So I promised myself that I wouldn't post as many recipe posts, even though I LOVE taking pictures of the food and making it.
Why did I promise myself this? For a few reasons. One because it was too easy. I'd snap pictures, write a little about how good they looked, and then push "publish". Which was wasn't fair to all my lovely readers, who came to read something, not just look at pretty pictures. And two, which goes right along with number one, I can't ever think of anything good to say when I'm blogging recipes.
Now there are some food blogs that do this REALLY well. And I say go them! But I just can't blog like that, or at least not without a lot of effort.
BUT: This is an exception. I'm so proud of myself. Yesterday my Grandma (who is here with my Grandpa this week) and I went shopping, and I decided that I was going to challenge myself with these cupcakes. Just a few days ago I got the most ADORABLE cupcake book in the history of cupcake books. And one of the how-tos in there was this one:
Adorableness condensed on one little dessert. Can someone say cute????
They're really very simple if you break it down. One vanilla cupcake, topped with a half of a mini doughnut for the body and a doughnut hole as the head. Slather with frosting, stick in the freezer for a few minutes, and then dip the whole thing in melted chocolate icing. Voila!!! Easy? Well-sorta.
The decorating was fun, but equally hard. Everything kept wanting to slide off! You don't want to know how many chocolate wafers I snapped because I was pushing them into the sides too hard!
My siblings wouldn't let me finish my supper before they had me making more! Once I made one EVERYONE had to have one. The added bonus of extras sugar and doughnuts on top of cupcakes added to the anticipation.
Do you want to see my first attempt?
Thankfully the more cupcakes I decorated the prettier they looked.
7 comments
Oh so fun! I have that book too and really want to try the dogs . . . I should do them with you since you have the experience now!
ReplyDeleteOh we SHOULD! The dogs, wow you're brave: that one really scared me! But go you! I'd be much more
Deletewilling to try it if I was doing it with someone else!
DeleteI'm game if you are! :) Besides, they are soooo adorable. Adorable makes almost anything worth it:)
DeleteP.S. How did you get the "please let me hear your feedback" widget on the sidebar?
ReplyDeleteIt's actually a new gadget! Just go to add a gadget and its there, in the "other" section
DeleteThanks! I'm off to check it out! Didn't think to look at the "other" section . . .
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