Baking, Bonding & Other -ings

Is it baking if it’s out of a box? Or must it be the whole something from nothing deal? I say, if you have to crack an egg and wipe frosting off unusual locations, then you’re baking. I just baked about three batches of cupcakes and broke the creative box in my brain in an attempt to brighten a friend’s birthday tomorrow.

Although the outcome was cute, the process was the best. The evening I planned just consisted of whipping up a dozen cupcakes quickly, but one of my minions (also known as a sibling) insisted on helping with the decoration process. We ended up making a whole color palette of frosting with food coloring, which we used to make an entire garden scene out of cupcakes.

It was a lot of work, and with it came a lot of laughing, goofing, wiping and cleaning. It started with just the two of us, my medium minion and me, and then the rest of the flock (there’s 9 of us) started appearing randomly like roses in the spring. The evening turned into a hilarious compilation of “ohhhh you should put eyes right here” and “sprinkles, where are the sprinkles?!” The sprinkle comment somehow sparked some sort of silly verbal discussion about chickens and cows and the evening erupted in eons of laughter.

Those moments are my favorite and they always end up in that secret treasure chest.

So, points to remember:

1.    Betty Crocker out of the box is always easier than Betty Crocker in measuring cups

2.    Presentation, Presentation, Presentation: Cupcake Boxes – always find a cute container that says something about the person for which you’ve “baked”!