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Let's cook! Making strawberry cupcakes

Recently, I tried out this fabulous recipe from Annie's eats to make strawberry cupcakes!! They turned out SO good that I ended up giving away most of them to friends and Chris's coworkers so I wouldn't eat the entire batch myself. Haha! 

I didn't try my hand at the icing recipe though, since that seemed a little out of my skill set at the moment. (This was actually my first time making cupcakes from scratch!!) Instead, I used Pillsbury's strawberry creamy supreme frosting, which was very yummy - a little overly sweet but it worked well with the cupcakes since they had a more natural and subtle sweetness. Someday I will try out making my own icing though!

This recipe is kinda huge! I got 24 cupcakes out of it and 6 double layer heart shaped mini cakes. I'm a huge fan of strawberry cake though, and it is hard to find a good slice or cupcake of it... so the more the merrier! (As long as I have good company to share it that is!)

I served the two cupcakes with strawberries on top with dinner recently, and it paired nicely with Sofia sparkling wine. The cupcakes were a rich, buttery sweet and balanced deliciously with the dry bubbly wine.

I totally recommend this recipe if you are a strawberry cake fan, or cupcake fan in general! Chopping all the little strawberries is kinda hard work, but its so delicious and worth it! <3

Let's cook! Making bacon cheddar scones

Recently for dinner I tried out the bacon cheddar scone recipe from Annie Eat's blog! 

I'm fairly new to cooking - it's not something I was interested in until recently. Over the holidays I received a stand mixer from Chris in a perfect tiffany blue, and it's really inspired me to try out some harder recipes! I'm still experimenting with the mixer and trying to learn what are good recipes to make with it... I've tried cookies, brownies, mashed potatoes... and now scones! After finishing things up and eating I can say this recipe is GOOD!!

I used turkey bacon instead of regular bacon since its a tiny bit healthier. I also don't have a cooking brush, so to brush the scones with egg wash I used a spoon to drizzle some on and then spread it out with the bottom part of the spoon. Worked just as good!

I'd post the recipe here but there is no point since it's already blogged on Annie's site and is her original content. But... In the future, if I find recipes I like in magazines or through family members I'll be sure to share those! :)