What you’ll need: Tools: cupcake pan hand mixer Ingredients: ¾ pound unsalted butter (at room temperature) 2 ½ cups sugar 5 eggs 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract 1 ½ teaspoons almond extract 3 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup buttermilk For Frosting: 1 pound butter 1 pound cream cheese 2 pounds powdered sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla extract Makes 30 regular-sized cupcakes.
On Feb. 12, a biology professor at the University of Alabama shot and killed three of her colleagues during a department meeting. According to faculty members, the alleged reason for Amy Bishop’s violent act was that she was denied tenure and, after appealing the denial, was turned down again.
Last week while the rest of the northeast enjoyed a beautiful snowfall, New York City endured hours of freezing rain. I decided to run to practice, hoping to make the commute less painful. I shoved my ear buds through the lining of my inside pocket, and tried to zone out Manhattan as I soared as quickly as possible through a cloud of frantic umbrellas.
By Deja Washington
George Washington Carver, the proclaimed “Father of the Peanut Industry,” developed more than 300 ways to use peanuts in products like cosmetics, paints, plastics and gasoline. But obviously, our favorite use of the yummy little nut is in food.
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College: four years of independent bliss... minus all that work we’re supposed to be doing. What happens, though, when the fun is over? Come graduation, many students are faced with the decision to either stick it out on their own or move back home with their parents.
Leadership skills are one of those elusive requirements mentioned under every job listing. We all want to be one, most of us think are in some capacity, we can definitely all identify other people who are. But what exactly is leadership? And better yet, how do we become a leader? Some say that one is born a natural leader and others say that it can be created.
Sad and Single? The Bachelors Will Crawl Out of The Woodwork When You Put These Tips to Use
Ladies, hunk hunting is hard at Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC), we know. The men around here tend to either be into, well, other men, taken, or just plain un-dateable. However, there are ways to snag your dream guy if you’re dying to have a ring on your finger by spring! Try these strategies to find your own personal McDreamy in and around FCLC.
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The library is packed with students studiously reviewing notes, writing essays, and looking for the perfect study group. Professors’ schedules are packed with students looking for answers to questions they’ve slept through in class. The writing center is booked and the Student Lounge is silent.
Danielle Berman Dishes Sweet Stories on the ’Cakes and Hooks Us Up With A Recipe Straight From Crumb
Danielle Berman, Fordham College at Lincoln Center (FCLC) ’10, has one of those jobs that every student envies: working as the assistant manager at Crumbs Bake Shop in Ridgewood, N.J. That’s right, when Berman heads off to work, she spends the day surrounded by buttery sweetness and the to-die-for cupcakes that we all know well from our very own Crumbs Bake Shop on 75th and Amsterdam.
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