Baking Mess
I wanted to make cookies and cupcakes for Halloween. I decided to start early so I wouldn’t run out of time. And I thought I was being smart when I gave the left over flour to distract Isabelle while I whipped up the cookie dough.
Well the distraction part worked but what a mess! Isabelle thought it was fun though. She pretended the flour was snow.
But wouldn’t you know it, on Halloween I ran out of time and didn’t make any cookies or cupcakes. So what did we do this weekend? Bake, bake, and bake.
We made cookies and I tried icing a few of them, my first time ever. And wow, that’s hard work, what with Isabelle wanting to eat them all before I can even get to them. Maybe that explains why I don’t have any pictures of finished cookies. They’re all in our belly.
And we made dark chocolate cupcakes! Those I do have a picture of. It took a lot of, “wait Isabelle! Don’t touch yet! Wait, wait, wait!!”
As you can see, I went Halloween crazy. I bought Halloween cupcake liners (with pumpkins, ghosts, and cats on them, which you can’t even tell damn it) and Halloween cupcake candy topper thingermabobbers.
I’m proud to say it was my first time successfully frosting a cupcake with a pastry bag. Well sort of. I couldn’t figure out how to make the pastry bag work with the tip thing. So, I gave up and used a sandwich bag with the tip thing. But you know, sandwich bags aren’t very big. They don’t hold a lot.
Maybe that explains why I had frosting coming out on top and bottom.
I use bottles with frosting tips. Much easier to control and clean.
Oh…. 1st time see you bake, nice cookies and cupcakes, they must be delicious too. For pastry bag, always make sure that you twist and secure the top before you squeeze the bag.
The cupcakes look quite scrumptious! Are those cookies on the cookie sheet you’re holding? Your cookie cutters are quite elaborate, and I do say you’ve done quite a smashing job with the cookies.
as for the frosting bags, I agree with what Pauline says. also, there’s nothing like a steady grip on it — not too hard, not too tight.
I do rather look forward to seeing more of your baked goodies in the future!
Yes those are cookies.
I got the cookie cutters from Williams-Sonoma. They’re awesome stamp things.
I thought of you and Isabelle when I read this. I hope it makes things easier. I’m sorry you are having to go through all the doctor’s appointments and having to do all the investigation. I hope it gets easier.
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Oooooooooooh……….yummmmmmmmmmmy! Those cupcakes are so cute and appetizing looking. Why can’t you live on my block?
You guys have so much fun all the time.
cute isabelle the flour angel!
Great job! They look awesome! Did my all-over-the-place tips make more sense when you had all the stuff?
Yes. Yes it did. The star tip, that really worked well. I don’t know what in the world I was using before.