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CUPCAKES!!!


Everybody Loves Cupcakes!
Not only a sweet treat, but a meaningful lesson in the art of slowing down and savoring each moment

Decided to make some cupcakes yesterday.  I don't know.  It just felt like a cupcake kind of day, lol.

Cupcakes are very "in" right now...but really, cupcakes are really one of the original "retro" desserts.

Something about cupcakes....the making of them, the enjoying eating them, that cannot be duplicated.  It's like a little sweet bundle of joy and happiness wrapped up with a colorful wrapper and lots of delicious frosting.

I love making cupcakes and everything about cupcakes.  They're cute, they're yummy, they fit in your hands.  I even love cupcake pans (just got myself some new ones this past year)...cupcake pans feel very retro to me...remind me of my mom baking cupcakes when I was a kid.  Just one of those mushy, warm and fuzzy moments that you want to re-create now that you're an adult.

Making cupcakes causes you to have to slow down.  It's a time-consuming process.  Nothing as easy as making a cake.  For a cake, you just pour the batter into your prepared pan, put it in the oven and you're on your way.  But with cupcakes, you have to fill each individual cupcake liner in the pan.  

It takes time and causes you to slow your pace a bit.  To really engage in what you are doing.  To enjoy the moment.  I think we need more of that in today's modern world.  To really be present in what we are doing at the time rather than thinking about the list of 20 other things we still have left to do that day.  Purposeful intent on the task at hand.  Cupcakes force you into that state.

I made my cupcakes with a cake mix and frosting in a tub....but you can make them from scratch if you'd like to.

Below, I'll share a little bit of my process with you in pictures and then offer you some great resources for all things "cupcake" :)

Ignore the dates on the photos.  I got a new camera for Christmas and have never set the date and need to figure out how to do that

First step, preheat the oven to 350


Okay...we're there..


Prep the pans...

Mix all ingredients together


Slowly fill each cupcake liner with batter.  I find a regular spoon works best


All full and ready for the oven...


Into the oven to bake...


Fresh out of the oven :)


Ready to frost

All frosted and on a colorful plate, ready to devour


Close up...look at all of that frosting...YUM!


Now, I kept my cupcake prep pretty simple and my frosting technique even simpler...but if you're interested in learning more about cupcakes...how to make, how to frost...creative ideas....Check out the links below, as well as the videos :)

This video below shows the correct frosting technique and a few creative ideas...but I just love the song picked for it.  Happiness, is, after all, a cupcake ;-)


How to make cupcakes from scratch:




Great Cupcake Links
Baking, recipes, decorating ideas, video how-to's
These resources will be sure to give you some creative inspiration :)






Now, after all of these cupcakes, I'd better take the advice I posted below on this page about incorporating that extra exercise into my day :)

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