Baking has always been a pleasure of mine. All you have to do is follow directions and you can't go wrong. There's something great about taking random things and making them into something delicious that I really love (and this goes for other things besides cooking and baking!) Carrot cupcakes (or carrot cake) is one of my favourite recipes. It's so homey to me, I can never buy a store bought carrot cake (like I can with vanilla or chocolate), it just isn't the same as the real deal, you know? I've tried and tested many, and adjusted along the way. So when my kid's daycare asked me to bring in some goodies for their fundraising bake sale, I thought of these! I have my cake recipe which works just as well for cupcakes (just adjust the baking time). The icing REALLY makes the cupcake. I'm not big on tons of sugar (I want to taste the cream cheese!) so this doesn't take too much. I bought a Wilton Cupcake Decorating Set and used that to make the i...
24 hrs of trying to stay sane, working, raising kids, keeping house, and persuing dreams. As per my youngest, “Mommy? Oh la la!” Oops happens along the way.