Great Cupcake Frosting Video

I found this great video today on four different techniques to frost a cupcake.  Very helpful!

Check it out if you're interested!  The instruction is by Xanthe Milton, author of Eat Me!: The Stupendous, Self-Raising World of Cupcakes and Bakes According to Cookie Girl.

National Chocolate Cupcake Day

So last Monday, October 18, was National Chocolate Cupcake Day.  To celebrate, I made some chocolate cupcakes, of course!  Sadly, they were not my best work.  While they look delicious, the taste was kind of sad.  The cupcakes themselves were just kind of boring.  Like they came from a box or something.  Which was surprising since Sarah and I sampled the batter, and it was so yummy!  I read that cupcakes often come out dry because of their small size, so I'm on the hunt for a moist, yummy, chocolate cupcake recipe.  The frosting recipe came from King Arthur Flour's website.  The frosting was really good, but the combination was just too rich.  I'll keep this frosting recipe in mind for a lighter cake in the future.  Here are the pics!  

Do you like the cupcake liners?  They are Martha Stewart Crafts Halloween Blood Splatter Cupcake Wrappers by Martha Stewart Crafts.  They are very spooky and fun.

While these cupcakes aren't my favorite, I'm glad I got some practice in!  Sarah asked for some Red Velvet Cupakes for her birthday.  So I'll be whipping them up today. 

Sweet & Savory

This is the first cake I've made from scratch in a long time.  Friends
came to visit, including one with a birthday.  She likes white
cake with white frosting.  I'm pretty proud of what I came up with.
The icing was a fluffy light variety, but was kind of melty with the
cake.  Next time I'll try a more standard buttercream.  The flavor was
great...very light and airy. I'd like to try a fruit filling in
between layers...maybe peach?

 We also had some friends over Saturday night.  I baked a batch of vegetarian Samosas from a recipe I found in Cooking Light.  The took forever to make, but were sooooo yummy.