First and foremost I want to say Happy Birthday to the two most important men in my life, my husband Will and my father Bob!! With that being said, I think it's quite obvious what I've been up to this morning- BAKING! Will loves the combo of peanut butter and chocolate (who doesn't really!) so I made him peanut butter cupcakes with chocolate icing decorated with chocolate pieces and peanut butter drizzle- see pic above! I took the liberty of taste testing one for breakfast and I have to give myself a pat on the back!
Earlier this week I did a little experimenting. Sometimes I get a little tired of just chocolate and vanilla so I thought I'd mess around with my favorite spice- GINGER! I literally put it in almost everything I cook so I figured why not try it in cupcakes! After a bit of searching around, I found a recipe for Ginger Lime Cupcakes (two great tastes that taste great together!). I had my usual tastetesters handy and they liked them, they really did! To me, it kind of reminded me of a ginger flavor muffin (which I didn't mind) but the icing is what made it. They cake was more gingery (is that a word?) and the icing tasted very limey with a hint of ginger. This combo was more of a spring-summer flavor to me so I will be trying it again later in the year!
I'll be doing a couple birthday cakes this week so hopefully next week I'll have some some interesting things for you! Until then remember- Life's too short...... eat dessert first!
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