Julia Gabriel's Blog - Posts Tagged "romance"
The Iris Cupcake
The Cupcakery in my forthcoming book, Cupcakes & Chardonnay, might be fictional ... but the Iris Cupcake isn't! Best of all, it has wine in it. As another Julia—Child— once said, "I enjoy cooking with wine, sometimes I even put it in the food I'm cooking."
Enjoy!
Iris Cupcakes
(named after Iris Catterton, from Cupcakes & Chardonnay by Julia Gabriel)
Ingredients
2/3 cup butter, softened to room temperature
1-1/2 cups sugar
2-3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons baking powder
6 egg whites
3/4 cup chardonnay
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar in large bowl.
3. Sift together dry ingredients: flour, salt and baking powder.
4. Add dry ingredients and chardonnay to butter-sugar mixture. Alternate dry ingredients with the chardonnay. Mix until smooth.
5. In another bowl, beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
6. Gently fold egg whites into cupcake batter.
7. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners (preferably pretty ones!). With a spoon, drop batter into each liner.
8. Bake in oven 20 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center of cupcake comes out clean.
9. Frost with your favorite icing!
Makes 20-24 cupcakes
Enjoy!
Iris Cupcakes
(named after Iris Catterton, from Cupcakes & Chardonnay by Julia Gabriel)
Ingredients
2/3 cup butter, softened to room temperature
1-1/2 cups sugar
2-3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons baking powder
6 egg whites
3/4 cup chardonnay
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar in large bowl.
3. Sift together dry ingredients: flour, salt and baking powder.
4. Add dry ingredients and chardonnay to butter-sugar mixture. Alternate dry ingredients with the chardonnay. Mix until smooth.
5. In another bowl, beat egg whites until they form stiff peaks.
6. Gently fold egg whites into cupcake batter.
7. Line a cupcake pan with cupcake liners (preferably pretty ones!). With a spoon, drop batter into each liner.
8. Bake in oven 20 minutes, until toothpick inserted into center of cupcake comes out clean.
9. Frost with your favorite icing!
Makes 20-24 cupcakes
Just in time for Valentine's Day!
Just in time for Valentine's Day, my sweet (as in cupcakes!) contemporary romance, Cupcakes & Chardonnay, releases today.
A marriage of sweet convenience ... and intoxicating temptation
Three years ago, Suzanne Austin dumped wealthy playboy and wine heir Daryle Catterton— and hasn't regretted it once. Now the owner of the hottest cupcake shop in San Francisco, her only relationship is with her business and she likes it that way ... until Daryle shows up with a business proposal she can't afford to refuse.
She knows Daryle will hold up his end of the deal, but can she hold up hers without losing her head when their old chemistry gets uncorked?
http://www.authorjuliagabriel.com
A marriage of sweet convenience ... and intoxicating temptation
Three years ago, Suzanne Austin dumped wealthy playboy and wine heir Daryle Catterton— and hasn't regretted it once. Now the owner of the hottest cupcake shop in San Francisco, her only relationship is with her business and she likes it that way ... until Daryle shows up with a business proposal she can't afford to refuse.
She knows Daryle will hold up his end of the deal, but can she hold up hers without losing her head when their old chemistry gets uncorked?
http://www.authorjuliagabriel.com
Happy Valentine's Day
My parents were married on Valentine's Day. How romantic is that? My husband and I eloped on Feb. 7 -- I can't remember now why we didn't wait seven more days. Anyway!
In honor of Valentine's Day, my new release Cupcakes & Chardonnay is free on Amazon -- but just for today! Tomorrow the price goes back up to the regular $3.82. Cupcakes & Chardonnay has all the things I like best in a romance -- an alpha male, a successful businesswoman, an arranged marriage, cupcakes, wine and beautiful settings (San Francisco, Napa).
http://amzn.to/UirDDH
In honor of Valentine's Day, my new release Cupcakes & Chardonnay is free on Amazon -- but just for today! Tomorrow the price goes back up to the regular $3.82. Cupcakes & Chardonnay has all the things I like best in a romance -- an alpha male, a successful businesswoman, an arranged marriage, cupcakes, wine and beautiful settings (San Francisco, Napa).
http://amzn.to/UirDDH
You guys are the best! Treat yourself to a free story today, on me.
A big heartfelt Thank You to everyone who helped make the release of Cupcakes & Chardonnay a success last week! If I could send you all a cupcake and a bottle of bubbly, I would!
Instead, I've made my short erotic romance, Feral, a free ebook on Amazon today and tomorrow. http://amzn.to/XkEzJl
When park ranger intern Julianne sets off by herself on a hike deep into the Pacific rainforest, she encounters a surprising man who is mysterious, beautiful ... and untamed. "Feral" is a darkly erotic short tale of wild love and wilder regret.
This is a short story, a little different from the usual romance short story. It's (ahem) spicier than Cupcakes & Chardonnay so consider yourself warned! It's not a paranormal but if you like sexy, mysterious "creatures," you might like Feral.
http://amzn.to/XkEzJl
My treat today and tomorrow! Hope you like it!
Instead, I've made my short erotic romance, Feral, a free ebook on Amazon today and tomorrow. http://amzn.to/XkEzJl
When park ranger intern Julianne sets off by herself on a hike deep into the Pacific rainforest, she encounters a surprising man who is mysterious, beautiful ... and untamed. "Feral" is a darkly erotic short tale of wild love and wilder regret.
This is a short story, a little different from the usual romance short story. It's (ahem) spicier than Cupcakes & Chardonnay so consider yourself warned! It's not a paranormal but if you like sexy, mysterious "creatures," you might like Feral.
http://amzn.to/XkEzJl
My treat today and tomorrow! Hope you like it!
