What do you think of when you hear the word “cupcake?” You think of cute things, right? Puffy clouds, rainbows, ponies, pixies dancing on raindrops-girly stuff.
Well “girly” and “cute” are two words that DO NOT fly in the BOLD household unless they are in direct reference to mama or a potential sister for the boys. Pretty much everything in our house is hyper-masculine.
Hunting.
Wrestling.
Sword fighting.
B-boying.
Hu! Ha! Grrrr!
So I knew that since Rhythm had requested cupcakes for his birthday this year I would have to take extra care to make them as anti-girl as possible!
Well nothing says manly like skulls, swords and sea chanties, does it? He had originally wanted a reprise of Lightning McQueen, but the cupcake version. Since I wasn’t quite up for that, we opted for the Pirates instead.
As luck would have it, that good old Pioneer Woman came through for me again. Just as I was contemplating the purchase of a boxed cake mix (gasp! The horror!), she posted this delightful little recipe for vanilla cupcakes with creamcheese frosting! I knew she was good, but this whole mind-reading thing took my love for her to a whole new level!
There is one bone I have to pick with you though, Ms. Drummond (or Ree-Ree as I affectionately refer to her in my daydreams where we are best friends). You said this recipe makes 18 cupcakes.
I believed you.
You lied!
Now look at this mess! The only hope these poor babies stood at this point was a healthy dose of frosting!
And yes, I know the frosting is terribly flat- I actually did that on purpose to stretch it though, since I knew I was covering it with cookies 'n cream sprinkles anyway!
And some distracting flags!
Dun da da da! Problem solved! Phew! That was a close one!
I wish I had a better picture of these dears to offer you, but… my camera sucks. So, with wonky lighting and a point and shoot Sony, this was the best I could do.
And lastly, I must say, that even though I had to stay up ’til all hours of the night to get these babies done (since, ya know, I had that kind of week last week), and even had to frost them the morning of the party- they were worth it. I don’t like cupcakes period, but everyone else loved them! Oogled over them! Adored them! They were a hit!
And I just may have removed the frosting off a few with a knife and licked it completely clean.
Just maybe.
🙂
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