The other day when I was reading the Country Boy, City Belle blog about cupcakes, I was suddenly inspired to try a little homemade cooking of my own. Seeing how I've never baked a dessert that didn't come out of a box when all I had to add was water, oil and eggs...I was pretty lost from the get-go. I, first of all, had to sort through a million different recipes on the Internet and find the one that sounded just right for me, the pumpkin spice cupcake.
Then I had to decide what icing I wanted to put on it and search for a recipe for it. I decided on some good ol' cream cheese icing.
It goes without saying, that this was the easiest part of my plan, it was all downhill from here. Philip, Xander and I went to the store and again seeing how all my desserts come from a box, I was lost on where to find baking soda, baking powder, vanilla flavoring, nutmeg, ginger and even mashed pumpkin in a can (yeah, I cheated with the pumpkin part). I know these are all very basic ingredients that I pass nearly every time I go to the store but it took us an hour or so to find these ingredients. UGH!!! By the time we left the store, there were 3 pissed off babies in the car...Xander, Philip and myself. My moronic lack of knowing where to find the key ingredients had me pretty discouraged. I didn't really think making cupcakes and icing would be complicated or that messy but I was sadly mistaken. By the time I was finished cooking it looked like a dozen sugared up toddlers had been unleashed on my kitchen.
All together is was really fun and I got to feel a little like June Cleaver. The extra work paid off, my cupcakes may not be decorated all pretty but they kicked butt!!!!!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some homemade spaghetti sauce to go and check on. ;-D
My 2 biggest critics agree! THUMBS UP!!!
Want me to make a lemon pie for you?
ReplyDeleteGrandma Daugherty had an old uncle named Jube. Uncle Jube made batter bread or spoon biscuits. I remember the last time I saw him he was in his little wooden frame house up in Home Brew hollar and he had just made himself breakfast. Mom and I visited with him and I was lucky enough to eat one of his biscuits....boy were they good! Uncle Jube was a WWI veteran with curly white hair and he enjoyed smoking his pipe.
ReplyDeleteooooo....yeah, I lemon pie would be good. I haven't had one of those in a while. Jube? what an odd name. Is that kind of like momma's drop biscuits?
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