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posted by [personal profile] nekare at 09:12pm on 07/08/2007 under , , ,
It's actually kinda sad how the highlight of my day was going out for a facial. Urgh. I really have to get out of this house, but I know that my friends would probably invite my ex if we go out (that with the nasty thing about us hanging out with the same group of people, you see), and I really don't want to see him right now so I'm kinda ignoring the ENTIRE group. Er. And my high school friends (i.e. the ones that don't know him) are nowhere to be seen. My excuse is that in three weeks time school starts again and my schedule's so tight I'll barely have time to breathe, so. I kinda do miss school a bit. I don't miss waking up early in the morning, though.

I made (yet more) cupcakes today! I really don't know what's wrong with me, that with baking non-stop in the middle of SUMMER. But I digress. I'M TURNING INTO IZZIE STEVENS, PEOPLE, IT'S SCARY, because I bake the most while I'm feeling down/tired/moody/cranky/pissed. And then I feel aaaaaaall better after hours of mindless mixing and cleaning and dancing around in my kitchen. It truly is cathartic.

They were almond cupcakes with vanilla icing, and they turned out really well, they're all tasty, although, as always, they're not the prettiest things ever. But still, they're pretty cute because they're PINK. That alone made my day, lol.

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SEE? PINK. PINK IS GOOD.

In other news, I finally picked up the book I'd abandoned when Deathly Hallows came out, El Amor En Tiempos de Cólera (Love in the times of cholera) by Gabriel García Márquez, and after hours of reading about corny, cheesy vampires, it just made it painfully obvious how badly written Twilight is, lol. (I told my mom how I was reading this really BAD but really FUNNY book and she laughed lots and lots when I told her the highlights of the book XD I'm reading the trilogy anyway, because I could seriously use the laughs.)
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posted by [identity profile] mellafe.livejournal.com at 03:53am on 08/08/2007
I've never made cupcakes. I do make a killer coffee-flavoured muffin, though.
 
posted by [identity profile] sarie-gamgee.livejournal.com at 09:30am on 08/08/2007
Neither have I. Would you mind sharing the recipes? (both of you, because coffee-flavoured muffins sound yummy, too) :)
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 04:06pm on 08/08/2007
Mmm, luego me tendrás que decir como te salieron, eh? (Por cierto, no llenes las copitas de los cupcakes tan arriba con la mezcla, la receta no dice hasta donde y a mi se me derramaron poquito a la charola. Y la receta para el betún esta media chistosa, yo le puse la mitad de todo pero le exagere poquito en la mantequilla y la vainilla y aunque quedo rico, esta un poco empalagoso. Pero eso ya es gusto personal.)

Almond Cupcakes

1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1/3 cup melted butter
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup finely chopped almonds

Stir flour, baking powder, salt and sugar together. Beat together the milk, eggs and melted butter; add to dry ingredients and beat 1 minute a low speed of electric mixer.
Add vanilla and chopped almonds; beat 1 more minute. Pour into greased muffin pans and bake at 350°F 20 to 25 minutes.
When cool, frost as desired and top with coarsely chopped almonds, toasted or plain.

Vanilla icing

2 cups confectioners' sugar, sift before measuring
1 1/2 tablespoons butter, soft
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 to 4 tablespoons milk

Combine all icing ingredients in small mixing bowl. Stir until smooth and well blended. Adjust for spreading consistency if necessary, adding more milk or more confectioners' sugar. Spread icing or drizzle on warm cookies or pound cake.
 
posted by [identity profile] mellafe.livejournal.com at 04:23pm on 08/08/2007
Se llenan un 3/4 de los potes, no mas, porque suben ene. :p
 
posted by [identity profile] sarie-gamgee.livejournal.com at 09:35am on 09/08/2007
Gracias! No parece complicado, aunque no tengo copitas para cupcakes. Valdrán los moldes para muffin? (si no, ya compraré)

Entonces, el vanilla icing queda rosa? Sin colorante ni nada? :O
 
posted by [identity profile] nekare.livejournal.com at 04:06pm on 08/08/2007
Mmm, muffins, que rico. :) Oh, haz cupcakes son super fáciles, la verdad, y se ven todos simpáticos XD
 
posted by [identity profile] mellafe.livejournal.com at 04:20pm on 08/08/2007
Yo como que pense que eran lo mismo, pero ls cupcakes tenian icing encima. jaja. Voy a poner la receta para mis muffins, para Sarie. :p
 
posted by [identity profile] dixie-pinky.livejournal.com at 04:26am on 08/08/2007
Leer un buen libro después de un libro malo, te hace ver qe sí es realmente malo -no es qe sea fan de los libros de GGM (de los cuentos sí) o qe me haya leído Twilight entero pero sí me leí un libro del Marques de Sada después de uno de Disney so its kinda the same.

I want cupcakes!
 
posted by [identity profile] moonix.livejournal.com at 02:50pm on 08/08/2007
...Now I seriously crave some cupcakes with pink icing. Like, badly. XD

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