Snow Day Treat!

Tuesdays Snow Day was a treat for me, I had the time to make up a recipe using fresh apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar. I also made  a Maple Brown butter cream icing; when putting this two wonderful tastes together you have the outcome of a fabulous cupcake!

Fresh Apples with brown sugar and butter

 Cupcake batter without cinnamon apples.

Apples after being roasted and mashed in brown sugar.

 All baked and ready to be iced!

 Iced with Maple Brown Icing

Ready to Eat!!

{These cupcakes were made without eggs}

Maple Brown Butter cream recipe

Ingredients:

v 2 Sticks of unsalted butter (at room temperature)

v 1 1/2cup of powdered sugar

v 1 cup of maple syrup

v 2 tsp of vanilla extract

v ¼ tsp of salt

Instructions:

1.   Combine butter, maple syrup, vanilla syrup and salt; mix well

2.   Slowly add Powdered sugar to mix making icing fluffy. Add more sugar powered if icing is not fluffy enough.

Treat Yourself Cupcakes: Congrats Erik!!!

Treat Yourself Cupcakes: Congrats Erik!!!: "A Good friend of mine passed his PE test (Professional Engineer test)Him and his wife were having a Congratulations party and I REALLY want..."

Congrats Erik!!!

A Good friend of mine passed his PE test

(Professional Engineer test)

Him and his wife were having a Congratulations party and I REALLY wanted to make them cupcakes. So, we came up with Red Velvet cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing.

Naturally this was my first time making this kind of cupcake and icing, and I welcomed the challenge! 

 Brilliant Red!

Cream Cheese

 Red Sprinkles!

Yummy Yummy In my Tummy!



Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients

v  2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened

v  1/2 cup butter, softened

v  2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

v  1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1.    In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy.

2.     Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar.

3.     Store in the refrigerator after use.

Treat Yourself Cupcakes: Congrats Amanda!

Treat Yourself Cupcakes: Congrats Amanda!: "I was lucky enough to get a cupcake order from a family friend. She wanted yellow cake cupcakes and I made my very yummy marshmallow icing t..."

Congrats Amanda!

I was lucky enough to get a cupcake order from a family friend.

She wanted yellow cake cupcakes and I made my very yummy marshmallow icing to go on top with pink and purple sprinkles.

I believe they came out wonderfully!

(This was my first, but not last, time I made yellow cake)

 I made 60 cupcakes!

 Marshmallow Icing

 Purple sugar sprinkles with Pink sprinkles.

On the tray and ready to eat!!

Can't wait to make a big order like this again.

Treat Yourself Cupcakes: Happy Birthday Janis!!

Treat Yourself Cupcakes: Happy Birthday Janis!!: "A very nice Co-Worker of mine wanted me to make her some cupcakes for her Birthday, this is what we came up with; Banana cupcake with peanu..."

Happy Birthday Janis!!

A very nice Co-Worker of mine wanted me to make her some cupcakes for her Birthday, this is what we came up with; Banana cupcake with peanut butter icing. If you love Bananas and Peanut Butter than this is the cupcake combo for you!!!

Roasting Bananas with butter and brown sugar.

Banana batter ready to be baked!

 Baked and ready to be iced.

 Peanut Butter icing applied and ready for Janis to eat!

YUM YUM YUM!!



Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/3 cup cream

Direction:

• Beat butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy.
• Slowly beat in 1/2 of the confectioner's sugar.
• Mix in 1/4 cup of the cream. Beat in the remaining confectioners' sugar.