The start...


I decided for my cousin Bailee's birthday I would make her cupcakes as a gift rather than getting her the standard bouquet of flowers that I usually end up taking to the Keg for our yearly dinner. I thought about her love for chocolate and how at her wedding she had a peanut butter chocolate cake, granted I don't remember much other than devouring it, in a drunken state, but decided that this would be a good starting point as to what I would make. Problem was, the only baking related cook book I have is Magnolia Bakery's and they didn't have a Peanut Butter Cupcake recipe, so Chris and I (along with Graham, his little cousin) set off to Tanners, where I purchased my first Martha Stewart cook book "Cupcakes." The front page of this cook book is a beautiful chocolate cupcake with thick chocolate icing so I knew I had met my match. After purchasing the cookbook along with one on Greek cooking, we set off to Chris' aunt's house where we sat and looked through the cookbook, page by page. Rather cheekily, Chris' Uncle Ken said "You should blog, Julie and Julie style as you make your way through the recipes," an odd comment at the time, but here I am, posting my first blog post after making my first Martha cupcakes for Bailee's birthday.

The first attempt at the cupcakes would be, as you say, an EPIC fail. I made them last night and the peanut butter melted out of the cupcakes and all over the bottom of my oven. I am convinced that cupcake tins in the states are bigger than our's here in Canada, as the Yield 12 made way more batter than could fill up my tins, which caused the mess, but in true Danielle fashion I crammed all the batter in the tins (live and learn right...). This morning I tried again and the cupcakes are delicious and so pretty. I will give you the recipe and photos of them at some point this week. I just really wanted to get my first blog post up before the weekend came to an end. So with that, I present to you my very randomly started blog about Chris and I's creations in the kitchen, all started by a random comment about starting a blog... and don't worry it will weekly feature a Martha cupcake creation, sadly for me they don't fit the Weight Watcher lifestyle, so the boys in the Scott Plastic's tool room, get ready for treats! 

Good night xo