Shenanigans and a recipe! a GOOOD recipe

The weekend went by incredibly too fast!
But it was a good weekend!

1.) I completely paid off my car! so thats one less thing I have to worry about on a monthly basis!
---Mind you I just bought the car last February and its paid off now! I am pretty proud of that!--

2.) This was my last weekend at Urgent Care!

3.) I love beer and fireball shots-- (Saturday night consisted of these and a lot of them!)

4.) Justin Timberlake is a Boss! seriously performed for almost 20 minutes at the VMA's and *Nsync reunited and I may have squeeled like a little school girl when they turned around! I am not afraid to admit this!

5.) I have got a recipe for youuuu that I love!

I discovered this recipe when I did a dear friends wedding in Denver a few months back.
I was looking for a more wedding ish recipe that was different than red velvet and carrot cake and blah blah blah.  When I saw the name I knew it was a winner!

I thought the sign was a cute touch for guests at the wedding

so they knew what kind they were going to dig into.

It was the Raspberry champagne! It is now a favorite amoung customers and I have made it for weddings, baby showers, bridal showers, and birthdays!

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

• 2 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon fine salt
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup canola oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon raspberry extract
• 2 1/2 tablespoons pureed fresh raspberries(strained so theres no seeds)

Sift together the dry ingredients in a bowl. after sifted add to standing mixer with paddle attachement on low speed- slowly start to add the oil until its crumbly- Add the eggs, buttermilk, raspberry extract, and fresh pureed raspberries to the mixer and mix on low until combined. Scrap sides of bowl down then mix on medium for about a minute

Bake at 350* for about 15-18 mins (bake at 325* if using a darker pan)

This recipe makes about 20-24 cupcakes

 

For the Buttercream

 

1 pound unsalted butter, room temperature

6 cups powdered sugar

1/4 cup of a dry champagne(doesn't matter what kind- I used Andre Extra Dry)

2 teaspoons pureed raspberries

 1 teaspoon of raspberry extract

 

In the bowl of an electric stand mixer with a paddle attachment, whip the butter and raspberries until creamed. Add the powdered sugar, champagne and raspberry extract and mix until the ingredients are evenly incorporated and the frosting is smooth and creamy but pipe-able

 

This frosting is soooooo good! its such a light flavor and its perfect!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh Hey! Proof I am not a bum and Big News!

So since I last posted, It's been a wild ride! I'll give you a little run down in chronological order :)


In July, the boys and I ventured to Denver with over 100 cupcakes for a wedding-- Well it was an open bar- which lead to drinking heavy amounts of alcohol so we ended up staying and just went back the next day to Nebraska-- it was a fun little impromptu trip :)
P.S. found my new favorite on this trip with some that I had made for it- Raspberry Champagne Cupcakes- They were fantastic- keep watching I'm going to post the recipe soon :)

 

Oh then I got pnemonia-- COOOLLL!

 

 

Then it was Joey's dads birthday and we surprised him with these cuties because thats what he wanted :)

 

Then a bridal shower which here's the Raspberry Champagne cupcakes again :)

They made a pretty bouquet

 

 

Then I drank this whole bottle of wine plus a few other adult beverages-- okay this may have happened on more than one occasion but its a necessary thing for me to have when I have a long night of baking ahead of me :)-- and yes that is a $2 bottle of wine! I am cheap!

 

Do I need to mention how long my night was? I started baking at 8 PM and I was not done until 5 AM! then had to deliver at 7 am then go to work by 8 AM lets just say it was a LONGGGGG day!

But I made another cake for Gavin's 3rd birthday then I donated 8 dozen cupcakes to Bath & Bodyworks for a fundraiser they were doing to raise money for cancer research

 

These are a few of the supporters that went out and tried the kid friendly "Dirt Cup" for the fundraiser

 

Macie turned "1" -- Smash cake for her milestone birthday

Her mama wanted bright colors! She Got them!

 

I turned 24 and dyed my hair red-- you wanna know why?

BECAUSE I AM 24 NOW!

 

 

Then there was sweet little Emma Rose's birthday

She is a dear friends grand daughter and she is adorablleeee!

I really liked how this one came out :)

 

 

Since I love beer SOOOO much I was super excited when a girl asked me to make her a beer cake for her dad for his birthday-- Bad news is-- she needed it in 2 days-- SHIT!

Well i cant say no to anyone because I am an idiot- so I did it

I literally had no time to do it with prior obligations but I did it anyway

It didnt turn out how I wanted But it wasnt too bad for only having 3 hours to do everything

 Budlight Bottlecap Cake

 

There were the usual orders in between time a couple here and there but nothing really news worthy :)

 

Ohhhh buttt one more thing before I end this ridiculously long post

My company I work for- SourceGas is moving me 14 hours away to Fayetteville, AR

I am pretty excited for the move and the new opportunites!

My boys are moving back to LA the same time I am moving so its pretty good timing!

 

 

The end! Nooowww I will start posting recipes again!