Divine Desserts is Gone!

It's seems like just yesterday that I was just eating cupcakes from Divine Desserts and now I hear that they're closed! On Monday the Fast Food Maven reported that Divine Desserts has closed and will be replaced by Cinderella Cakes.

I'm really surprised to hear this news because Divine Desserts made quality cupcakes. They even made it on the list of My Top 10 Cupcakes of All Time. I'm not sure what happened, but I'm hoping they will resurface somewhere else.

Interesting to note that Divine Desserts website now forwards to Cinderella Cakes website. Cinderella Cakes already has three Orange County locations, yet this is the first I've heard of them. Their website does have pictures of cupcakes, but I'm unsure if they will be selling them in their store. I'll keep you updated.

Scharffen Berger Chocolate Adventure Contest Winners

At the end of last year I reported on Scharffen Berger Chocolate's Adventure Contest. Entrants submitted an original recipe using Scharffen Berger chocolate and an "adventure" ingredient for a chance to win $20,000 in prizes.

The winners have been announced and the best part is that they published the winning recipes! Interesting to note that all of the winning cupcakes used stout beer. Maybe that tells you something about the judges.

GRAND PRIZE

You Make Me Wanna "Stout" Cupcakes
Elaine Barbee
Adventure ingredient: stout beer

SECOND PLACE
Spicy Dulce de Leche and Chocolate Cream Stout Cucpakes with Chili Ganache and Candied Serrano Chiles
Jennifer Daskevich
Adventure Ingredients: Stout beer, buttermilk, sweetened condensed milk, chili pepper

THIRD PLACE
Beer Bellies (Cocoa-Stout Cupcakes with Beer-Malt Frosting and spicy Pretzel Crumbles
Jennifer Burke
Adventure Ingredients: Stout beer, coconut butter, sweetened condensed milk, chili pepper, Meyer lemon

The Guilt Free Cupcake Diet?

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As much as I love cupcakes, I have a hard time believing you can lose weight eating lots of cupcakes. You know me, I'm a pretty healthy person. So when I got an email about Twiggy's Cupcake Diet, I was intrigued.

Twiggy's Cupcakes satisfy your hunger and your sweet tooth. You can eat 4-5 Twiggy's Cupcakes a day, replacing breakfast, lunch, and snacks. Then eat a sensible dinner. Twiggy's Cupcakes have 6-8 grams of protein and ONLY 4-7 grams of sugar in each cupcake. So whether it's breakfast, lunch or snack time, Twiggy's Cupcakes are a great addition to your daily diet.

They claim the average person will lose 8-10 pounds a month on this diet (based on a previous diet of 2500-3000 calories. Well yeah, when you cut your calorie consumption in half, you're definitely going to lose weight.

The cupcakes are sold in assortments of 8 for $24 ($3 per cupcake). You can check out the nutritional information on the website to see how these cupcakes stack up against your average cupcake. In a perfect world, this would be my real diet. What do you think about this concept?

Free Cupcakes on Tax Day Again?

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Last year Cinnabon gave away free cupcakes on Tax Day. April 15th is a big day to me because I'm a tax accountant and my life has been pretty stressful for the past few months. So let me tell you, I could definitely use some free cupcakes. Hopefully Cinnabon will continue this promotion and I will get some sweet relief on Tax Day this year.

I Did It!

I completed Ironman 70.3 California. I ate cupcakes from two different places. And I got a whole weekend with my husband. Doesn't get better than that.

More details about the cupcakes to come. I just need to recover and catch up on all of my work.