• Camouflage cookies

    I wanted to make some Marine Corps birthday baked goods for Toby’s Marines last week, but I ran out of time — so I thought I’d make some camouflage cookies today, for Veterans Day, and have Toby take them to the Marines tomorrow. I love baking (and eating) sugar cookies, but I haven’t made them […]

  • Sweetest tank ever (and free cupcakes!)

    Although I frequently bring baked goods to work, my actual day job doesn’t usually involve cake. But one day last year, I came to work and was immediately alerted to the existence of a tank covered in cupcakes (which were decorated with camouflage fondant) in the Pentagon courtyard. Turns out, the ladies of Georgetown Cupcake […]

  • Tactical cupcakes and a delicious tank

    Last week, something really exciting happened at work. Explosive, even. I’m talking cupcakes. Georgetown cupcakes. Shot out of a turret. Katherine and Sophie (of “DC Cupcakes” fame) made a cupcake-covered tank and delivered it to the Pentagon for the Army’s birthday last week. The plywood tank was covered in chocolate cupcakes with mocha butter cream […]