graham cracker, do you still love me?

So I've made the Key Lime cupcakes, only there was no Key. So they were just lime. Good, but not great. The next time I'm in a big city (bigger that Pikeville with more than a super Wal Mart), I'll have to look for some.

Now, what to do with the other half of the cupcake batter? It's a graham cracker based batter, so whatever I do will have to be compatible with graham crackers. BTW, graham crackers are Newman's favorite treat. Who is Newman, you say? Check out my other blog at www.blogmydog.wordpress.com. He gets some face time over there.

I figure my options for the graham cracker cupcakes are limited to a few ingredients like marshmallow, chocolate, coconut... can't think of any more. Maybe I could do a cheesecake icing and put cherries on top. I don't know at this point. I've been getting home from work so late that I'm way too tired to stay up till midnight making cupcakes, so the batter is in the fridge waiting for me.

Every day I ask it, "Graham cracker, do you still love me?"

The Word of the Day... LIME

No Key Lime juice could be found at my local Mart of Walls, so I had to go with plain lime juice. The cupcakes turned out really good, though.

I misread Paige's instructions and made a double batch of the graham cracker cupcake base. So, tonight I'm going to experiment with some semi-sweet chocolate chips and peanut butter icing.

Here's half of the graham cracker cupcake base:

And this is what the graham cracker batter and lime mixture looks like when barely combined (per Paige - don't totally mix together)

In the process of baking... almost done...

Beginnings of the icing...

Adding a little lime zest to the icing...

The finished product...

Hey... wait a minute... where'd that cupcake go? See the missing one in the lower left corner?

Was it Harper Lee?

Not that sweet, innocent face.

Ok, I admit it. It was me.
Someone had to test - quality control, you know!

Key Lime Dreams

See those cupcakes? Yep, those. The green ones. They're being duplicated at MY house this weekend. Will any make it to work on Monday? No promises.

Strawberry Semi-Success

Take these...

and this...

and this...

Get these...

do this...

and this...

twelve times...

And get this...

He liked them...

The cake was a little too heavy. I think I should have omitted some of the other liquid in the mix, as the strawberries provided a lot of moisture.

The frosting was just a mix of fresh strawberries and a canned cream cheese frosting. Delish.

Cupcake Queen Paige... any suggestions for next time?

Tye Dye? Or "Tribute to the Gays"

Ok, I admit this is one of the worst pictures of the cupcakes. After making about a dozen, I got to the point that I didn't have enough of all the colors to get the tye dye effect for the last few. I'll call this one "Mardi Gras". I didn't want to cut any of the "good" tye dye cupcakes because I was taking them to work. I should have gotten a picture of one of our students diving into them.





In our awesome government office, we all received an email from the Secretary of Labor last month telling us that it was homo month - I'm sure she worded it differently, but it was basically gay rights month. So, in honor of our Secretary and the gays, I created the Gay Pride Cupcakes. I just loved telling the conservative religious co-workers that the cupcakes were for "the gays".
(It's ok that I refer to them as "the gays"... I have exclusive permission.)





On a side note, I also made devil's food cupcakes with chocolate fudge icing... it goes a little something like this...

The cupcakes were a big hit... even the "gay" ones!

Work Cupcakes

I made some cupcakes for work last week and took lots of pictures. Will post soon!
I made the famous tye-dye cupcakes, as well as some devil's food chocolate with chocolate fudge frosting and little pastel sprinkly dots on top.
In the forthcoming pictures you'll see the most awesomest invention ever - the Cupcake Courier. The one that's pictured is blue - borrowed from my friend Susan.
And what came in the mail last week? My very own Cupcake Courier in pink! (No pics of it yet.) I can't wait to use it. It will hold 36 cupcakes or muffins, is easy to transport, and is very attractive. I always get compliments when I borrow Susan's CC. Now I have one of my very own. It was a Happy Birthday to me (from me) present! Those are the best kind - you always get what you want!

So... stay tuned for some tye-dye and devil's food pics.

Tiffany and Mamarazzi - You GO Girls!!

Mamarazzi's swap was focused on red, white and blue. For me, it was difficult to find things that were red, white and/or blue, but I managed to put together a box of goodies for Tiffany, my blog swap partner.

Check out all the goodies I got from Tiffany today. You won't believe it. I didn't believe it and I opened the package!!

Overall pic of the goodies when I opened the box...

RED nail polish. I only wear shades of red or bright pink on my toes and this one is PERFECT...

Strawberries!!! I have to grow them. Oh no! :) ...

Cinnamon apple candles...

Groovy photo album...

Mirror compact and lipstick case.
Funny thing... I sent Tiffany a purse-sized mirror as well!

White bath fizzies...

Homemade journal...(Tiffany, did you make this?)

Gum. Yummm...

GORGEOUS necklace... (Tiffany - did you make this, too?)

Cool blue bucket with star cutouts.

Did you know stars are my favorite shape?

Thanks Mamarazzi and Tiffany. The swap was great!