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I'm back! HA!

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 18:05:29 -0400

I sorted out my email woes and I will be returning to the world of BLOGGING!!!! REJOICE! Which probably means more cooking. Oh and I will also be talking about my new road to becoming a script writer.

It’s gonna be a hell of a ride. One delicious and AWESOME, hell of a ride.

See you soon.

Matt

Canada Day 2010

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 21:50:12 -0400

I am back! I am the worst blogger in the history of blogging I think. But here I am, writing a quick little diddy about Canada Day. Well, the cupcakes I made anyway.

Canada Day in Bath, Ontario is the biggest event of the year. The tiny village explodes with people. Vendors, food, jewellry, home made everything. Its awesome!

So in honour of Canada Day, I made some delicious Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting. They were delicious… that is it. :)

Auction Cupcakes!! (and yummy breakfast)

Sun, 16 May 2010 22:54:00 -0400

I was asked to make some cupcakes for a fundraiser in the village where my parents live. I was nervous at first, but that passed quickly into Pants-crapping terror, especially when I was still awake at 4am the night before building them…

All that night I was cursing the whole thing and telling myself how lame they were and how lame I was for doing it. I finally finished and packed them all up to take to my Mom and Dad’s.

They survived the trip relatively unscathed, a few pieces fell off but easily repairable. Everyone said they looked great, but then I realized… I needed something to dispay them with! PANIC RETURNS! MORE POOP IN THE PANTS!

Fortunately, my parents and a great family friend helped me get things moving along and by the time they were ready, I was really impressed with myself!

Without further ado, here is the golf course! Devil’s Food Cake with Vanilla Frosting!

And the Flowers! GREAT colour :)

They ended up selling for 80 bucks!!! HUZZAH! Bit of an ego boost hehehe.

I hope you like them! I sure did!

OH and then my mom made delicious breakfast Sunday morning. Eggs, peameal bacon and cheese on rye, white and multigrain bread. Mmmmmm…

MultiMatt

The Mother's Day Weekend

Tue, 11 May 2010 10:10:43 -0400

I’m a mama’s boy.

I know it.

She knows it.

Everyone knows it. And I own it… So suck it if you don’t like it.

My moms is the bomb, or A bomb according to her. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet in your life, just ask anyone who knows her. Literally, anyone. We laugh like maniacs and I tease her incessantly, some people think too much. Its all out of love.

Therefore, for Mother’s Day, I wanted to make her something special. So I threw together some Pink Champagne Cupcakes. And punch me in the face and call me George if they weren’t delicious! Pleasant surprise.

I took the Blueberrys & Cream recipe from the Martha Stewart Cupcakes book and replaced the liquid ingredient with some “Pink” champagne.

Oh and some pink colouring naturally. I baked them up and they were nice and moist, but not TOO moist so that they crumbled apart.

Then I frosted them, and made little frosting bubbles on top. Now, I apologize for the picture quality, I didn’t have my camera with me so I used my iPhone… Kinda sucked, but you get the idea.

She loved them. So did the neighbours. I just love making this stuff and I am so glad that I could do something special for my mom.

Love ya Mom!

OH and I also made some Chocolate Sandwich Cookies for my Dad. He wanted something delicious for a treat, and who am I to say no to my parents! I should really learn to do that… ;)

Next time, I must remember my camera…

MultiMatt

Makin' brunch for some great old friends...

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:23:18 -0400

Do you have old friends? I don’t mean friends that are seniors, dropping their teeth and hating the cold. I mean friends from your childhood that, no matter how long its been, you can pick up like you never missed a beat? I have to say I am so fortunate to have a good group of those friends. We have been through so much together, and I wouldn’t give that bond up for the world…

Ok now that I have been a sappy suck-puss, onto the FOOD STUFF!

So I had two of the aforementioned friends over for brunch today. We had planned to meet at my place for 10:30 am and I had such plans!

The original menu:

-Homemade Waffles
-Sausages & Bacon
-Eggs
-Freshly baked homemade bread
-Fruit

Up until the day before brunch that I changed it to:

-French Toast (Using homemade bread)
-Sausages
-Fruit
-Home-Fried Potatoes

Up until the night before, when I ended up going grocery shopping at 11:00 pm, it was:

-Mushroom and Bacon Quiche with homemade pastry
-Fresh Baked Bread
-Fruit
-Home-Fried Potatoes

I really need to get a handle on my decision making skills…

So anyway, when I finally began making brunch at 8:00 am this morning, the meal changed YET AGAIN. Decision making! BRUTAL!

So I made my pastry and stuck with the Mushroom and Bacon quiche, using both White mushrooms and Shitake mushrooms…

Are we noticing something missing?

Look again…

No? I guess it could be hard to see but since I was the Last Minute Scramble Master this morning, I forgot to add the CHEESE! DUR! So I shredded some with a few near misses of my fingertips, and tossed it on top. It covered my pretty design which pissed me off a bit but totally my own fault so…

Throughout the prep of the quiche I also made the potatoes. They are rather boring so no pics till the end. Just some garlic, olive oil, potatoes and pepper. Tasty though! Simple is gooood. Oh what the hell, here’s a picture…

You must also now be thinking OHHHH where is that DELICIOUS fresh baked bread!? I want it! Give me those empty carbs!

Boy, did I have the best intentions to make that bread. Alas, I am über-lame and didn’t plan it out well enough, so there was no time. Croissants it is! Still flippin’ delicious, so bite me.

All is all, everything turned out tasty and that is really what its all about. Good food with the best of friends. We laughed and joked. Talked seriously and ridiculously. We sipped memosas. There was even some talk of dinosaurs. I’m telling you, these people and I know pretty much all there is to know about each other…

So here is Brunch!

UH OH! I just noticed the knife blades are facing out! Miss Manners is gonna come open a gourmet can of whoop ass on me. Alas…

Oh the fruit! Where is that fruit! Well I changed my mind on that too. All this savory, I wanted something sweet to cap it off.

I bought these awesome mini casserole dishes at Home Sense a while back and finally got the chance to use them. MINI APPLE CRISPS!

YUM!

I love my friends. Almost as much as I love brunch.

Next time, blades in, I swear.

MultiMatt

Katey's Birthday, Dad's Birthday and Easter... A weekend of food...

Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:09:19 -0400

I made the trip to my parents house this past long weekend to celebrate a triumvirate of events. They all required delicious food, so that was just a bonus.

Saturday was the actual day of my Dad’s birthday, which he graciously allowed my niece’s party to take the lime light. HE got a DELICIOUS cake my aunt made for him, but I didn’t get any pictures of it… Dang it.

Katey is cute as hell…

for Katey’s birthday, my sister decided to make it an Easter theme. I mean, why fight the season? So, in my brotherly/uncley duty, I whipped up some cupcakes for my niece’s party, Easter themed and all. Have a look see!

A bunny bum… hehehe

They were quite tasty! I replaced the milk in the recipe with cream soda and they turned out quite tasty. The kids were adorable and quite willing to be photographed! I’d show you but I’m not certain all the parents would be ok with pictures of their children up in here…

Anyway! Sunday was Easter dinner. My family loves the food, let me tell you. Therefore every family dinner, hell EVERY dinner, we have is amazing. This year was spiral ham, a chicken casserole, beans, carrotts, and my aunt’s scalloped potatoes which have been featured in a previous blog! Drool worthy, I assure you.

I had been reading a magazine that had a delicious looking coconut cake on the cover. SOLD! So I busted out that recipe and made one for dessert. It was epic… not only in taste, but size! Three layers!!

I love cooking… OH and I start my baking course at George Brown College on April 22nd! THEN I will be a force to be reckoned with!

MultiMatt

Season Premiere!

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:20:48 -0400

A friend of mine and I were talking about our excitement for the upcoming season premiere of The United States of Tara. Its an AMAZING show from Showtime that depicts a woman with multiple personalities, and her complex, yet loving, family.

We then decided that we should have a little get together! So, since cupcakes seem to be in the forefront of my life lately, it seemed only logical for me to bring some of those.

But what kind?? You must be wondering! I KNOW you are!

I decided that, since the theme is multiple personalities, the cupcakes should have them too!

Using these great new things I found at HomeSense called “Cupcake Pens”, I placed two separate batters into one paper and baked them up.

One set was Blueberry/Maple and the other was Chocolate/Cinnamon. Interesting mixtures, and DAMN they were good… Extremely moist too.

Next, I made up a batch of frosting and divided it into four bowls. I made one maple, one cinnamon, one just yellow and one stayed plain white.

Using my new piping bags, I decorated them split done the middle, one side neat and tidy, the other a mess of swirls. It was fun to do and made for a great looking cupcake.

And they tasted great too!

Here they are! I hope you like them!

MultiMatt

Weekend at the parents...

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:01:00 -0400

I spent the last weekend in the lovely village of Bath. It sprawls along the shore of Lake Ontario about fifteen minutes west of Kingston. My parents have lived there for the past eight or so years, the last few of which they have spent in a big, old house they are renovating into a bed and breakfast.

I love visiting there, its so relaxing. Not to mention my mom and I get to cookin’! This weekend the highlight was Sunday morning brunch. I whipped up a batch of Cinnamon Sugar waffles. Waffles may easily be my most favourite breakfast food. Their tender center with a crispy outer shell… Pause for drool…

Back to my waffles. They were moist, sweet and delicious. Now, they aren’t from scratch per se; I used Bisquick. That stuff makes damn good waffles!!

I followed the recipe on the box for the waffles, only I used two eggs (that was by mistake but it worked!) and substituted unsweetened apple sauce for the oil. Oh and of course I threw in some cinnamon too…

Check it out!

MultiMatt

The comfort of white bread...

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:19:00 -0400

Tonight I made white bread from scratch for the first time. I don’t know why but the idea of making bread was COMPLETELY intimidating! Turns out, it was quite simple. Oh and the smell alone is enough to make me want to have one in the oven baking AT ALL TIMES! It came out slightly more dense than I expected, but it tastes perfect! I am really getting the hang of this baking thing! Next up, WHOLE WHEAT BREAD!

My apartment is positively emanating with the smell of hot, fresh out of the oven, bread. Oh and yes I have already eaten some.

Toasted.

With butter.

Happy.

The Iron Cupcake!

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:51:00 -0400

Today was the day! I had been thinking and preparing for the Iron Cupcake for weeks, and now its over. Just like Christmas or a birthday, it’s one of those things that takes forever to arrive, and then in an instant, its done.

First off, let me say that it was a great time overall. Though, if you had seen me earlier in the morning, you wouldn’t have ever believed the day would have me smiling.

From the beginning!

For days leading up to the competition, I made many a batch of testers. The people at work are sick to death of eating this stuff…

I had been up till 2:30 am the night before and so when my phone rang at 7:55 am, I snapped into consciousness and grunted into the phone to my mom. She asked how I was and I replied in muffled and slurred, yet articulate words that I was sleeping. She then reminded me that the clocks had moved forward. I knew that. Scratch that. I had KNOWN that, but it had escaped me at the time of sleep. So it was actually 9 am and I was already an hour behind the schedule I had set out.

After quick thanks to my mom, I hung up and began the Sleepy-Legged Shuffle around my apartment, gathering up the stuff I needed. About halfway through that task, I realized I was in dire need of some cleansing. NO ONE would want to talk to me in the state I was in. After a wake-up shower and getting myself all ready, I realized I was about an arm short of being able to carry everything down to my Jeep. A quick text to my friend and he was upstairs in a flash to help me get everything down.

I was nice and early as I had to still go and pick up the items I needed for my display. So with everything loaded in the car, big cupcakes in the back seat and a tray of minis on the passenger seat, I was off.

Now, I’m going to pause here for a moment and add some pictures. These are the large cupcakes and minis that I made.

Rest in peace mini cupcakes… Allow me to explain.

I spent HOURS frosting these little guys. I made coconut frosting and put a layer of white and then covered it in a layer of brown coloured frosting so that it would be like a real coconut. I then used a fork to spike up the frosting to look like coconut hair. I was pretty happy with them!

So I was packed up and driving out of the parking garage when the devil driving a blue VW bug came tearing through the parking garage and around a corner and nearly head on into my Jeep. I slammed on my brakes and my tray of mini cupcakes went ass over tea kettle and landed, tops down, on the muddy carpet of the front seat floor. I almost threw up all over the windshield. I pulled over and ran around to the other side of the Jeep, threw open the door and sighed. It would have been really sad to see a grown man, sitting on the dingy parking garage floor sobbing like a baby and eating mini cupcakes off the dirty floor of a Jeep. That was almost me.

About five or six were still good so I kept them to the side and gathered up the fallen soldiers. I drove over to the “For The Love Of Cake” Bakery and went in, basically looking like I had just been punched in the stomach, face, and crotch all at the same time. Then, true to form, Genevieve and her partner were incredibly nice. They made it clear that I wasn’t COMPLETELY out of the game. As it turns out, I was only out of the People’s Choice category since I didn’t have enough for people to taste! So it was back on! Back on and I didn’t have anything for my display! CRAP!

I hauled ass to Walmart, snapped up a Ken and Barbie (beach themed of course) and a bag of graham crumbs. Then I had to wait half an hour for the Dollarama to open, where I then purchased mini drink umbrellas, straws and Play Dough. I zoomed back to the event space and began my setup. Its wicked lame, but fun. I was having fun and that was really all that mattered to me.

Here are some pics!

Its supposed to be two people drinking HUGE drinks from coconuts… yeah… HAHAHA! FUN! I liked it and people like Barbie so that was a plus!

Oh and also, about five minutes after I arrived, another contestant arrived. With Corona and Lime cupcakes. Not even kidding. After a brief interlude where I fantasized about jamming the mini umbrellas into my eyes, I just laughed and continued to sculpt my Play Dough into a inflatable mattress…

As the contestants continued to arrive, myself and a couple of others marveled at just how different everyone were. It was fantastic. Here are some of the entries…

(the next one is the Corona and Lime one. Much classier than Barbies. But as much fun? I think not.)

(the following one got my vote for both creativity and taste.)

(My new friend and gluten-free cupcake wizard Sarah-Lyn made the following setup. I tried one of her apple cupcakes. It was UNREAL. So delicious. Check her out at www.ibakecupcakes.com.)

(And this was the winner. Personally, I didn’t think it was the best tasting or the most creative setup, but it had what the judges wanted! So congrats!!)

I had a great time and met lots of really nice people. Not to mention I learned a TON. Which was really the point. I will certainly be making my Corona and Lime cupcakes with Coconut Frosting again. They are moist and tasty. Nice.

Genevieve also said that the Iron Cupcake is going to be a monthly event. I had so much fun but I am also glad that participants can’t enter two in a row. I need a break. I think its time to start some bread making…

Mmmm bread…..

Oh and thanks to Ken and Barbie for hanging out, even though they apparently broke up. What troopers…

MultiMatt

Practice...

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:29:00 -0500

Just a short entry…

I’ve been practicing for the competition on Sunday and I have to say I am crapping my pants just a little. I’ve made 3 different batches of cupcakes this past week, and I’m not sure if its going to work out.

I know, I know. Its just a cupcake competition but there is something inherently terrifying about putting yourself out there to be judged publicly. But its also completely exhilarating…

I think I have it all figured out, so I guess we will see come Sunday… Even if I don’t win, I am really glad I did this.

MultiMatt

I'm taking a chance!

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:52:01 -0500

One of my favourite places in the world is For The Love Of Cake. Its a cupcake/cake bakery in Liberty Village in Toronto. (Un)Fortunately, it is extremely close to my work! So when I am at work and get a hankerin’ for one of the best cupcakes on the planet, I can zip over and get one! Great right! Except I eat too many :)

Anyway, that lovely shop is hosting the Iron Cupcake! It is much like Iron Chef only, big surprise, its for cupcakes!! I have begun talking with the owners of FTLOC and they are amazingly kind and helpful people. So since I have become basically a regular, and constantly ask question after question, they asked if I would be participating in the contest! I thought about it for a while, and decided, “Why not?”

Then I thought again, “No way”

Then I went back again, and was asked when I was going to register. I explained that I didn’t think I was ready, to which the reply was “Who cares? It’ll be fun!” How could i argue with that? So I signed up.

Now I am trying to come up with a cupcake to make! I don’t know what one to make! I have gone from one idea to the next, poo pooing each one along the way. I am sure I will figure it out. I just hope I do it in time! Too bad I couldn’t just fire out some of my peanut butter cupcakes… remember them??

They were damn good, but they do not have beer (the ingredient needed to be used) or green (the theme). Oh well! They made me happy at the time.

I will keep you posted on my progress. If you want to know more about the Iron Cupcake, check out www.fortheloveofcake.ca. Its worth it, TRUST me.

MultiMatt

Cupcake crazy!

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:39:00 -0500

I have been eating way too many cupcakes… I was doing so well with the weight-loss and then bam, the cupcake. It infected me right down to my soul.

And I loved it.

But I am getting my act back together and so I thought I would take one of my dinner dishes and have some fun.

So may I present…

The Ground Turkey Meatloaf… cupcake! With Mashed Potato “Frosting”!

YUM!

MultiMatt

Vanilla Cupcakes. Simple. Yummy.

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:43:39 -0500

I don’t know why, but I seem to ALWAYS prefer vanilla cake to chocolate. Don’t get me wrong, I am a stone’s throw away from homicide when I want me some chocolate, but when it comes to cake, vanilla is my favourite.

So I made some today (Sunday) just cause I like making them. Made a DELCIOUS frosting too. Tinted it yellow, again, just cause I wanted to. Then I busted out the camera and snapped away.

Sometimes they look like deviled eggs… oh well :)

Here is the end result.

MultiMatt

Sorry, it's been a while...

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:39:00 -0500

I have completely slacked, I will admit it. Its been way too long since my last entry and I am going to work my ass off to get back into the groove. So here is a story from the Valentine’s Day/Family Day weekend.

I told me sister I would watch her dogs for the weekend so that she and her husband and daughter could go to Ottawa for the weekend. So I packed up my jeep and headed up to Wasaga Beach. It was going to be a quiet weekend. Alone. On Valentine’s day…

But I digress.

So i had planned to spend the weekend baking my ass off, but instead, I got together with my Aunt Sue, Uncle Paul, 2 cousins Becky and Joey and Becky’s son, Landon. It was a GREAT time! We laughed and LAUGHED and played a gamed called Buzzwords (which is awesome btw) and we laughed some more. Then on Sunday, I stopped by again and we watched Julie & Julia (I know, I know, AGAIN).

Now, I love that movie, but there is a crazy side effect to enjoying the film. It causes hunger. Major hunger. It also incites the need to cook. So as the credits rolled, my Aunt Sue proclaimed: “I want to make scalloped potatoes”. We were all in whole hearted agreement ‘cause my Aunt Sue makes a MEAN bunch of scalloped potatoes! So heads nodded all over and then decided that meatloaf was a great idea too. So I assembled that, while my aunt did her magic.

It took over an hour of cook time, during which we DEVOURED a plate of tortilla chips and dip. Once the hour was up, we sat down to eat the food in the pictures below. There was a surprise as well! Bread with basil garlic pesto baked in the oven! SIMPLE! DELICIOUS!

Without furthur ado, The Meal.

Oh and P.S. I was rushing to finish this, so I apologize for its “not as goodness”. I was busy making homemade breaded chicken! I will do better next time. :)

MultiMatt

The Creation of Mr. Stove...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:49:00 -0500

I asked an incredibly talented friend of mine to come up with a cute little mascot guy for me to use on my blog. It would be something cool for me to use, almost as a brand and who knows, maybe one day it will show up on a t-shirt, apron, or maybe even a sign on a store. Ohh that is a nice dream.

So I told him that I was thinking along the lines of a retro style oven, but in a cute, cartoony sort of way. After sending him a couple of example photos of the style I was thinking, in no time he used his amazing artistic ability to pull exactly what I was thinking out of my head. He even made a few different versions for me to play with. So cool.

I am really excited to share these pictures with you guys. It may be the start of something amazing for me… but one step at a time.

So without further ado, here is the world premiere of Mr. Stove.

Oh, and I am possibly thinking of a new name, so any ideas are welcome.

Enjoy!!

MultiMatt

Friday night with some ground turkey chili.

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:14:00 -0500

Its Friday night.

I’m 30 years old.

You think I would be out on the town, whoopin’ it up! Shakin’ my money maker! Gettin’ my drink on!

But no, I am at home cooking chili and watch Julie & Julia for the umpteenth time. Lame? Most definitely. Delicious? Indubitably.

I don’t have a recipe when I make chili, I just kind of throw things together and it usually turns out pretty good! All previous versions of my chili had been pretty boring; meat, beans, chili powder and a jar of sauce. BOOOORING.

This time, I started by throwing some onion, celery, carrots and olive oil into my new pot to saute. Then I threw in the ground turkey with some pepper and some dried chili peppers. Cooking ensued.

In a separate bowl, I dumped out a can of diced tomatoes and mixed in about a 1/3 of a cup of left over Healthy Choice Garlic & Herb sauce, about a 1/4 cup of Diana Maple BBQ Sauce, some onion powder, some thyme (a little too much actually), some chili powder, and some cinnamon.

Once that turkey was cooked I mixed in the sauce and a can of Red Beans and let it go. It was kinda watery, so I just let it simmer and simmer and simmer… I got kinda bored actually. No matter!

Once it was done, I consumed it with Tortilla Scoop chips and a smattering of sour cream and cheddar cheese. So tasty! The cinnamon really gives it a kick!

I hope whoever reads this is actually enjoying all this! Let me know! :)

And of course, some pics!!

Eat happy everyone!! I sure am!

MultiMatt

Martha Stewart's Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:30:00 -0500

I have already said I love cupcakes. We are not surprised by this. I was surprised, however, by the utter bliss I experienced after sampling one of the Peanut Butter Cupcakes the incomparable Ms. Stewart told me how to make.

In her guide to all things cupcake, Martha Stewart’s “Cupcakes” book is continuing to leave me in a state of shock and awe. The intricacies of some of the cupcakes are insane and something that I need excessive schooling in order to complete, but there is the odd one that is simpler. Like Peanut Butter Cupcakes with a Creamy Peanut Butter Frosting.

As I combined the ingredients, I was already thinking, “these are gonna be crap.” Not positive thinking, I am aware. Though my track record has been less than perfect, and let’s face it, when it comes to cooking I am a perfectionist.

Then I took the baked cupcakes out of the oven… and they looked perfect. You couldn’t punch the smile off my face. Then I made the frosting.

Once again, bulletproof smile.

These things are godly… unreal.

Look.

Pictures.

Cupcake.

Good.

Peanut butter.

Bye.

My first buttercream...

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:46:00 -0500

I made cupcakes tonight… I need practice. But I will get it! As I was making the Swiss Buttercream Frosting, I was CERTAIN I had screwed up royally and the amount of butter in it alone made me think that I had just wasted 10 dollars in ingredients!!! But as my trusty Kitchen Aid Mixer (I think it needs a name) did its thing, it all smoothed out, but it still needed more beating. THEN it would be perfect.

This is my first attempt so I will let the pictures do the talking. Enjoy!

A Cupcake EXPLOSION!!!

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:02:52 -0500

Cupcakes are EVERYWHERE!

Those delightful individual portions of awesome have taken the world by storm and they are being welcomed with open arms.

Where there was once a cake, tier upon tier, is a gorgeous array of delicately decorated domes. Every flavour, colour and theme you can think of have invaded the party scene. Hell, if you’re me, they’ve even invaded our everyday lives. Lately, I can’t seem to get through the day without thinking about how I wish I was eating, or even MAKING, a batch of those moist, amazing cakes.

As if my mind was bad enough, a delightful little shop has opened less than five minutes from my office. I still remember when my co-workers and I discovered it was there. There was much excitement. We glued our faces to the amazing display cakes that adorned the windows. A cake with cartoon penguins sliding down four lop-sided tiers. A light blue cake with a garland of snow-flakes coiled in a gentle spiral. There was even a cake with shoes, that’s right shoes, pain-stakingly recreated in fondant.

Already blown away, we then noticed the cupcakes. They were nestled on white trays staggered vertically and horizontally. And I SWEAR to you, they actually winked at me.

So naturally we went in and bought up a bunch thinking, “Wow, nothing like devouring a good sweet treat.” What we didn’t realize what that we were about to have a live changing experience. The name “For The Love of Cake” is so appropriate, cause hell yes I do. The owner/head baker of the store has made a great spin on the cupcake.

4D cupcakes.

Not only are they moist delicious cake and sweet but not too sweet frosting, there is an added touch of something placed on top, and a surprise center.

The first one I ate was called, Grasshopper. Chocolate cupcake. Green Mint Frosting. A chuck of a chocolate-peppermint patty on top and chocolate ganache center. I was losing it. Whatever “it” is… I lost that.

Then it was Peanut Butter and Chocolate, and if you need a reason to love that, then we have nothing else to discuss.

So since that fist fateful day, the owner now knows me by name and I have a container that I take back to refill… Oh and did I mention I am trying to lose weight? DID I??

So all of this babbling brings us to tonight… and I am going to make some cupcakes. Oh and I am going to make some Swiss Buttercream Frosting.

The recipe for the cupcakes is coming from my Better Homes and Gardens: New Baking Book

And the Swiss Buttercream Frosting from the Martha Stewart Cupcakes book

One of my best friends in the world, Sarah, got me the Martha book for Christmas. I will make sure she gets to partake in some cupcake love. As I have never made frosting before, tonight should be interesting. So I am going to take some pics and post them!

Wish me luck!

My cupcake obsession is only just beginning…