Whew! So Busy!
For those of you who didn't read this last week, Laura is currently on a southwest Jet headed for the beautiful locale of Lake Tahoe, California. She will be attending an four day conference on teaching IB English. While this is awesome for her, that meant I was left to bake the cake this week: a set of Maple Almond Cupcakes.
I intentionally chose this recipe for the ease it would afford me in an otherwise busy weekend, becuase if you have not done it yourself, watching a toddler is rough work. The fussing, the temper tantrums, the hissy fits when things don't go as planned... and that's just me! All kidding aside, Evie is a lively child and I wouldn't want it any other way, but it does make things interesting.
The cupcakes this week called for flour, baking powder, butter, light brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, chopped almonds, and Elf's favorite food.... maple sugar. After the batter was mixed and poured, and topping of flour, melted butter, light brown sugar, and chopped almonds were then put on top. The cupcakes proved to be a smashing success (as decided my myself and Evie!) This is normally the part where Laura shows a picture from the book and a picture of her creation, but our camera is currently in her carry-on bag somewhere over Utah, so you will just have to use your imagination.
I haven't a clue what is on the docket for next week, as we have been baking out of order for some weeks now! Guess you will just have to read up next week to find out. Have a great week!
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