Hello Cupcake!!

It's been a productive day today.  Sister and I have approximately 48 cupcakes (a few were sacrificed for quality assurance purposes) ready to be frosted for Mitzi's Scentsy party on Saturday.  Half are plain old vanilla and the other half are a scrumptious dark chocolate.  The plan is to match the butter cream frosting flavors with Scentsy scents... yummmm!!!  So, from the Martha Stewart "Good Things For Kids" recipe book:

One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes

 

3/4 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

1 1/2 Cups All-Purpose Flour

1 1/2 Cups Sugar

1 1/2 tsps Baking Soda

3/4 tsp Baking Powder

3/4 tsp Salt

2 Large Eggs

3/4 Cup Warm Water

3/4 Cup Buttermilk

3 TBSP Vegetable Oil

1 tsp Vanilla

Pre-heat oven to 350.  Line two 12 count muffin tins with paper liners.  In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, sugar, soda, baking powder, and salt together.  Add eggs, warm water, buttermilk, vegetable oil, and vanilla.  Beat on medium speed for three minutes, scraping bowl often.  Divide batter into muffin cups filling each 1/3 full.  Bake for 20 minutes or until tops spring back when pressed. 

Cool completely on wire racks before frosting.  Unfrosted cupcakes can be stored in the freezer.  Freeze in a single layer on cookie sheet then place in a plastic freezer bag.  Thaw completely before frosting.  Should be frosted no more than one day prior to serving.

Check back after the weekend for pictures of the finished product, our tasty display, and party pictures.

We spent the evening planning our next adventure which includes (thanks for the head's up, Mits!!) a Raul Malo concert at Gruene Hall in historic Gruene, Texas in February.  We'll be staying at the beautiful Acorn Hill Bed and Breakfast in their 1905 Victorian House.  Can NOT wait!!  This almost makes up for me missing Plum Lake last fall and any chance at Port Aransas this year.  But I'll be spending the weekend with "the girls" listening to an amazing performance and browsing one of the coolest little hamlets in all of South Texas.  Does it really get any better?