Red Velvet Cupcakes

Today, I baked homemade red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting(also made from scratch by yours truly). They turned out fantastic. I took them to a party this evening, and they were a hit!
 I didn't have time for a photo shoot today but when I bake the rest of the batter up tomorrow I plan to snap some pics and post them here. Next on my list is...a lovely, sweet surprise to be revealed in about a week from now :)

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Berry-Cake Splendor

I was going to make red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting before I made anything else...but I found a lovely recipe for strawberry-blueberry buttermilk cake. It turned out a bit messy, and the edges were a bit tough, but the cake itself was moist and lovely, especially with a stroke of whipped cream! Imagine it with the whipped cream-picture taking occurred before it was actually served :)

My first adventure with buttermilk is inspiring me to concoct apple-cinnamon buttermilk cake next! Ah, can't forget red velvet cupcakes though!

Till Next Time,

Snickerdoodles!

It's getting late but I wanted to post about today's success in the kitchen: SNICKERDOODLES. Now that I think about it, it's a rather lengthy, though cute name for such a simple cookie.

Snickerdoodles I Baked from Scratch

Usually the snickerdoodles I, and probably you, are more familiar with are the wide, thin versions of these little cinnamon-and-sugar coated balls but for some reason, they didn't spread much. I suspect it's because I didn't add enough shortening. However, tomorrow when I use the rest of the refrigerated dough I shall bake at a lower temperature in the hopes that they turn out looking like the more common cookies. Still, they tasted great!























Next Planned Endeavor:

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Question: Would imitation vanilla extract affect the original taste of red velvet cake? If so, what substitute(without ANY alcohol) would be suitable for this dessert?