October & November Cupcakes!

Leave it to me to wait to the very last day of November to bake the two cupcakes I promised you. #lifeofaprocrastinator

Okay, so what should have been October's Cupcake:
 Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

For starters, I just want to say I absolutely LOVE when the cakes come out like these did. They just look so perfect. The recipe was pretty easy and didn't take me very long to mix it all together. They smelled very delicious and taste scrumptious! Not dry at all, the frosting and the cake together are a great combo.

Speaking of the frosting...I had some complications with. Really, every time I make cream cheese frosting it never comes out the way I want it. And my piping of the frosting never, and I mean NEVER comes out the way the picture looks from the amazing bloggers I get the recipes from.   The picture I managed to get actually came out amazing ha ha. About 3 minutes after I took this photo the frosting started to droop. Actually, every cupcake I frosted slowly started to turn into melted ice cream. figuratively speaking. Very disappointing. I'm convinced I can't make the perfecting cream cheese frosting because I don't have a Kitchenaid tilt-head stand mixer with the paddle attachment.

Besides that fact, these cupcakes came out delicious.

November's Cupcake:

Apple Cider Cupcakes with Salted Caramel Buttercream

Because I was happier with the way these came out, I have more pictures to show you :)

These took a little more work than the Pumpkin ones. This cake is a good consistency. Not super moist but not dry at all. They weirdly have this apple smell to them, when the only thing apple was the apple cider.

Taste wise, I wish there was more of an apple taste to it. You can totally taste the spice in it too. My frosting came out okay. It definitely has a salted caramel taste! This was my first time making a caramel sauce and it came out pretty awesome. ha ha! Obviously, I enjoyed piping these bad boys way more than the pumpkin. They are much prettier to look at. The one thing I did forget to do, with the frosting the recipe called to sift the powdered sugar and I forgot to do that. *sigh* even though my sifter was literally right next to the bowl. So I don't know if that would have made any difference really in the making of the frosting. Next time I'll have to make sure I don't forget to do that.

Yes, there will be a next time. I am determined to have prettier looking Pumping Cupcakes and I want to try and bring out the flavors a little more with the Apple Cider Cupcakes. Also! The recipe for the ACC gave some options on what to do with the left over caramel, one was to poke holes in the cake and allow the caramel to soak in! um, delicious!

If you would like to attempt to bake these please, click on the titles of the cupcakes and it will direct you to the awesome bloggers pages that I went to to get these recipes from!

I know what you're thinking now, "Well, tomorrow is December Liz, I hope you have an idea of what you will be baking us." And as a matter of fact, I do! I know exactly what I will be attempting. Please, stay tuned. And thanks for reading. : )

♥L

Here's the deal

I am aware I missed Octobers Cupcake.
I really have no legitimate excuse as to why.
Maybe a mix of laziness, procrastination, being poor, and being overwhelmed with other things.
My apologies for anyone who was waiting patiently for them, mainly my sister because I made the mistake of telling her what I was planning for October and got her hopes up for free delicious cupcakes. Sorry, Katherine. I'll make it up to you.
I'll make it up to all of you.

It's November y'all! Probably one of my favorite months ever, tied with December. Why? Well because it is the month of Thanksgiving! A month where I try my absolute best not to complain about the empty toilet paper roll from hell that is always there when I need to use the bathroom! No no, I take all the power in me to stop and be thankful that I am incredibly blessed to have a toilet, and a bathroom, and running water.
Its awful to think that I try extra hard to do this only in the month of November because really, I should be doing this everyday. But I guess the two wooden Pilgrims my mom puts out the minute Halloween is over just pulls on my heart strings. No excuses Liz! My point is, take the time to be thankful for everything, everyone, and anything. Not just on Thanksgiving Day where we all are thankful for the thee F's and a G in our lives, Family, Friends, and Food and God. No no, lets spread the love of thanks all throughout the month, ya? Extra brownie points if we make it apart of our everyday routine 365 days a year :D

I hate my kitchen with everything inside me, with the exception of our fridge and stove ha ha. But the space...drives me nuts. But at least I have a kitchen. And because I said I would make it up to y'all for my laziness in October, I am baking two yes, you heard me, TWO cupcakes for the month of November! To celebrate my favorite month, and being thankful for my tiny kitchen. So mom...if you're reading this...can you buy me some ingredients? ha ha

I am pretty stoke about these cupcakes but frightened at the same time. Pictures to come as soon as those delicious baby cakes are done!

 

♥L