I'm co-hosting a baby shower and one of my duties is to make the cupcakes. I know I could of just bought a couple of box cake mixes but I really don't like box cakes and I've used them in the past and added stuff to make them taste homemade. This time I decided to make them from scratch. But to keep is simple, I'm doing chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. I'm using a cake recipe I've used for years and it's moist and not over chocolate. I haven't ever used it for cupcakes, though. I think the thing is baking time, so while I write this blog post I'm also watching the time they're in the oven. Cross your fingers they come out nice. Otherwise, I told Tom he'll be eating cupcakes all weekend. I wanted to make a simple vanilla cupcake and searched the internet to find a recipe. Boy are there ton's of them. I'm impressed with all the baking bloggers who do such a great job sharing recipes and photos. I picked a recipe from www.bakehappy.net, it's called Perfectly Moist Vanilla Cupcake. I'll let you know how the cupcakes turn out. My plan is to top them off with the chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla buttercream...simple flavors is the theme.
I have to make some crescent moons out of white chocolate to top them off .... the timer is going off..brb. Oh my, they came out perfect looking. I'll be posting photos once I get them all finished... wish me luck. I will also be posting about all the cute "love you to the moon and back" stuff made for the shower. I'm not big on baby showers and this is the first one I've been involved with but all I can say it's a lot of things to think about and do starting from the invite to the food, from the mailing list to the decorations, from number of table & chairs to the theme, from table cloths to paper products, etc. All & all I think it's going to be adorable and fun for the new momma, Kerry. By the way, it's a boy!
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