x-posted in xanga... kinda
a note to self... and anyone else who is feeling generous... TRY MAKING THEM AND GIVE THEM TO ME!! (if i dont do it first). (found this recipe on a random livejournal... and black bottom cupcakes happen to be my favorite muffin so i might as well try them out :)
BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
* 1 egg
* 1/3 cup white sugar
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup water
* 1/3 cup vegetable oil
* 1 tablespoon cider vinegar (or you can use regular vinegar)
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS:
preheat oven to 350 degrees F. line muffin tins with paper cups or lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray.
in a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese, egg, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt until light and fluffy (important! if it's too heavy it'll all sink to the bottom). stir in the chocolate chips and set aside.
in a large bowl, mix together the flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt. make a well in the center and add the water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. stir together until well blended. fill muffin tins 1/3 full with the batter and top with a dollop of the cream cheese mixture.
bake for 20-25 minutes, or just until a toothpick inserted in the cake portion comes out mostly clean (don't overbake).
A picture for my viewing pleasure because they are so pretty :)
My day....
It’s not like I actually do much. Whether I’m at work, home or school, I do the same things over and over again. Talk on AIM, go on xanga and surf the web (your basic time killers). The only difference is that at school, I don’t have to watch my back the entire day. So a day surfing the Internet at school is a hundred times more relaxing than surfing at work.
Work has become a huge bore. My experiment was faulty. I was basically trying to figure out why a certain mice type die. When I bred my mouse and when the mothers finally gave birth, almost none of the mice actually die (one or two did). My mentor is going to think of something else we can do (because this is her project as well). In the meantime, I sit my fatass on this computer while pretending to read articles but really am talking on AIM or MSN.
I used to look forward to weekends to relax, but now that summer is coming to a close, I’m beginning to have more classes Saturday. When I do get home, I’m always watching my back because I’m now allowed on the computer either (only this time, I don’t get paid). And forget sleeping in on the weekends because my parents wake me up early anyways.
I can already imagine myself next year skipping bio (Why did they change it to 9 am?!?!) for sleep. My usual 14 blissful hours of sleep per day has now been reduced to a mere 8 hours, 9 if I’m lucky. It’s been nearly three months, and I’m still not used to it. In fact, every morning I wake up to the thought of just skipping work and using vacation time to get those extra hours of sleep, but of course my parents’ thoughts always prevail. How about sleeping early then? Well, I have “homework.” Technically, I’m supposed to do homework every night after my class. I’m so exhausted by 10:30 that I just pretend to do it for about fifteen minutes and finally just give up and go to bed, which sucks because that means I’m ill-prepared for class everyday.
Don’t get me wrong. Summer is kind of enjoyable. I’m getting to know the real working world, which really is mindless even if it is lab work. You think hard for one day, and for the rest of the week (if you prepared well), you just follow the same protocol over and over again. It’s not very stressful either (except for presentations or talking to the lab chief), but you get paid a fair amount unlike school, where you work your ass off, and in the end you’re paying the school money.
I have three more weeks, four if I choose to work extra. And then two more weeks until I move in. A total of five weeks. A total of 34 days. I remember when I was counting down from 12 weeks! I honestly can’t believe that it went by so quickly even though it’s still going pretty slowly right now. I’m looking forward to hanging out with old friends and seeing fresh faces.
34!!!!
BLACK BOTTOM CUPCAKES
INGREDIENTS:
* 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
* 1 egg
* 1/3 cup white sugar
* 1/8 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
* 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 cup white sugar
* 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup water
* 1/3 cup vegetable oil
* 1 tablespoon cider vinegar (or you can use regular vinegar)
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS:
preheat oven to 350 degrees F. line muffin tins with paper cups or lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray.
in a medium bowl, beat the cream cheese, egg, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt until light and fluffy (important! if it's too heavy it'll all sink to the bottom). stir in the chocolate chips and set aside.
in a large bowl, mix together the flour, 1 cup sugar, cocoa, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon salt. make a well in the center and add the water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. stir together until well blended. fill muffin tins 1/3 full with the batter and top with a dollop of the cream cheese mixture.
bake for 20-25 minutes, or just until a toothpick inserted in the cake portion comes out mostly clean (don't overbake).
A picture for my viewing pleasure because they are so pretty :)
My day....
It’s not like I actually do much. Whether I’m at work, home or school, I do the same things over and over again. Talk on AIM, go on xanga and surf the web (your basic time killers). The only difference is that at school, I don’t have to watch my back the entire day. So a day surfing the Internet at school is a hundred times more relaxing than surfing at work.
Work has become a huge bore. My experiment was faulty. I was basically trying to figure out why a certain mice type die. When I bred my mouse and when the mothers finally gave birth, almost none of the mice actually die (one or two did). My mentor is going to think of something else we can do (because this is her project as well). In the meantime, I sit my fatass on this computer while pretending to read articles but really am talking on AIM or MSN.
I used to look forward to weekends to relax, but now that summer is coming to a close, I’m beginning to have more classes Saturday. When I do get home, I’m always watching my back because I’m now allowed on the computer either (only this time, I don’t get paid). And forget sleeping in on the weekends because my parents wake me up early anyways.
I can already imagine myself next year skipping bio (Why did they change it to 9 am?!?!) for sleep. My usual 14 blissful hours of sleep per day has now been reduced to a mere 8 hours, 9 if I’m lucky. It’s been nearly three months, and I’m still not used to it. In fact, every morning I wake up to the thought of just skipping work and using vacation time to get those extra hours of sleep, but of course my parents’ thoughts always prevail. How about sleeping early then? Well, I have “homework.” Technically, I’m supposed to do homework every night after my class. I’m so exhausted by 10:30 that I just pretend to do it for about fifteen minutes and finally just give up and go to bed, which sucks because that means I’m ill-prepared for class everyday.
Don’t get me wrong. Summer is kind of enjoyable. I’m getting to know the real working world, which really is mindless even if it is lab work. You think hard for one day, and for the rest of the week (if you prepared well), you just follow the same protocol over and over again. It’s not very stressful either (except for presentations or talking to the lab chief), but you get paid a fair amount unlike school, where you work your ass off, and in the end you’re paying the school money.
I have three more weeks, four if I choose to work extra. And then two more weeks until I move in. A total of five weeks. A total of 34 days. I remember when I was counting down from 12 weeks! I honestly can’t believe that it went by so quickly even though it’s still going pretty slowly right now. I’m looking forward to hanging out with old friends and seeing fresh faces.
34!!!!