Hello, Cupcake!

I want to be a part of it, Tacoma, Tacoma! Well not exactly. I was kind of born a part of it. BUT... I guess it does have it's advantages. Like my favorite bakery. Their specialty? Cupcakes. Their name? Hello, Cupcake.

They have nine seasonal flavors. The newest flavor is Banana Split (yummy!) and the other eight flavors are: vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream icing, vanilla cake with chocolate buttercream icing, chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream, chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing, red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, vanilla coconut cake with vanilla buttercream icing, mocha cake with mocha buttercream icing. Doesn't it all sound so yummy?

Now all these delicious cupcakes makes me want to eat (and make) some cupcakes. So, I need to include my favorite cupcake recipe! Yum yum yum!

• Lemon-Raspberry Cupcakes
• 3/4 cup (12 tablespoons) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 3 cups powdered sugar, divided
• 4 1/2 teaspoons finely grated lemon peel, divided
• 2 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups self-rising flour
• 1/4 cup buttermilk
• 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, divided
• 12 teaspoons plus 1 tablespoon seedless raspberry jam
• Fresh raspberries (for garnish)
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• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Using electric mixer, beat butter, 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, and 3 teaspoons lemon peel in large bowl until blended, then beat until fluffy and pale yellow. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating to blend after each addition. Beat in half of flour. Add buttermilk and 2 tablespoons lemon juice; beat to blend. Beat in remaining flour.
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• Drop 1 rounded tablespoonful batter into each muffin liner. Spoon 1 teaspoon raspberry jam over. Cover with remaining batter, dividing equally. Bake cupcakes until tester inserted halfway into centers comes out clean, about 23 minutes. Cool cupcakes in pan on rack. Meanwhile, whisk remaining 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, and 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon peel in small bowl. Spoon half of icing over 6 cupcakes. Whisk 1 tablespoon raspberry jam into remaining icing. Spoon over remaining cupcakes. Let stand until icing sets, about 30 minutes. Garnish with raspberries.

Enjoy!

Bon Appetit! --Maggie Mae :-)

Bacon. Cookies. It's so wrong and yet pure genius.

Bacon: noun. Delicious strips of juicy, pork heaven. Served often at breakfast with eggs, but perfectly good served alone and at any time of day.

Its official... After I had seen bacon with chocolate I thought there was no thing that hasn't been infused with the smoky, salty, and plainly deliciousness that is bacon. Until I tasted these cookies. They're amazing... The sweet compliments the salty. The salty compliments the sweet. And the greatness of chocolate chip cookies most definitely compliments the awesomeness of bacon.

So you may be thinking... what is this delicious recipe she will be sharing? Well, fellow bloggers... be prepared to fall deeply in love with Chocolate Chip Candied Bacon Cookies.

So... Who want's the recipe? I do! :-)

Chocolate Chip Candied Bacon Cookies

candied bacon:
2-3 pieces of thick cut bacon
brown sugar (enough to sprinkle it)

chocolate chip cookies:
2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
12 oz semi sweet chocolate chips

1. make the candied bacon: preheat the oven to 350 F. lay bacon on a greased baking sheet so they are not overlapping eachother. sprinkle about 2 tsp brown sugar evenly on each strip of bacon. bake for 12 minutes, remove from oven, flip bacon and drag it through the syrupy liquid that’s collected on the baking sheet. put the bacon back in the oven for another 12-15 minutes, until it is fully cooked and very dark (mahogany). remove the strips from the sheet and cool on a wire rack. after they have cooked, chop them or quickly food process into tiny pieces.

2. make the cookies: combine flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. beat butter, both sugars and vanilla in a large bowl. add eggs, one at a time, beating well. gradually beat in flour mixture. stir in morsels and bacon pieces.

3. spoon dough onto an ungreased baking sheet and bake at 375 F for 9-11 minutes. i tend to go a little under 9 minutes so they come out just underdone. remove to cooling racks or eat immediately with a glass of cold milk.

Enjoy! :-)

Bon Appetit --Maggie Mae :-)

I have a BLOG... Boy do I feel special!

Hello! My name is Maggie. I'm going into the seventh grade. I live in Washington State and I love baking, cooking, but most importantly... pork products (especially bacon)! :-) And I make legendary chocolate chip cookies!

The reason I started this blog is because of my best friend Emma! She created a blog a couple of weeks ago and recommended that I make one myself! I thought about it, and I realized... Wouldn't hurt! So, yesterday I created this blog! I hope you LOVE it! And please keep following!

Bon Appetit! --Maggie Mae