A Bookworm Creates

It really was good! When I was delivering the blue raspberry lemonade cupcakes to Bobby one night he told me that his girlfriend really wanted some of my cupcakes.  First I'm thinking 'What?  You didn't save her any!' then I'm thinking, and said, "Just tell me what she wants."  This girl had earned some serious points with me (I haven't met her yet) when she told Bobby to get off the phone and talk to me and I was in a generous mood.  Plus it meant getting to make more cupcakes! Later he comes back and says, "Chocolate."  Apparently she loves chocolate.  Hmm, now that's a female after my own heart.  Megan and her husband have been begging for Reece's Pieces inspired cupcakes.  Chocolate and Peanut butter.  It didn't sit right with me but the only directive I had was 'chocolate'.  Does anybody else realize the many ways that you can make chocolate creative?  Chocolate cherry (done), chocolate raspberry (done), choco...

Once upon a time I had two wonderful ideas.  They became the not posted and won't be posted Orange Lemon cupcake and the Strawberry Lemonade cupcake. In one I substituted orange juice for water and in the other I added a package of strawberry lemonade drink mix to the batter.  Thus led to this recipe and another idea (partly thanks to a former friend and fellow amateur baker).  Blue Raspberry Lemonade Cupcakes with Lemon Cream Cheese Icing. Don't get me wrong, this is an awesome recipe, however it did not turn out quite right, but I know exactly why and will not be posting the exact recipe I followed.  To make it easy: Ingredients for Cake: 1 white cake mix.  You are about to see what happens when yellow cake mix is used. 3 eggs oil 1 package blue raspberry drink mix 1 concentrate lemonade mix Sugar blue food coloring Directions: The Blue Raspberry Lemonade - See, a pretty blue-green color! 1. Make the blue raspberry lemonade/concentrate...

After delivering the Oreo cupcakes to Jackie, she was nice and shared with her family.  This lead to my first order.  I should clarify, my first paid order.  This cake: was a favor for one of my wonderful Betas, Megan, for her daughter's birthday.  It was my first sheet cake and I was nervous until I was able to taste it.  I think next time I'll actually do some piping instead of trying to save time by making the little stars and balloons in advance.  However, the Oreo cupcakes actually led to a paying order.  14 cupcakes, half golden Oreo and half chocolate Oreo.  The catch, regular chocolate icing...I was tempted to ask, 'Then why do I need the Oreo?' but didn't.  I think I asked if K was certain that she did not want the Oreo icing.  She was certain.  So I made them: Naked cupcakes Dressed cupcakes However, that still left me with a lot of batter left to do something with.  Hell...

Sometimes my Beta eaters hate to hear that I'm experimenting again.  Why?  Why would you hate to know that your lovely, wonderful, amazing, and talented friend is experimenting in baking again?  After all, it means free cupcakes!  Alas, that is the problem, free cupcakes during swimsuit season.  At least I suspect that is how Jackie and Megan feel.  So I tend to limit myself to an experiment every two weeks and I have enough Beta eaters to spread things around so that everybody, except Bobby, gets one or two of the current experiment.  Experiment #5 (I think, I'm not certain) was Oreo cupcakes. Aren't they beautiful? (Sorry for the fuzzy spot on the upper left corner of the picture, the protective glass covering the camera on my phone is cracked, clumsy me.) Now, the problem is that I cannot give my sources.  As an English teacher and former English major this is a major no-no.  However, a simple Google search (term: Oreo cupcakes; Oreo...