Jen Menery

About Jen Menery

Jen is a Dessert Recipe & Trends Contributor at Best Friends For Frosting. As an avid baker and lover of anything with sprinkes, Jen runs her personal blog, Pretty Plate

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Tradition at Tripoli Bakery in Boston

If you are from the greater Boston area, there is a good chance that you know Tripoli Bakery. And if you know Tripoli’s, there is a good chance you have created a tradition around their baked goods. Whether it’s bringing the same batch of cookies to your holiday dinner, grabbing a loaf of bread for [...]

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Cute Baking Supplies

Put the shoes aside because this season’s hottest accessories are on a whole new level. We’re talking baking accessories. We’re talking about those cute paper straws and cupcake liners that have been popping up all over the web. Here you will find a round-up of the best sites for your dessert styling. This adorable Melamine [...]

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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Devil’s Food Cake Cheesecake

Are you ready for something awe-inspiring?  All the willpower in the world couldn’t keep me away from this Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Devil’s Food Cake Cheesecake.  Heather over at SprinkleBakes took her favorite devil’s food cake, topped it with cheesecake, and added a generous portion of chocolate chip cookie dough on top. Whoa!  She even [...]

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Summer Dessert Ideas

Grab your swimsuit, sunscreen, and your baking sheets! It’s summer, and we’re keeping you cool with some of the hottest desserts around. Let us not forget that not all summer days are filled with heat and sunshine. This round-up is full of kid friendly recipes to keep the little ones occupied on the gloomier days [...]

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Cupcake Project’s Ten Favorite Frosting recipes

Don’t do it! Don’t top your cupcakes with the same old store-bought frosting ever again! Turn it up a notch with one of Cupcake Project’s Ten Favorite Frosting Recipes. Surely you will find a frosting to suite your palate. For the young at heart, there is Ice Cream Frosting and Cookie Dough Frosting. Or how about [...]

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4th of July Desserts

Sun, barbecues, fireworks, pools, family, and friends are  just a few reasons why we love the Fourth of July. And, just in case that isn’t enough, we are giving you a few more reasons to celebrate this summer holiday. Whether you are packing a cooler and heading to the beach, taking a road trip, heading [...]

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Best Desserts with Glitter

There’s a new trend in the dessert world, and we’re calling it glitterlicious. Let’s be serious, can you ever have enough glitter, or dessert for that matter? I think not. So here we have rounded up some of our favorite sparkling dessert finds from around the web. We hope this inspires you to glam up [...]

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Cranberry Orange Cupcakes

This cupcake from My Adventures in the Country is more than meets the eye. On the outside it may look like your typical white cupcake with white frosting and some sort of fruit drizzle, but in reality it is a Cranberry Orange Cupcake with Orange Cream Cheese Frosting and a Cranberry Orange Drizzle! What a [...]

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