Guest Post: S’mores Cupcakes by Julia

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A friend of mine, Julia, posts the most delicious looking photos on Facebook. Very drool worthy! She adores cooking & baking just as much as I do. And she is always making the neatest treats! I asked her if she would mind doing a guest post on The Fig Tree and she thankfully said yes! So, without further ado, here is Julia’s post on S’mores Cupcakes! They look delicious! I am definitely going to try this recipe out in the next few weeks. If you’d like to see more of Julia’s baking adventures (and some of her scrapbooking adventures too),…

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Raspberry & Strawberry Sangria

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Last Saturday, when I had some friends over to celebrate my birthday, I made sangria for everyone. I love sangria. Juice, wine and fresh fruit…what’s not to like!? :) I had been thinking of making a raspberry flavoured sangria ever since I bought some Chambord a few weeks back. I thought it would be really nice to pair fresh strawberries with some raspberry liqueur and finish it off with some chilled white wine and some Sprite (to add some fizziness). In order to heighten the raspberry flavour, I added some raspberry-cranberry cocktail blend. The sangria took on a pretty light…

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Blueberry Banana Smoothie

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Just a quick little post to tell you about my current favourite flavour of smoothie. Last week I went to Green Leaf Café to grab a wrap for lunch. It was my first time at the café, so I had been unaware that they also serve delicious smoothies. Since I’m on a blueberry kick right now, I was intrigued by the blueberry banana smoothie. It was delicious! Who knew blueberries and bananas could be so tasty when blended together! :) This past weekend I tried to re-create the blueberry and banana smoothie with some pretty successful results. Here’s how I…

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