Domestic Diva returns

So I thought I would try to be "super mom" again, this time by making muffins and cupcakes. Well let me tell you, this time was not much better than the first time. The muffins worked well, but I guess I am not meant to make frosting!

I did not have cupcake liners so the cupcakes were made with out them, first sign that I should have not attempted the cupcakes. That being said the girls continuous chorus of "I want cupcakes, PLEEEEEEEEAAAAAASSSSSSEEEEEE" so how could I say no?! Well I should have!

So once they were done baking and cooling it was time for home made frosting, no I could not take the easy way out and buy white frosting and add food coloring to it! I had to take the path less traveled and make it from scratch.... The picture on the cover of the magazine made it look easy enough right?! NOTTTTTTT!!!!! Oh well, so after trying to make frosting in both pink and purple, we attempted to pipe it onto cupcakes that did not rise and were crunchy on the out side. Good thing that my girls love sweets and will eat anything! There are only 4 left.

Domestic Diva I am NOT!

Ok so I am not a domestic diva! I admit it, I can make a mean sandwich, or pot of chili but when it come to baking I leave that to others!

Here goes the story! I decided that I would really cool and make heart shaped sugar cookies for Nicki's class, she could decorate them and I would put the kids names on them.... Well I should have just ordered them for the family bakery.

Three hours later and a HUGE mess, I mean huge mess I have 3 dozen cookies that could look like hearts but not too sure about that! Not to mention that they are all different thickness.

All I think about when I was rolling out the dough was when I was a kid and my mom was making the sugar cookies for Christmas and his comments about how thick his mom had made them. No wonder Mom stopped making sugar cookies once the bro opened the bakery.

Any way there goes the timer for one of the batches... more to follow!