Where has all the rum gone?

Into my mocha rum balls... My sister in law gave us a pre-made jar of this mixture for Christmas. All I had to do was add rum, which we have plenty of!

These were AMAZING! I guess it helps that I like rum. They were like taking a shot with every bite. (Guess I shouldn't have put more rum in then was called for..) Needless to say my darling husband wasn't allowed to take these to work.

I'll probably be making the potato chip cookies today that were also given to us for Christmas!

Aren't you guys so lucky to get to see more than just my 113 cupcakes!

Bust.

This first week has really been a bust. With looks at least. Yesterday I made "almond mini-meringue cupcakes"......Now I've made meringue before and it was amazing. The only thing this recipe had in common with the real stuff is egg whites. The lack of meringue-ness makes me want to mix up a batch of the real stuff right now. I probably wouldn't be so bothered by this recipe if they had just left out the "meringue" part because they were pretty good. Meringue, meringue, meringue. Okay here it is.

They taste like something you would have for breakfast. I bet they would have been amazing if I had added some craisins. Mmm.

More next week! Or maybe this week!~

The Beginning

I'm a planner. I love to make plans to do new things. That's why I have created an insanely long bucket list. Some take a few hours, this specific one will take over 2 years. Nice huh? Number 37 is to finish an entire cookbook. Most would assume a breakfast, lunch, and dinner type of cookbook but I'm different. I plan to finish a cookbook of cupcakes!

My choice:

My first cupcake was the Boston cream cupcake. I've never actually had a Boston cream pie but I'm always willing to try new things, especially if they have lots of sugar in them! It wasn't a PRETTY start but it was definitely a tasty one!

Some were cut in half and the cream was put in the middle like a real Boston cream pie. Others were filled with the cream. Some that were filled exploded on impact. It was kind of funny. These are SO messy but I give it a thumbs up!