Summer is almost here and at the Casa de la Children, that can mean only one thing: the annual break-down of at least one major appliance. In earlier posts this year, I probably mentioned that our washing machine was on the fritz; however, after getting Ted's cousin Bart to help, we temporarily fixed it. It was rickety and only loosely held together by two additional sheet metal screws, but it worked. Until this morning when the marzipan hit the fan! While doing a load of laundry late last night, the machine finally agitated its last load, as well as me, by crumpling into a hot mess of wet, useless metal and electronics. The drum snapped off of one of its suspension rods, the entire bucket flew off its axis banging loudly onto the motor, and the emptying hose pulled loose from the pump, sending water across the floor. The clean-up wasn't too bad, but Ted took one look at it this morning, crunched some numbers, made some calls, and decided that the price to fix the machine (and fix would probably be a gross overstatement anyway) would greatly exceed the amount of a new one. If the machine had been a lame horse and our house the wild west, then Cowboy Ted put the poor creature out of its misery.
This being said, today's cake was made as Ted and Evie went to Sears to buy a new washer. Once again I put off the Meringue-Topped Coffee Liqueur Cake, because when things break, I get frazzled- so I go to what any baker can do with their eyes shut- cupcakes. The Raspberry Ripple Cupcakes were quite easy to make, calling for flour, baking powder, cornstarch, butter, sugar, eggs, almond extract, and fresh raspberries. The only problem came in emptying the cupcakes from my awesome silicone, reusable, cup cake liners. For some reason some of them stuck to the supposedly stick-free liners, meaning some of the cupcakes came out looking quite mangled; not to worry though, those cupcakes not pretty enough for pictures were still deliciously devoured by the returning Ted and Evie for breakfast.
My cupcakes:
The book's cakes:
We look forward to taking these cupcakes down today to the other great summer event, the annual crab feast at the Chateau Bentley. A good time was had by all last year, and with thirty of our closest work friends and assorted others there again, it should be a great afternoon! Next week I will be making a Meringue-Topped Coffee Liqueur Cake for another party- see you then!
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