Sunday, March 20, 2011

Happy birthday to me!


Made some cupcakes. They were green. They had alcohol in them. Happy birthday to me.

They are called mint julep. It's a drink with bourbon and mint...probably some other stuff too, I've never had one. These were pretty dense but still yummy. Very minty. I had fresh mint in the batter and put mint liqueur in the icing. They did not look a thing like the picture but that doesn't really matter. I liked them. And they were a prefect treat for my birthday. By the way my birthday was St. Patrick's Day. =)

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Busy Weekend!

Hello all! I've had such a busy weekend followed with a bit of a cold so I am just now able to post the cupcakes I made on Friday! The husband and I went four wheeling with the family for my second mother's birthday. I made her margarita cupcakes! And then of course for the young ones and those who did not wish to have alcohol in their system I made peanut butter and jelly cupcakes! I enjoyed the hell out of both of them but if I had to choose I think I'd pick the pb and j. I didn't really have time to take many pictures, but I think you'll get the idea.





These cupcakes did what everyone wants their cupcakes to do. They made beautiful mounds!.....mounds don't do so well when you are using a glaze on them. Ugh. But of course they were still delicious (because they had tequila in them..) Yum.









Mmmm....Doesn't that look like heaven? Don't you just want to put that on some bread? I just LOVE peanut butter and jelly. Who would have thought to put it into a cupcake!

So after tasting these I realized either I over mixed the batter or I didn't have enough jelly. I also think they look much nicer without the peanuts on top, or maybe if I had crushed them first they would have looked better. Regardless, they tasted amazing.




















I probably won't be making any cupcakes this week because I'm still feeling a little under the weather. It is only Wednesday so we'll just have to see!