Lions and Tigers and Cupcakes, Oh My!

So, as I predicted, I have been seriously neglecting this thing. But today I have set myself to a strict day of laundry and studying- so, naturally, I am blogging. Writing hasn't been something I have had a lot of time to do lately, so aside from two for-class sonnets, it has been put on the back burner. Baking, however, I have found some time for. A few weeks ago, we had a bakesale at work to raise money for our Annual Giving Campaign. I found a recipe for cream cheese-filled and oreo-stuffed chocolate cupcakes, covered them in Chocolate Frosting and doused them with oreo crumbles, topped with gummy worms. The kids (and parents..and teeachers) absolutely loved them. On St. Patrick's Day, I used Vanilla Frosting mixed with green food coloring and also made the cream cheese filling green - also a big hit. I made a batch of Green White Cake Cupcakes with Green Vanilla Frosting as well and they sold out in one day. Since then, I have become a bit obsessed with cupcakes. It's all I want to do. Earlier this week, I made Butter-Pecan Cupcakes topped with Buttercream Frosting and adorned with a sprinkle of brown sugar and chopped pecans. This was after my impromptu trip to Williams-Sonoma, where I spent a $50.00 wedding-gift-gift card (and $5 out of my pocket) on Martha Stewart's Cupcakes, a Cupcake Corer and a beginner's Frosting Decoration kit. When asked by the cashier if I'm "big in to baking cupcakes," I replied with, "I'm going to be..."
 I used my new frosting bag to pile my Butter-Pecan cakes high with Buttercream frosting. They were great, of course, but I can't take much credit for from-the-box cake mix and from-the-can frosting. Now that I have my trusty Martha Stewart's Cupcakes: 175 Inspired Ideas for Everyone's Favorite Treat recipe book, though, I will be able to begin making from-scratch cupcakes and fashioning my own recipes and decorations. As I embark on this new confectionary journey, I hope to post pictures, recipes, and stories of sucess or learning experiences(a.k.a. complete disasters) to this blog. After this post I will post pictures of my Bake Sale Cupcakes and Butter-Pecan creations for your viewing pleasure. I'm really enjoying this. I find new  interests often, but hopefully this will be one of few that becomes a passion. Only time and blogging (or lack there of) will tell...