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My love for Sewing

YES!! I want a new sewing machine for Christmas, but I think it's gonna be put on hold unless Wal-Mart has a HUGE black Friday sale. On my hunt to find a Pettiskirt pattern, (more on that later) I can across a great blog. AND she offers alot of stuff.. for FREE!! so I'm posting this link to her blog in hopes that I win :)

Pettiskirt, Yes Tori needs one in her life. She too girly girl to not own 5 or 7. lol But I can't spend $60+ on one then Celeste would want one and so forth. Plus I owe a little girl in California a skirt and I think this would be perfect for all of them. I don't want to buy a patter, since the net has a wealth of free stuff. So we will see how it turns out.

How Time Flies

It's been over a year since I saw this blog. And alot has changed. I still can't seem to keep up with this. Maybe if I had more followers. lol But back to the changes. We have added a new Huffling (March 1 2009) Jackson M Huff. I have a new job that I LOVE! Doing what I like best baking cupcakes!! In 4 days I will celebrate my 5 year anniversary with my best friend and husband. And in a few short months my oldest Huffling (Victoria) will be going off to pre-kindergarten...sniff sniff. So that's a small update on the home front. More news,cupcake baking and other stuff to follow.

Cupcake Friday...

I started this thing at work, every Friday I bring cupcakes. I get to test my recipes and others get to taste my work. It has become known as Cupcake Friday. now everyone looks forward to fridays. So this week I made Smore Cupcakes. I got part of the recipe from and entry on Cupcake Hero and another part somewhere else. The cupcakes were a HIT! Score another one for the bakin mamma! :)

Marshmallow Maddness

This is my first ever entry in the Cupcake Hero. I'm pretty proud of what I've made. So this months ingredient is Marshmallow. I decided to make... Rice Krispie Treat Cupcakes. My kids love krispie treats and cupcakes so why not combine the two. Vanilla Bean Rice Krispie cake with Marshmallow Buttercream, topped with a Rice Krispie treat. :)




The Recipe:

Vanilla Cake Krispie Cake

1 stick butter
1 3/4c AP flour
2tsp baking powder
1/2tsp salt
3/4c sugar
2 eggs room temp.
1tsp vanilla
1/2c milk
2-3c rice krispies

cream butter and sugar until light a fluffy. add eggs one at a time. add vanilla to milk in a separate bowl. in another bowl whisk AP flour, baking powder and salt. add flour mix to butter mix in two parts alternating with milk and vanilla. fold in rice krispies. bake 17 min until done at 350.


Marshmallow Buttercream

4 sticks unsalted butter
6c powdered sugar
2tsp vanilla
1 heaping spoon full of marshmallow fluff

cream butter until fluffy
add vanilla
add powdered sugar 1/4c at a time
add fluff
whip until creamy. remembering to scrap down the sides before and after each addition. you can add more marshmallow to your liking.

Rice Krispie Treat Topping

follow directions on the box. :)

LAST ENJOY!!

Ode to St. Patrick

Whoever he is! :) I'm on a bakin roll. I guess it's because I'm been off to the death job for a few days. I go back on Friday. So we'll see what I can whip up before then. Easter is next and I've got some kick ass ideas. The pics of the green velvet cake. Vanilla frosting. These were so yummy, and I don't even like red velvet cake! Or in this case green velvet. lol!! :)

Before the frosting/After the baking:


After the frosting: Can you see the vanilla bean?

How Bout Dem Apples?

I was having an apple craving this past week. So apple cupcakes is what I made. I wanted to make a cupcake for cupcakehero this month, but the ingredient is marshmallow and I'm having a brain fart about what to do. So maybe next month I
ll make a cupcake. So back to apples. First was cinnamon buttercream. But then I went back to an old favorite Brown sugar buttercream. YUMMY! :) This is one for the bakery for sure!