In fact, I only thought