20+ 30+ years of dating fiascos
60+ down-home, comforting recipes
1 pink baking hammer, with apron and lip gloss to match
Many (many) bottles of wine
Too many tears
A whole lotta laughter
Yields: 1 very happy baker

We've all been there.

The blind date from hell. The Big Hurt.

The guy who details his various surgeries over Caesar salad on the first date.

Who needs a pint of rocky road when you can head to the kitchen and work out your heartache with a whisk and a bottle of wine? Erin Bolger has been there, dated that and baked through it all. Turns out the more bitter the heartbreak, the sweeter the batter. So don't cry over bad dates, bad boyfriends or bad breakups—whip up a batch of My-Mom-Didn't-Like-You-Anyway Cupcakes and bake yourself happy.

Erin Bolger may have been a late bloomer when it came to dating, but she realized her love of baking early on. And she’s come a long way from the days of making out with long-haired rockers in the middle of a cornfield. She’s had her fair share of dating shenanigans and, yes, even dating hexes, but luckily she has her cute apron, favorite recipes and sense of humor to bake through the stress, heartache and hilarity of it all. Visit her at thehappybakerchick.com.

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