You want How many cupcakes for Valentine's Day??

I volunteered to make 40 cupcakes for the Senior luncheon here in Smith Valley for Valentine's Day which later turned into 52 cupcakes.............Now I will admit I was in heaven to meet this challenge..........I found an idea on the Wilton.com website called Sign of Love Cupcakes which I found to be so adorable but when I was making the truffles for this project I found it to be very time consuming, I really wish I had bought 2 deep heart truffles molds........it would have made this project go a lot faster.........I also had trouble when it came to putting on the arms and hands and legs with shoes, even thou I attached them with the royal icing as directed they still keep falling off so I opted not to include them...........And the cake recipe...........Well!!!! I used Martha Stewart's recipe for Red Velvet cake, I loved the color of the cupcakes but to avoid a disaster, I had to add extra Whipped cream frosting to the center of the cupcakes because they sank really bad in the middle during baking...........so I DO Not recommend this recipe................It tasted great but the results were too!!! disappointing.

But I do have to say they were a Big Hit!!! at the luncheon and everyone applauded my work and efforts which made it all worth while, I hope to do this again next year so I will be searching for a new idea...........!!

"I hope all had a nice Valentine's Day!"

Oops I almost forgot, the truffles, I did make, were made with Cappuccino chips that you will find in the Baker's Catalogue............or perhaps your favorite grocery store carries them...........I melted them and then added the whipped cream...........I admit they really tasted fabulous..........No brag, just fact..............!!

Time to Catch up!!!

I have been so busy lately that I have to get caught up on my blogging, when I started this, I thought O.K. once a week I will sit down and blog...........At the end of the year, I had over 100 posts, I could not believe it but I have a feeling with my school schedule and work, once a week is all it is going to be for a while.

I did take some time out and do some relaxing during Super Bowl Sunday.............All work and no play makes me a very dull person. So we gathered with all the neighborhood and had a great get together with lots of food and yes I supplied the cupcakes.

Since this was an adult event, (I still can't believe we had no children there.) I decided to go with more of an adult type cupcake.

What I ended up with is something, I had never really thought of doing before.

These are what I call Black Russian mini cupcake shots and yes they are made with Vodka and Kaluha............I combine a simple yellow cake recipe and the following recipe and this is what came out.............I have to admit, I do not drink...........but have found I eat my liquor..........Hmmm, I wonder what that says about me!!!!!!

Black Russian Cupcakes

Yellow cake recipe, any simple one will do or use a box mix.

1 6-0z chocolate instant pudding

1/2 cup sugar

1 cup vegetable oil

4 eggs

1/4 cup Vodka 1/4 cup Kahlua

3/4 cup water

Combine yellow cake batter with pudding mix, sugar, oil, eggs, Vodka, and Kahlua

Add the water in a large bowl. Mix at low speed for about 1 min, then mix for about 4 min on medium.

Bake at 350 degrees in oven for about 12 to 15 minutes.

Cool cupcakes and frost with Whipped cream and 1/4 cup sugar, adding 1/4 cup Kahlua.

"Enjoy!"