Pumpkin Fun and Cupcakes!

Tonight we carved the Jack-o-lantern! Actually, I was out for a run, so Daddy and MissyMiss carved it while Bubby played. MissyMiss drew on the face and Daddy carved it out. Here she is with her creation.

This is MissyMiss pretending that the pumpkin is eating her finger.

Tomorrow is MissyMiss's fall party at school. I volunteered to do the cupcakes. I did chocolate chip cupcakes with orange buttercream. They got a thumbs-up all around.

Does anyone else have this Cupcake Carrier?? I LOVE it! It holds 36 cupcakes and they don't touch each other, so the frosting stays perfect! I just saw some at Home Goods for $10 less than I paid. :)

MissyMissy can't wait to bring them to school tomorrow!

Yumm-O!!!

I have many very happy memories from my childhood. As I was walking through the store yesterday, I spotted one of them...




Yes, that's right...Entenmann's holiday cupcakes!!!! I remember these from when I was little. They usually appeared around Halloween and Valentine's Day. There are 5 kids in my family and when my mom came home with these bad boys it was a big deal. So...you can imagine how excited I was to find them. I spoke to my brother yesterday on the phone...it went something like this:

Me: Hey, do you remember those Entenmann's cupcakes?...
Bro: You mean the ones with all the frosting?
Me: Yes! I just bought the Halloween ones!!!!
Bro: Do they still have the gummy candy on top??
Me: Nope, candy corn.
Bro: Those were awesome...

When I got home I gathered everyone around and whipped out the cupcakes. My husband let out the biggest "Woo Hoo!!"

I should mention here that I love to bake and usually frown upon store bought baked goods. I would just rather make them myself. But, I just love these cupcakes!






Here is my daughter trying to lick every last bit of fudgy goodness off of the wrapper. Ahh...a girl after my own heart.


Here is Bubby showing me his cupcake. He licked off all the frosting then left the cake at the table.



Hope your Sunday was as delicious as ours. :)

Red Velvet Cupcakes!!!

Yes, I am a runner who LOVES to bake! I think that the 2 different activities cancel each other out, calorie-wise. This week's experiment was red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting...yummo!!! My mini-baker helped me to bake the cupcakes in the afternoon and then I made the frosting after the kiddies went to bed. It took every last bit of willpower that I had to not like the bowl clean (although I did lick the beater :) ) Here is the finished product:

I was very happy with the final cupcake...a moist cake and creamy, but not too sweet, frosting. These got a big seal of approval from the kids, who both eat from the frosting down.