I never posted these pictures to Flickr, but since a year has passed, I might as well go ahead and share them now. Last Valentine's Day, my mom and I made cupcakes from a recipe I found in Better Homes and Gardens. Actually, the magazine was at my OB's office... I picked it up at my last prenatal appointment when I was pregnant with Leah! {Sniff, sniff.}[And in case you're wondering, I did ask the receptionist if I could swipe the magazine. I politely pointed out that they had another copy sitting on the table, and she reluctantly said I could go ahead and take it. (Sheesh! ;-)]
Up until a few years ago, I had never had red velvet cake. I always thought it looked and sounded good, but I never really noticed it offered anywhere. When we went to New York City in 2006, we visited The Magnolia Bakery at my sister's recommendation. That's where I tasted my first red velvet cake, but surprisingly, I wasn't all too impressed. Nothing Bundt Cakes, however, has some pretty tasty red velvet cake. It's WAY better than Magnolia's! Maybe it's 'cause they put chocolate chips in it. ;-)I love cupcakes. It seems a lot of women do. I don't wanna be sexist here, but whenever I hear someone say they love cupcakes, it's almost always (if not always) a woman!
So anyway, if you're in the mood, go ahead and try these! They're fun and yummy. I, in case you're wondering, am most definitely NOT in the mood. Em and I have been busy making Valentine crafts, and also cards that she's going to exchange with her classmates on Thursday. (Pictures of the crafts and cards hopefully coming soon.) I'm glad we made the cupcakes last year, 'cause it ain't gonna happen this year... and that's okay. This is the first time Em's needed Valentine cards, so that's priority.
If you do end up making these, be aware that you don't have to make the chocolate cookie if you don't wanna. My mom and I did, but we weren't planning ahead very well and the cookie ended up being too big to use as a pattern on our cupcakes! (D'oh!) To remedy the situation, we just made a pattern out of paper, placed it on each cupcake, sprinkled outside of the pattern with powdered sugar, and voila! We ended up with the desired red heart shape outlined with white powder. (I'm sure you woulda figured that out on your own, but just in case... ;-)Oh, and in case it flew by for you like it did for me, let me confirm that my Munks does indeed turn one very soon. These pictures were taken on Valentine's Day, and I was 37+ weeks pregnant at the time. Leah was born five days later (at 38 weeks exactly).
Where, or where did the year go??
2 comments:
Molly- My daughter Katilin loves the Sprinkles Cupcakes which I believe you have one in your neck of the woods. Katilin's favorite is the red velvet, Ethan the cinnamon sugar- no frostin, and Ryan the banana with vanilla frosting. I like the dark chocolate chocolate and the black and white.. We also just got Kara's cupcakes here as well and I am not sure if they are around you.. They are SF based and opened one in Palo Alto. Will have to try yours!! Thank you for posting these. Katrina
Thanks for visiting and leaving your comment, Katrina!
You know, I've always wanted to try Sprinkles cupcakes, ever since I first heard about them on Oprah. Not too long ago, my sister brought some to me from a friend who was up in the L.A. area, so by the time they made their way to me, they weren't very fresh. I look forward to trying them again (hopefully closer to the time they were baked!). We don't yet have one in the San Diego area, though (their website says an SD location is "coming soon"), so I have no idea when I'll be able to taste one.
I looked at the Sprinkles flavors and the black & white sounds *really* good.
Let me know if you do end up trying the Sweetheart cupcakes!
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