Streusel Cupcakes


On Father's Day I decided to make a streusel cupcake. I love these. The cake itself isn't sweet but it's complemented by the crumbly streusel topping and little bit of sugar glaze that is drizzled over them. I could have eaten a dozen all by myself.

I wasn't sure if I wanted to make another cupcake, because the dog ate the last batch and that is just frustrating as all get out. But I did. I enjoy the baking because it makes me feel closer to my son who has gone on to Heaven before me. He always loved cakes and guilting me into baking them, but now I enjoy it because I know he would love the homemade flavor instead of the box version.

Well anyway this was a good cupcake and I just happen to love coffee cakes. Right now I feel at a bit of a loss as to what to say. I just can't stop thinking of my son Robert, It is a week away from the one year anniversary of his death and I can't stop thinking about him. I want to keep these posts on a happy note but it can be hard sometimes.

Not sure what the next cupcake will be because I have started jumping around in my cookbook. So until next baking time.

Snickerdoodle

Yesterdays cupcake was fashioned after a cookie.
The snickerdoodle.
This ended up being a nice and lite cake.
It smelled like a little bit of heaven while it was baking.
To me it smelled like cinnamon pancakes, yum my favorite.
The recipe called for the seven minute frosting
but I had to veto that one.
After trial and error I have come to realize
that I really don't like that frosting.
Its like a marshmallow that keeps getting stiffer and stiffer.
So I opted to make a whipped cream frosting.
Perfect choice.
It added to the light fluffiness of the cupcake.
Then dusted with a little sugar and cinnamon.

This morning was a bit disheartening
after going to reach for a cupcake
and realizing the damn dog had gotten to them again.
I will say it was partly my fault
for not putting them away and leaving them on the counter
where she could reach it.
But with seven other people in the house,
one would think, that if I went to bed early
because I was tired and had to work the next day,
that someone, anyone would assist me and put them away for me.

This is the third time the dog has feasted on my cupcakes,
leaves me not wanting to make anymore.
I don't know, just not feeling up to much lately.

Till next baking time.

New York Cheesecake

The other day my youngest son, Kevin came to me with a piece of paper,
keep in mind he is only seven.
And on this piece of paper was a recipe he found on the internet for a cheesecake.
He asked me for two days if I could please make this on my next day off,
and he placed it on the frig, with a note that read
"please make".

How can you turn something like that down.
Well Friday morning I got up and cooked two cheesecakes.
Funny enough I had never cooked a cheesecake before,
I always bought them pre-made or got the box of instant mix.
Wasn't very hard, I think the hardest part
was letting it set in the refrigerator for six hours.
But the cheesecake was so rich and flavorful.
I couldn't believe I made it, well worth the wait.

So needless to say I took a cupcake vacation and created cheesecake instead.
Back to cupcake tomorrow.
I believe the flavor of the day will be snicker doodle.

Until next baking time.

Mocha Cupcakes w/
Coffee Floavored 7 Minute Frosting







Yesterdays cupcake was a little piece of heaven for those with a love for coffee. Coffee in the batter and coffee in the frosting. Not to sure about the texture of the frosting, at first it is soft and creaming but as it sets its more like a marshmallow, with a firm out side and gooey inside.

Did you know there was such a thing as instant espresso powder. I didn't.

Its been hard making time for cupcakes because we have had allot going on here. My husband has been working on starting a business and we found a location so now we are getting underway to get things going, we are shooting for a mid September open date. we have also been dealing with the after math of Great Grandma playing bumper cars in the driveway, she ended up totaling two cars, hers and my mother in laws. Grandma is fine though.

So again i wasn't able to do as much as I wanted with my cupcakes. The next cupcake is a zucchini spice cake.

So until next baking time.