Would you like that Upside Down or Downside Up?

Okay so I'll only keep writing if you promise not to judge me for the images I publish in this post. My camera had a small spazz attack and decided to not save the pictures I took the other day. So needless to say, I was left with the "ugly" leftover cupcakes to photograph and not enough care to re-setup my pictures...so say hello to paper towel backgrounds and sad looking pineapple upside-down cupcakes.

 

My friend had her birthday yesterday! The big 18, the entrance into adulthood. Woohoo! To celebrate we went to see Iron Man 3 in the city. And was it ever fabulous. Robert Downey Jr, you've done it again! If I had to pick a favorite superhero...Iron Man would win, hands-down. Is there really any kind of superpower that trumps witty humour? Yaa...I didn't think so.




Jaidyn is a huge fan of pineapples. Yes, pineapples. So After racking my brain for pineapple related cupcakes, the obvious answer hit me. Duh! Pineapple upside-down cake...cupcakes.

 

Pineappke Upside-Down Cupcakes

Batter

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 3/4 sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

Topping

• 6 tablespoons butter
• 3/4 cups brown sugar
• 6 maraschino cherries
• 1 can (20-ounces) pineapple rings

*Pre-heat oven to 375*

*In each cupcake cup, put 1/2 tablespoon unmelted  butter and 1 tablespoon brown sugar. Put the pan in the oven until the butter melts (about 3 minutes)

*While this is happening, mix the butter (batter) and milk in a pot over medium heat until melted. Remove from heat once melted

*Cut the pineapple rings into quarters and the cherries in half. Once the butter and sugar is melted, put a cherry (cut side up) in the center of each cup and place a quarter ring of pineapple on either side.

*In a small bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt.

*In a large bowl whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla.

*Add flour mixture to egg mixture and stir until blended. Add the milk mixture and stir until well combined

*Scoop batter into cupcake tins

*Bake for 25 minutes until edges are brown and pulling away from the pan

 

I've never had pineapple upside-down cake before...so with having nothing to compare it to, this recipe was fantastic!

And having a jar of maraschino cherries in the fridge doesn't hurt anyone.

Well that's my latest project and collection of sad pictures for you.

Thanks for not judging my photography skills :)
Stay golden,
Sydney xoxo



Owl You Need is Love

Howdy all. Please forgive how backed up my posts have become, April for some reason is always a busy baking month, why? I have no idea! But in the midst of the chaos, I have done tons of baking and have been lagging in getting it posted.

My dear friend, Abbey, turned 18 earlier this month! Yay! Yay! Yay! She deserves three "yay's" because she truly is that fantastic! I don't think I know a more genuine person than Abbey, she is really one of the greatest people around.

Happy Birthday, Abbigail Sunshine! :)

Abbey and I have been friends since grade 7, so needless to say we have a lot in common. Tea being one of those shared loves. For a Christmas party last year, I made some Chai Tea Cupcakes. And they were a huge hit, especially for Abbey!

So when her birthday rolled around she put in her request for these cupcakes. And that's just what she got!

I'm huge into Pinterest, because let's face it, it's fantastic! So one day I stumbled upon a tutorial for making some adorable clay owls. Well, I'm not really into clay but the similarities to fondant are impossible to miss! And from there I'm sure you can figure out what happened.

The end, thanks for reading.




Just jokes. I made a tutorial for you guys!

I made some marshmallow fondant. Okay that's a lie, I had left over fondant from another cake so I just used that but same deal-io.

So basically you just need some fondant, a circle cookie cutter (mine was about 2.5"), a pen or marker cap, a smaller point thing (like the end of a paintbrush), and a toothpick.

If a picture's worth a thousand words...than take a look at this:

I made them in all the colors I had left over just to make it more fun...because colors are fun!

And from there I just slapped 'em on some cupcakes with those yucky little ball things that nobody likes but they look pretty. Fashion over function, people. Ha, only when we're talking food.

 

On a side note, check out this stellar mug! I made it. Say whaa? Yeah I did. Okay I painted it but that's basically making it! In Winkler we have fantastic pottery studio, Clay Owl, where you pick your piece and paint it up. It's wonderful, if you're in the area I highly recommend spending some time there.

 

Wanna know what happened on Wednesday?

 

this....

 

 

...happened. Yes, that's a house wrapped in wrapping paper. 26 roles to be exact. When someone has a birthday the whole block should know it, and Travis had a birthday so we just wanted to inform everyone of it.

Happy Birthday, Travis!

Well I'm about to embark on a crazy busy weekend, so I'll catch ya laters!
Stay golden,
Sydney xoxo