RecipeMuncher

Hello kind readers,
If you are like me, and if you are reading this you probably are, you enjoy blogging. You get joy out of updating, seeing people comment, and reading and commenting on other blogs. You do it for fun. For the joy of doing it. If there is one thing for sure, you don’t do it for the money. But what if you COULD?

Well… I can’t. And most people cannot either. But my sister has the opportunity to be able to do so. She has been deemed a finalist in a student blogging contest worth ,000! If you enjoy medieval things, funny things, and sisterly things, then please, visit my sister’s blog: Per Omnia Saecula. She is a PhD student in Medieval things, and blogs for the pure joy of it. If you think her blog is worth 10,000 please click here to vote for her.

Thank you! And happy weekend.
-Stephanie

So, a few readers have asked how I get my cute little frosting tops. This is the frosting recipe I use. The consistency always comes out perfect for piping on to cupcakes. I put it in a piping bag fit with the Large Coupler, and I’m not sure the exact number tip I use…I’m not near it right now…but it is one pretty close in size to the the 1M from Wilton. Other recommendations I have is to make enough or more than enough frosting to cover the cupcakes. You’ll want to pile the frosting high to get that swirly-tower-of-frosting look. And you’ll also want to start on the edge of the cupcake, spiraling inward… its hard to describe in words, so just watch!

Here is a video of Daniel piping some frosting on to our Turtle Brownie Cupcakes:

Yes, its that time again. Today, me, Dan, and the dog are off to NY. And on Saturday, me and Daniel leave for Europe. Ahhhhh, bellissima. So posting will have to be put on hold while I cruise through a cruise leisurely through the Mediterranean, making stops in Italy, Croatia and the Greek Isles. Mi dispiace. Mi mancherai! I shall be back in a little over a week. I leave you with this:
Wine served in glasses made of chocolate?

Fino ad allora,
Stephanie

This week’s Cupcake of the Week did not go off without a hitch. Fortunately, though, things eventually panned out. The idea was to bake a ball of cookie dough right into the center of a cupcake. I elaborated on the chocolate chip theme and decided to add chocolate chips in to the cupcake batter, and also to sprinkle some on the frosting for decoration. The issues began there. I thought mini chocolate chips would look and taste better in cupcakes than the regular sized chocolate chips, which might overwhelming the taste of the cookie dough ball. First, I drove back and forth between 2 stores several times to get Mini Chocolate Chips. After finally finding them and bringing them home, I found out upon cutting open the bag that someone had mistakenly put a bag of regular chocolate chips in the mini chocolate chips section. ::sigh:: Oh well, I decided to go with it anyway. First, while the butter was softening, I took some frozen prepared Chocolate Chip Cookie dough…