Cupcakes Cupcake Cupcakes

Thats it. I've become hooked by the cupcake bandit. No, I'm not talking about an obsession with eating a cupcake...but with baking them. For Christmas, I got a cupcake cookbook from one of my students, another from another student, and one from Chris. I got a cupcake carrier from my sister, and the big top cupcake pans from my mom. One of the books I got is Hello, Cupcake. I've been contemplating this purchase for a while now, but I never could bring myself to getting it, I'm not really sure why. I got it from Addy, and from then on I began my plotting. Christmas cupcake...Christmas bulb cupcakes...for Christmas Eve, yup that was the plan.

So I set off on my quest to Market Basket for some candy. I needed things to manipulate to decorate the cupcakes with...well that was easier said than done. I couldn't find anything besides some spice drops and air heads...so I continued on my search. I ended up finding m&m minis (after a long search) and some licorice...and I finally (after going to 4 different stores) found light green and red decorating sugars.

Early Christmas Eve, the cupcake process began. My first time EVER making ANYTHING from scratch and I was successful...it wasn't hard either. I then cooked them and let them cool. I spent most of the afternoon baking, with a brief break to exchange presents with chris (he got me the best earrings ever, i love them!).

Here are 4 of the 18 cupcakes (I always have trouble getting 24 out of a batch, idk why) These were mine and Chris' favorites so I decided to take a picture of them.

Everyone at Christmas Eve loved the cupcakes, and I was so glad. I hope one day I can do this professionally, although I have a lot to learn.