In Which Lunie Realizes She's Turning into Suzie Homemaker
Some of you know that I'm trying to rebuild my life from the ground up and until I'm ready to handle a part time job I've taken to doing things around the house. My current pursuits are baking, gardening and arts and crafts.
BAKING
I've been experimenting with making cupcakes. I got the idea of making my own just to see how different they would taste compared to the box mixes. I have to say that if I have the ingredients to make homemade cupcakes I'll never go back to mixes.
Caramel Sour Apple Cupcakes
The Recipe: I was aiming to recreate one of my favorite candies,caramel apple pops. I used this vanilla/vanilla cupcake recipe but instead of the vanilla extract I used a sour apple liqueur to flavor both the cupcake and the frosting. I added a caramel candy to the center of each cupcake before baking.
The Good: There was so much sugar in the recipe that the batter tasted like a sugar cookie. It was almost too sweet. The sour apple came across well.
The Bad: The caramels sunk to the bottom of the cupcake and hardened. The frosting was too thin and melted very easily. Next time I know to add more powdered sugar. It was still really tasty though.
Maple Bacon Cupcakes
The recipe: I wanted to try a more savory cupcake and what I landed up with is something that tasted like breakfast. It was super good. Recipe
The Good: Yummy tasting, bacon crumbles on top. I got the correct proportion of powdered sugar to butter/liquids this time when making my frosting.
The Bad: They were a little dry and crumbly from the maple syrup. I should have removed them from the oven a minute sooner.
GARDENING
I've taken to gardening lately so I bought a bunch of flowers and potted them all in my backyard. I also helped my dad plant a few tomatoes.
I'm ashamed to say that fandom has indeed pervaded every aspect of my life.
Walter's tulips were a Mother's Day gift that was sort of left to die on my kitchen table. So I planted them. They are already past their bloom so I'm not quite sure what to do with them. I'll prune them I guess and let them sit in their pot for a while.
ARTS AND CRAFTS
I'm always working on a fandom box or two so that's no different. But currently I'm also working on a Doctor Who mobile.I used the same pictures as the ones on the pillowcase because I was lazy.
BAKING
I've been experimenting with making cupcakes. I got the idea of making my own just to see how different they would taste compared to the box mixes. I have to say that if I have the ingredients to make homemade cupcakes I'll never go back to mixes.
Caramel Sour Apple Cupcakes
The Recipe: I was aiming to recreate one of my favorite candies,caramel apple pops. I used this vanilla/vanilla cupcake recipe but instead of the vanilla extract I used a sour apple liqueur to flavor both the cupcake and the frosting. I added a caramel candy to the center of each cupcake before baking.
The Good: There was so much sugar in the recipe that the batter tasted like a sugar cookie. It was almost too sweet. The sour apple came across well.
The Bad: The caramels sunk to the bottom of the cupcake and hardened. The frosting was too thin and melted very easily. Next time I know to add more powdered sugar. It was still really tasty though.
Maple Bacon Cupcakes
The recipe: I wanted to try a more savory cupcake and what I landed up with is something that tasted like breakfast. It was super good. Recipe
The Good: Yummy tasting, bacon crumbles on top. I got the correct proportion of powdered sugar to butter/liquids this time when making my frosting.
The Bad: They were a little dry and crumbly from the maple syrup. I should have removed them from the oven a minute sooner.
GARDENING
I've taken to gardening lately so I bought a bunch of flowers and potted them all in my backyard. I also helped my dad plant a few tomatoes.
I'm ashamed to say that fandom has indeed pervaded every aspect of my life.
Walter's tulips were a Mother's Day gift that was sort of left to die on my kitchen table. So I planted them. They are already past their bloom so I'm not quite sure what to do with them. I'll prune them I guess and let them sit in their pot for a while.
ARTS AND CRAFTS
I'm always working on a fandom box or two so that's no different. But currently I'm also working on a Doctor Who mobile.I used the same pictures as the ones on the pillowcase because I was lazy.