Monday, September 23, 2013

Piña Colada Cupcakes

As I said in my last post, Septembers Cupcake was the Piña Colada Cupcake!!

My sister Katherine requested that I baked these for her Birthday. I was super stoked but scared out of my mind!! As always when I try a new "challenging" cupcake but I was ready for it. But then...I hurt my back. yea, perfect timing right? I was out for a good week. Katherine's birthday was approaching and it was still painful to stand but I was so determined to bake these cupcakes. Not only for my sister but for you...my faithful readers. So naturally I prayed and prayed that I would miraculously would be healed just in time for baking. I wasn't completely healed but was able to stand for a longer time and sitting became a lot more comfortable for me so that was enough for me and I didn't complain. I'll stop writing and will post these pictures then I will talk about the cake. 

                







So I tried something new and I used these super cute souffle cups. They were bigger than the mini cupcakes I've made but smaller than a regular cupcake. It was perfect.

Katherine loved them. She obviously ate more than she thought she would in the picture shown above. ha ha. One thing that she mentioned, which I agree, I need to figure out a way to really bring out the flavors. There were chunks of pineapple and small pieces of coconut in the cake. along with Malibu Rum. They were tasty. But I probably will 86 the coconut pieces and make the pineapple in finer pieces. I would add more Rum ha ha and maybe some coconut extract or something that will bring out the coconut flavor in another way. If that makes sense ha ha.

September is quickly coming to an end and I need to start thinking of Octobers cupcake! I'm thinking...something related to pumpkin?? maybe? ha ha don't know, come back to find out!

♥L

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Drum Roll Please

I have chosen Septembers Cupcake! Thanks to my sister and my mother for having my sister in September ha ha

For Katherine's Birthday Cupcakes she has requested:

Piña Colada Cupcakes!



taken from Pastry Affair.  We will see how these turn out. Pretty excited about these. I will post my pictures and how things went probably the day or a few days after. 

♥L

Sunday, September 1, 2013

Be Good to Me

It's the first of September. 
I have two things going for me this month... One, the picture on my calendar for the month of September are Giraffes! Perfect right? The second, my 23rd birthday. So please be good to me. 
For those who are following my cupcake challenge, I have yet to figure out what Septembers cupcake will be. There are a butt load of birthdays that are in September and I'm already feeling the anxiety of not knowing what to get these people and feeling bad for the ones I won't be getting gifts for...I'm also really hoping that God will provide me with the man of my dreams so my plan for my life at the age of 11 will kick into gear. But lets be real, that plan was supposed to happen last year. And we are silly to think our plan is exactly what God has planned for us already. I'm sure He is laughing at me right now. A girl could pray. 

I have a feeling September is gonna be a lot of listening to Country music. missing my best friend Amy, hoping she sees an Elephant or Giraffe in Africa just in time to send me a picture for my bday ha ha but that's a stretch. Baking Cupcakes. Praying. Lots of Dates with Jesus. Crying. Writing. And playing volleyball. 

It should be good. 

I'm ready for you, September. 
please be nice.
❤L