1 Year Young :: Truffle Brownie Cupcakes with Cookie Dough Frosting
Posted: July 13, 2012 Filed under: dessert recipes, thank you babble | Tags: birthday, blogaversary, brownies, Cookie dough, cookie dough frosting, cupcakes, dessert recipes, food, menu, trader joe's truffle brownie mix, trader joes, truffle brownies with cooking dough frosting 13 Comments »
truffle brownie cupcakes with cookie dough frosting
On this beautiful morning, July 13th, she cooks, he eats is officially a year old! Coincidentally, it is also Friday the 13th…
When I started this blog, I thought it was just going to be my boyfriend and I reading it. A lot has changed since I started blogging and started opening my life up to this crazy world called the internet. But I’m glad I did it because through this blog I’ve met a lot of wonderful people with the same passions, likes, goals, even dislikes! I think the blogging community is a wonderful community to be apart of and I love being apart of it.
I started this blog as a way to document my cooking adventures because I was such a newbie in the kitchen and I just wanted to learn how to cook and not feel overwhelmed and uncomfortable. Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that I would actually have a recipe published. That is still one of my greatest personal accomplishments. Thank you for joining me on my cooking adventures (and mis-adventures!) and I’m so grateful for all of your friendships, support, and advice. Thank you guys again :)
So before I turn extremely sappy, I want to share a recipe with you guys first!
As with any celebration, cupcakes are always a must! So I would like to share with you the recipe for my bday cupcakes (what is wrong with me? why didn’t I post these sooner?!)! I couldn’t decide what to bake for my birthday dessert because…well, let’s be honest…I have a very hard time making up my mind AND sticking to it too! But the obvious choice was cupcakes! And since it was also our anniversary, I wanted to do something with cookies or brownies because those or my boyfriend’s favorite desserts. Rather than baking 3 different desserts, I combined them all together and Truffle Brownie Cupcakes with Cookie Dough Frosting were born!
The inspiration for these cupcakes actually comes from Sally’s Baking Addiction. Sally doesn’t know me, but I love her. Her baking addiction has become my baking obsession and my boyfriend’s worse nightmare. She comes up with these crazy, indulgent, and beautiful desserts that just blows your mind! I’ve pinned almost everything she’s ever baked onto my Pinterest boards! Most baking blogs that I do follow and love use complicated ingredients (that I would purchase and probably only use once) and sometimes can be quite overwhelming and difficult to even attempt. But not Sally’s!! Her directions are clear and concise, and she’s not afraid of using an obscene amount of sprinkles! Le sigh, I can go on and on about Sally’s Baking Addiction but I won’t, instead I will just direct you to her blog here :)
You can obviously go the all-homemade route or you can do semi-homemade like me! Since I found a box of Trader Joe’s baking mix lying around (purchased as a back-up dessert for my chewy chocolate chip cookie bottomed cupcakes) I just used that and made the cookie dough frosting.
Birthday :: Anniversary
Posted: June 12, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: birthday 14 Comments »
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Today’s my birthday and our three year anniversary! How perfect is it that he asked me to be his girlfriend on my birthday? I’m terrible with dates so now I never forget! Up until recently, I didn’t know anyone else that had the same birthday as me but I am proud to say that I get to share this day with two other girls! Do you know anyone that you share your birthday with?
I don’t have anything planned for the day other than baking my own birthday cake. For the last 2 years, I never got a cake for my birthday (ahem, mom and dad….) which did sadden me but I did get to spend those birthdays with my boyfriend who, of course, made me feel loved and extra special. So this year, I am making my own birthday cupcakes! I already have it all planned out in my mind! It will be chocolate, loaded with frosting, and topped with extra sprinkles! Other than that, I don’t really have any plans but all I know is that today’s going to be awesome! :)
Thank you again for all your congratulations and well wishes these last few days! I enjoyed reading them and your comments and responses make me so happy! I can’t thank you guys enough! XOXO
PS, Dear Boyfriend, You’ve made me so happy, I can’t imagine not sharing my life without you. Thank you for always being there for me. Today’s our day! With love, xoxo kat.
