These cupcakes from Joy the Baker might be about the most awesome cupcakes I’ve ever seen. Chocolate cupcakes, peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough, toasted meringue frosting … get out of town.
When we last checked in on Ben Krasnow’s homemade SEM, he had just achieved his first successful image with the device. As his latest video shows, the project has come a long way since then. It’s a long clip, by internet standards, at almost 10 minutes, but Ben does a great job of communicating what he’s doing and why, taking us through each step in the imaging process, from loading the sample, through pumping down the vacuum chamber and powering up the electronics, to fine-tuning the image itself.
I Am Baker shares her recipe for making a Thin Mint-inspired cake. I cannot express enough to you how scrumptious and delicious and perfect this cake tastes. If you have ever enjoyed a thin mint you must try this. Works for me!
Becky Stern @ CRAFT writes: The rising temperatures and humidity in the northeast have me craving a cold frosty brew, and what better way to drink it than in a wooden beer mug you made yourself. Drean on Instructables shows you how to form this design, although you should investigate to be sure the wood […]
This papercraft Leica by British artist Matthew Nicholson is cool by itself, but as an added bonus, it’s actually a functioning pinhole camera that images on 35mm stock. [via GeekyGadgets]
Hey food makers, don’t forget that we have our Cooking for Geeks giveaway going on. The eligible comments close at midnight tonight PDT (3am EDT). To be eligible for one of the two books we’re giving away, all you have to do is tell us a little about your desktop dining habits and share some […]
This week in the CRAFT Flickr pool, we saw: Homemade “Pop Tarts”, with recipe, by djwtwo, Birds and Flowers, by Rachel Ford James, and pulltab brooch red, by Freya Willemoes-Wissing.
