I have a slight cupcake problem. It’s not the cupcakes so much as the frosting. See this weekend we had family over to celebrate the eldest birth, we had already given him his gift of the baseball game. You know how birthdays are, they are time when the world as we all knew it changed. When this new person officially entered the world.
He was the first grandchild for my husband’s parents & the second by mere months for my parents. He was a miracle child for us as parents then & still is. Even if acts a fool up in here on a regular basis. He is a kid, he is supposed to be foolish. It’s why he has parents to help him make it beyond the early years. Parents who also think it’s a great idea to make a cake & cupcakes.
Why? Love? Yes, that’s part of it. He is a pretty awesome kid, as are the other rabble-rousers (again I’m being totally unbiased here). But the other part of motivation for making these treats is the frosting. Oh, the delicious buttercream frosting.
Yea, I realized I *might* have a serious problem when I was ready to dive face first into the bowl to lick the rest of the frosting out of it. Although I do think the kids did a great job helping decorate the cupcakes, we used a piping bag to frost them. It also *may* have taken all my willpower to NOT eat them ALL before the guests arrived.
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I have the same problem. I love cupcakes but the best part is the frosting. It doesn’t matter, it could be the most fabulous cake in the world but it’s all about the frosting! I have to admit that there have been times that I have made extra frosting just so I can lick the bowl! Is that bad?!?
LOOOVE cupcakes. Mostly for the icing. While I am making it. I love cream cheese frosting. It makes me giddy inside.
That photo makes me want to go make frosting right now, even though it’s 8:30 AM!
The kids did do a good job of frosting the cupcakes. My kids love to bake with me. I’d like to say its because that want “mom” time, but I really know it’s because they like it when they get to sample our “tester” batches.
Those look adorable and delicious. I am pretty sure my toddler equates love with cupcakes. Hmmmm…maybe I need to start making healthier stuff?
I love cupcakes and those look sooooo yummy! I’m sure you enjoyed them. –Buttercream frosting is my absolute favorite!!!
There is a really great cupcake place in LA called Sprinkles. They sell shots of frosting. For. Reals. Even though I’m not a cupcake/cake gal, I do enjoy a really great carrot cake cupcake with cream cheese frosting once in a while.
I too have an insane love for frosting, only mine is generally the chocolate variety – that you make with powdered sugar… and I have been known to just make some to eat… Sad, no? Stopping by from SITS – Happy Tuesday!
Oh, boy, am I a buttercream junkie. One year, my husband deigned to bring home a cake with the whipped-cream frosting, and I threw a mini-tantrum. Not my finest hour, but still … Buttercream is worth fighting for! =>
Yummy! They did a great job decorating.
I have a frosting problem. I made up a batch, so I could treat the boys with frosting and grahm crackers. It’s almost gone, and the boys haven’t had any.