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Confection Witch

Nov 7, 20185 min

A Letter To My Best Friend

Dearest Fox, Do you remember becoming my best friend? I don't. I don't actually remember meeting you either. All I have are the moments...

Confection Witch

Nov 7, 20184 min

Spoiled Rotten Hound: It's Bacon! Dog Cookies

I didn't meet her until she was twelve years old. Icing Troll came with two dogs, Remeford and Sadie. Remeford is Icing Troll's buddy, an...

Confection Witch

Oct 24, 20185 min

I Farted at The French Laundry

It's the best restaurant in the World. Period. -Anthony Bourdain My mom gave me 'The French Laundry' cookbook as a birthday gift. After...

Confection Witch

May 30, 20185 min

I Call Her 'Bathtub Gin': Gin Cake with Lemon Buttercream + Lime Curd

He knows just how I like my martini - full of alcohol -Homer Simpson There are likely only the remaining few that ever had ‘proper’,...

Confection Witch

Apr 26, 20184 min

Spoiled Rotten Hound: Peanut Butter & Jam Dog Cookies

Exercise caution when using the word “cookie” in our household. Akin to a spiritual calling, it’s a word that must be used with purpose...

Confection Witch

Apr 18, 20185 min

Big City, Small Town: An imagined social gradient? + Hummingbird Cake Re-imagined

Hun, that tea is a little sweet so you’re gonna have to cut that with some rum. -Unsolicited Advice, Abbeville, SC Ya’ll the family from...

Confection Witch

Jan 24, 20185 min

Resist Conformity + Earl Grey Cake with Lavender - Vanilla Bean Buttercream

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Style is the essence of individualism....

Confection Witch

Dec 8, 20175 min

Lay Me Down on a Bed of Roses + Apple Rosette Tart Recipe

Food likes and dislikes have been a source of discord, a real antagonism, to me in previous relationships. I had a hard time enduring...

Confection Witch

Nov 20, 20172 min

On The Other Side of the Aisle

We met for thirty minutes. That’s less time than a bad blind date. Entrusted to turn a vision and a handful of drawings into a dream...