I figured it out!

I finally taught myself how to pipe frosting onto cupcakes! lol.. I know it seems so simple but I was having such a difficult time with it! I have been trying to pipe my frosting on for months and when it didn't come out right I just grabbed a spatula or butter knife and spread it on but i think it looks so unprofessional. So after months and months of spreading frosting I realized that it didn't need to go all the way around to the ends and my frosting needs to be a little firmer than it usually is.. I just wish everything else in life was that easy to figure out lol =P

Here are a few pics of carrot cake cupcakes I made for my
grandma yesterday..

I'm was trying to get a totally different post up today but i'm so scatter brained today that ill just save it for the weekend.. Check back Friday or Saturday for it! =]

Cupcakes!

I haven't posted anything new in a while.. To be honest I got kind of lazy here after going on vacation and having my laptop crash.. But I have been baking away! Here are some cupcake pics and i'll have something new up in the next few days! =D

Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

This cake is unbelievable! I really wasn't sure about whether or not i liked it right after it came out of the oven.. It was SO much better the next day. I think it just had to sit for a while so the frosting could seep into the cake.. and the wait was worth it! lol

Here's the recipe for the cake:

Ingredients-

-2 cups flour

-2 cups granulated sugar

-1 teaspoon baking soda

-1 teaspoon baking powder

-1 teaspoon salt

-1 teaspoon cinnamon

-3 cups FINELY shredded carrots

-1 cup oil

-4 eggs

Directions-

- Mix flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon

- Then mix in carrots, oil and eggs to the dry ingredient mixture

- Put into greased and floured 9" x 13" pan

- Bake at 325 degrees for 50-55 minutes

Icing-

Ingredients- This makes a lot of frosting. You could probably half this recipe and still have enough.

-1 eight ounce package of cream cheese

-3/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
-2 teaspoons vanilla

-3 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Directions-

- Cream together all ingredients

You could add the icing onto the cake when the cake is hot or cold, I did it as soon as the cake came out of the oven. I think the fact that the cake was hot helped the cake absorb the icing.

Here are some pictures..

Before it went into the oven


When it came out of the oven

The icing

The frosted cake

The end result (=