Happy 3rd Blog Birthday To Me!
May 24, 2009
May 24 marks my 3rd year as a blogger! Yippee! It is so amazing to look back through my archives and see so many transformations, to see my thoughts and writing keeping up with the beat of my steps in this world. To celebrate this, and a good friend’s birthday in the coming week, I opted to make a truly special batch of cupcakes: Ice Cream Cone cupcakes!
Housed in hydrogenated wafer cones, these cupcakes are certainly not healthy. So I decided to go all out on the unhealthy and whip up some fluffy vanilla buttercream icing with my brand new handheld mixer. The result was super fluffy and sweet, ready for piping!
I filled up the wafer cones with basic chocolate cupcake batter and whisked them into the 350 degrees oven. They had to cook a bit longer considering the long, narrow holders they were in. They took about 28 minutes or so.
And there they are all done and naked, patiently waiting for their buttercream headresses.
Here I am piping them up with the sugary whipped icing. This is my first time using this pastry bag!
The result was a huge success!
Here’s to many more!