Carrot Cupcakes with a Side of I'm Sorry

Hi all.

 Remember me? 

You faithful blogger-turned-OCD-Party Planner?

I'm back.

After getting in poo-poo from several faithful followers this morning for my absence,

 I decided that I need to post again!

So I'm sorry that I've been gone, but these should help.

There's cream cheese in them after all.

Isn't that an apology requirement?

Here's what you need to make Carrot 'Carrot' Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

1 box of Carrot cake mix. Old fashioned if you can find it. It has raisin and shredded carrots included.

Canned cream cheese frosting. If you want to get all Martha on me, you can make your own.

Orange food coloring

Green food coloring

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Make your boxed carrot cake according to instructions on the box.
3. Let cupcakes cool completely

4. Meanwhile divide your frosting into 3 separate bowls, 2 small ones for the orange and green dye and one medium bowl for the white.
5. Tint one bowl orange
6. Tint the Second bowl green

7. Grab a chopstick.
8. Insert it into each cupcake and move a round in a small circle, leaving the tip of the chopstick stationary, Like you're making a cone.

Pipe your orange frosting into the hole of each cupcake.

Frost with white icing.

Pipe a green little flower or leaves to resemble the carrot top.

That's it! Cute hey?!

I originally saw someone make this on Pinterest. If you want to see my idea boards, click ------> Here.

Mini Angel Food Cake

I made mini angel food cupcakes.

And when I say 'made', I mean I used a boxed mix.

Simply because I haven't had angel food cake in forever.

Any one remember that zingy feeling the batter makes on your tongue?

I love that.

But I also like the feeling of chewing on tinfoil.

I ate white glue in Kindergarten.

Leave me be.

Needless to say whipping up a simple angel food cake made me all nostalgic.

So I dug out my old Joy of Cooking book and found an old fashioned boiled icing recipe to top it off...

Get it?

  TOP it off...

I'm funny. 

Speaking of funny, look at my little peanut.

What a card.

And then there's this little bug!

She's not looking adoringly up at me.

Nope she's got her eyes on the cupcakes!

Here's what you need to make 

Mini Angel Food Cupcakes with White Mountain Icing.

1 box of angel food cake mix

Water 

1. Follow the instructions on the back of the cake mix box.

2. Line your muffin tins with papers, I used mini, but in hindsight, it made a buh-gillion of mini cupcakes.

I suggest making normal sized cupcakes.

3. Fill your paper liners with batter and bake according to box instructions.

4. When done, remove and place on a cooling rack. Cool completely.

Icing:

1 tablespoon of white corn syrup

1 cup of water

1/3 cup of water

1 egg white

1 teaspoon of vanilla

1. Place the first 3 ingredients in a medium small sauce pan, cook until the the mixture boils rapidly.

2. In a medium mixing bowl, beat egg white for 2 minutes on high speed.

3. Add 3 tablespoons of the boiling syrup to the mixing bowl and continue beating.

4. Continue to boil the remaining syrup until mixture reaches 238-240 degrees.

5. Pour the remainder of syrup to the egg white mixture, gradually.

6. Add vanilla

7. Beat at high speed for another 4-6 minutes, until smooth and spreadable.

 Spread a small amount onto your cooled little cupcakes.

And I mean a little.

These puppies are SA-WEET.

I dunked mine in some shredded coconut.

Then sprinkled them with some disco dust.

I really only want to make things that I can dust with my sparkles.

Go and make some angel food cake.

You'll thank me.

Bejewelled Eggs

Ben had been gone for a few days last week, framing a house in Pigeon Lake.

This left me with  a lot of time after 7:30 to kill.

I had a few options available.

1. Do something productive. This would include any of your typical house-wifey duties like laundry, dishes, floors, bathrooms......etc.

2. Read a book. Not a magazine, a real live book. I should mention that I love reading, it just takes me longer to get into a story, which is why I love series so much. So I'm trying to start the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Insert push up glasses motion ---->here.

It's a well known fact that I'm a geek. 

You might as well accept it now.

And lastly,

3. Bejewel close to 30 plastic eggs with a 1 lb bag of plastic gems.

The choice was obvious.

But I did manage to incorporate a bit of 'reading' into option 3 as well.

While I stayed up to 11pm two nights in a row, listening to the audio books of Harry Potter....

shuuuut iiiittttt..... 

 I sorted plastic gems and bejewelled eggs until my neck kinked and I had glue gun carpal tunnel.

3 days later they were done!!

And not a burn to be found, although I had a close call with hot glue on my nail bed, which did burn, but didn't hinder my jeweling progress.

I love the glitter eggs that Martha does, but I was happy to make something that was even MORE sparkly and I could call my own.

Yay!! Giveaway Day!!

OK all, my apologies for not doing a fabulous St.Patty's Day post :( 

Me being part Irish and all, as well as the fact that I live for themes!! 

I just didn't have it in me to make a mess of my kitchen/house (you know how I cook right?) cause we had a realtor open house in the morning.

So, to make up for it......I'm doing a GIVEAWAY!!!!! 

Easter themed, of course, seeing as now that St. Patricks Day is pretty much over, I'm ready for the next holiday!

It's a Cupcake Kit. 

3 different cupcake liners

1 jar of matte white pearls

1 jar of THE most gorgeous disco dust, Peony.

2 Piping bags (cause y'all know I like to pipe ev.er.y.thing.) with a large star tip, of course!

All in a cute french/spring-y little box!

I realize that this is a pretty feminine gift, as well it may only appeal to bakers.....

But, what a great first day of spring gift! Or mothers day, or just for no reason! 

So all you men followers.... you can enter too and look like the best husbands ever!

Here's some pics!

This is what you will receive in the mail....

and when you open it up....GASP!

It's Spring in a Box!

Now if this edible glitter doesn't just get you jazzed....

Bunny not included.

All you need to do, is:

1. Become a follower.

2. Leave a comment about what you think the best thing about spring is.

3. Tell a friend....Well that's not really a requirement, but it's nice to share.

I will do a random draw on Monday, the 21st. I will notify you all of the winner by posting, so check back!!