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Need I say more with a title like that? Um, yum! I have really been on the homemade cake/cupcake bend lately. Once I started making them I pretty much decided I would never buy a store bought cake again. Don't get me wrong there are still some good cakes out there, but the homemade versions just taste better to me (plus the ideas are limitless). So with the task of sending Mikayla to school with some treats her birthday I set out to find some cupcakes that were just a little above and beyond the mound of frosting of store bought ones. Enter these snowman cupcakes.
I adapted the recipe from here.
1. Gather ingredients. Pre-made cupcakes (cooled), white icing, large marshmallows, pretzel sticks, and decorators gel icing in black and orange.
2. I used a simple white buttercream frosting to ice each of the cupcakes.
3. Depending on the number of cupcakes you are making, cut in half about a third (12) of the marshmallows. (If you are only making a dozen, you can simply smoosh one marshmallow for each cupcake.)
4. Place a whole marshmallow on top of the halved one and stick a pretzel stick through both of them. Then stick the marshmallows into the cupcakes.
5. Using the black decorators gel, create eyes and buttons on the snowmen.
6. Create a nose using the orange decorators gel.
Due to the limited space of the box and the fact they were being transported, I eliminated the arms. So there you have it, an army of snowmen.
Okay so we are again expecting another snow storm tonight. So I took the opportunity today to do a little baking. Every year around Valentine's Day I always like to have red velvet cake. Normally I would take the easy way out and just buy it at the store or last year I bought a cake mix. This year I wanted to make it from scratch and found a simple, delicious red velvet cupcake recipe here.
Now for more baking. I had a can of pumpkin left over from the holidays and thought I would try making some pumpkin muffins. I found a recipe here and they smell great, but we will have to wait until tomorrow to see how they taste. I am hopeful though. :)
Now onto the fun stuff. Any one who knows me, knows that I love to watch football. What bigger game could there be than the Super Bowl. Yes, that's right I will be watching the game tonight and not just for the commericials. This year there are actually two teams who deserve to be in the game. And as most people do, even though neither of my teams are playing, I have a picked one to win the game. And the winner is ....The Indianapolis Colts. I am aware that New Orleans has a great team and that they are the fan heartfelt favorite, but Peyton Manning was my fantasy quarterback and Joseph Addai my running back. I feel a certain loyalty there and plus I think the Colts have what it takes to win the game. We'll see. My next post will probably include some mention of the game and it's commercials.
