. It's October?! .

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I love how fast the year is going by~

The best holidays are almost coming up and I couldn't be more excited!! That means more reasons to bake:) So many desserts, so little time!!!

By the way, have you decided on a halloween costume? We're still up in the air about ideas. Actually we've got the kiddies' costumes since last month (semi- homemade;), but my husband and I just can't decide. Oh well. We'll just have to wait and see. Anyway our best ideas come when we procrastinate, right? lol.

I've got a new project for the beginning of the month. I was asked by a friend to make a cake for her husband's birthday. It's just a blank canvas right now but I'll be sure to post up pics of the finished product;)

Have a great day!

hmm. what will it be?

. Mornin' Cupcake! .

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I had this today....

Its a chocolate cupcake with a slice of banana inside topped with peanutbutter buttercream frosting and bacon dipped in chocolate AAAND it was my breakfast. Diet shmiet. I had no regrets after eating it. It was that good:)

If you're ever in Guam, try one out at Sugarnomics.

Hmmm, now to figure out my own version.....

. Look What I Found! .

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Treasure!!!!!

I was finally able to browse Ross the other day, sans squirmy toddler and I found some delightful things. One was an apothecary jar and another was an egg tray. I think its called an egg tray. Or maybe a porcelain egg carton?? Whatever its called, I was happy I found one. What? You've never dreamed about owning a porcelain egg tray thingy before? Now that's just sad. lol

the eggs love it. can you tell? lol

cute, right?  <3

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i hope to some day collect more of these. they are so pretty.

have you seen them in candy buffets?

it seems to be the trend lately.

for now, i'll just use it to house my little hello kitties:)

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. Snickers Cupcakes .

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OMG...................

Have you ever heard of Snickers cupcakes? Me neither until I started doing this blog and stumbled upon different variations of this recipe. My Baking Addiction's blog has a really good one but I also hope to try the one from Annie's Eats someday as well.

I made them for a get-together my husband had for work and used My Baking Addiction's recipe. I changed the measurements for the frosting and only added 1 pound of confectioner's sugar. It didn't turn out as stiff but it was still a hit! Some guys had 3 in one sitting! So I guess it's safe to say that these were really GOOD. Lol. I liked them too and so did my family. The cake was so most and fluffy. I also didn't put as much frosting as pictured in MBA's blog though. I thought it was enough to pipe on about a tablespoonful on top. Still, there were no complaints;)

Snicker's Cupcakes

Ingredients:

For the cake:

• 1 (18.25 ounce) package devil’s food cake mix
• 1 (5.9 ounce) package instant chocolate pudding mix
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 4 eggs; lightly beaten
• 1/2 cup warm water
• 1 teaspoon of vanilla
• 24-30 frozen Snickers Miniatures (they're just regular snickers mini bars that where thrown into the freezer for at least 2 hours.)

For the frosting:

• 2 sticks unsalted butter; room temperature
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 pound confectioners’ sugar
• 1/3 cup caramel topping; plus more for drizzling
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Procedure:

For the cake:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line (2) 12 cup muffin tins with paper liners.
In a large bowl, mix together the cake and pudding mixes, sour cream, oil, beaten eggs, vanilla and water.
Evenly divide the batter amongst the prepared pans.
Gently push a frozen Snickers Miniature bar into the center of the batter and smooth the surface making sure to cover the candy bar with batter.
Bake for 18-22 minutes, or until top is springy to the touch and a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Cool cupcakes thoroughly on wire rack.


For the frosting:

Cream the butter and shortening in the bowl of an electric or stand mixer.
Add the vanilla extract, salt and caramel syrup and combine well.
Begin adding in the sugar and mixing thoroughly after each addition.
After all of the sugar has been added and mixed thoroughly, give it a taste and decide if you want to add in more caramel syrup.
If you prefer thicker frosting, you can gradually add in a little more sugar. Don't forget that it'll also be a little more sweeter than before so be sure to taste as you add sugar.
Garnish with chopped Snickers bars and a drizzle of caramel of caramel syrup.

adapted from my baking addiction.

the batter wasn't really that dark. it was just the camera ;p

i kinda went overboard on filling some cupcake liners in my first batch

that some ended up looking like muffins.

those were "discarded" and quickly eaten up by the 4 yr old cupcake monster living in my house.

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