So a few weeks ago, I made some Milk Bread in the bread machine. Well I normally make a 2lb loaf. I decided that since I wasn't sure what it would taste like, I made a smaller loaf. This is why I make large loafs
I didn't do anything to this, I just dumped it out on the cooling rack. It only mixed on one side of the pan. But the bread itself wasn't bad.
Here are some St. Patty's Day Cupcakes
So today I decided to make some Blackberry Vanilla Cupcakes and some Key Lime Pie Cupcakes.
I first made the blackberry ones and it called for blackberry puree, so I blended one box of blackberries and put it through the fine mesh sieve. That wasn't working, so I used some cheesecloth-which look really gross coming through. I bought 2 boxes of blackberries because I love them. Well it took a little more than 1 box to get the right amount. And I used the rest in the frosting and as a garnish.
They turned out delicious. They all kinda dipped in in the middle which bummed me out.
Then I went to make the Key lime pie cupcakes. As I was putting the last egg in, the top part of the shell fell into the mix while the mixer was mixing. So I gave up. I'm going to try again tomorrow. I needed to use the oven to make the brisket for dinner.
Don't those look scrumptious!
I made some funfetti cupcakes last night, but they came from a box and I didn't try any. One of the ladies who works for Mike bought me some spring sprinkles at the market.
We've got pumpkin spice cupcakes with a cream cheese frosting....
(and I was trying out my new decorating tip)
and...
Vanilla cupcakes with brown sugar swiss meringue buttercream and holiday sprinkles :)
Today was a busy day in the bakery known as my kitchen.
First we have some cookies n cream cupcakes, only I made some swiss meringue buttercream frosting and added cookie pieces. Now, I don't actually like Oreo cookies. The cream freaks me out. So for the frosting, I scraped off all the middles of the oreos and just crushed up the cookie part. Lindsey (our neighbor) had brought me some cookies from Wegmans, so I used those
I put one half of the cookie in the bottom of each cupcake liner
Next up were some Applie Pie Cupcakes. I put a little dap of SWBC, but I think when I make these for Thanksgiving, I'm going to put whip cream.
Yum
These cupcakes are filled using the cone method. Here's a cupcake missing it's cone.
Filled and ready to eat
And I discovered a website last night totally devoted to bread. Could life get any better. They probably had a recipe for Challah bread on there, but I got out my bread machine recipes and decided to make Challah bread. I've never had it nor had a reason to make it, but I felt like being adventurous. Although, if that is my definition of adventure, I lead a sad life.
Anyways, here is my first try at Challah bread. Other than over-flouring my work space, it turned out pretty good.
I made some chocolate cupcakes..delicious..and decorated them to look like a beach scene. Complete with sand and inner tubes
He is sticking his toes in the water
Pile of inner tubes and a bear laying out-although he looks dead. I though after I stuck him on that he needed a beach towel
I made this from the Kitchen-Aid mixer cookbook. I've never made bread outside of the bread machine. I started to make the recipe and realized that I was short 1 egg white for the egg wash pre-baking. My totally awesome, rocks-my-world-husband volunteered to go to the grocery store to get me some eggs.
As the bread is rising on the stovetop the doorbell rings. Our neighbor-Jimmy of the J cupcake-brought us a cartoon of eggs so I can make them some more cupcakes. He got them free at Wegman's-they just opened here. So now I have 24 eggs :). I'm on the search for some cupcake recipes to make for them. He told me that he would be my taste-tester.
Our oven works quickly so the bread was a little crisp. I froze one loaf and enjoyed the other..mmmmm...delicious
Saturday night I made some vanilla cupcakes using a recipe from the Magnolia bakery. I made some vanilla swiss meringue buttercream frosting using this recipe.
The cupcakes are delicious-although I may be biased. But since I generally don't like vanilla cake, I would eat these. Which is why I'm giving some away-or I would eat them all. I took our neighbor two cupcakes-one for him and one for his wife. I put jelly beans on them, but apparently that distracted from the texture of the frosting and cupcake.
Flower for Lindsey
J for Jimmy
I am going to be using the people at Mike's office as my taste testers, so I decorated the cupcakes for them. He works at Verizon. Unfortunately, I made the "red" icing before I realized that most of the VZ logo is black. Oh well. And I couldn't get the icing red, so it's a dark pinkish color. You can see Gumby's legs on the cbainet handle. Mike stuck him there to watch over things in the kitchen
See the Z goes under the letters, like the logo :)
They aren't the prettiest cupcakes, but they were fun to make. Next up.. Honey Oatmeal Bread and some fall inspired cupcakes
