Archive for September 24th, 2008

This vanilla extract stand-in is chock full of vanilla bean specks, so you can totally fake out your guests into believing you put expensive whole vanilla beans into that panna cotta you are serving for dessert. Not that I would engage in that type of culinary subterfuge. I draw the line at not correcting the book club’s assumption that the cupcake batter was not from a box. What? What? So I am not a baker, sue me. The frosting is honest, at least. Speaking of which those little flecks would look phenomenal in a vanilla frosting….

[Vanilla Bean Paste, $10.99 for 4oz at Spice House]