Going Mobile

Posted by Tracy | Filed under blog

I’m very excited to announce that Sugarcrafter has gone mobile! Now, when you access my site on your phone, you will automatically be taken to my new mobile site. You can still access the normal site using the links at the bottom, but I am loving this much sleeker version for when I’m on the [...]

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Read more | Comments (12) | January 14, 2010

More Blog Love

Posted by Tracy | Filed under blog

Yesterday, I received the Happy 101 Award from the lovely Diane over at Created by Diane. Then this morning, I received the same award from Sarah of Maison Cupcake!  I was flattered and think this is a really fun award, so I wanted to spread the love too. The rules are: Copy the award image into a post. [...]

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Read more | Comments (14) | January 12, 2010

Chocolate Marble Cheesecake

Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets

Because it’s Monday and I’m not ready for another week, I thought it’d be a good idea to post this wonderfully rich cheesecake. I made it for dessert for our Christmas day festivities and everyone really enjoyed it; I definitely need to make it again soon. If you’re having a rough Monday, or just feel [...]

Tags: cheesecake, chocolate

Read more | Comments (13) | January 11, 2010

Gingerbread Truffles

Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets

Another item from the Christmas baskets – gingerbread truffles! The gingerbread cake recipe below makes a 13″ x 9″ cake (sorry about the lack of pictures, but I was really pressed for time while making all these Christmas goodies!), so you’ll get a good 90-100 truffles out of it depending on how big you make [...]

Tags: chocolate, ginger, truffles

Read more | Comments (14) | January 7, 2010

Pumpkin Butter, Pomegranate Jelly, and Apple-Cinnamon Jam

Posted by Tracy | Filed under canning

Aside from the homemade vanilla extract, probably my favorite items in mine and hubby’s homemade Christmas gift baskets were our butters, jellies, and jams. From left to right in the picture, we made pumpkin butter, pomegranate jelly and apple-cinnamon jam. It was my first time canning with my new water bath canner, and I had [...]

Tags: apple, canning, jam, jelly, pomegranate, pumpkin

Read more | Comments (20) | January 5, 2010

Vanilla Extract

Posted by Tracy | Filed under desserts & sweets

I’m sure you’ve probably seen this everywhere by now, but since it was part of mine and hubby’s homemade Christmas gift baskets this year, I couldn’t post about it until now or I would have spoiled the surprise! When I first learned how easy it is to make your own vanilla extract though, I was [...]

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Read more | Comments (31) | January 2, 2010