missing

lately it seems like there’s lots of things to do and not enough hours to do them in. never having been an all nighter type of person, i woke up extra early this morning to whip up a batch of cupcakes for the hostesses who will be feeding me for the next few days. don’t ask me what time i got up. you’ll freak out because it was pretty darned early. so don’t be bothering me when i bring you cupcakes but then poop out on you at 8 at night! hahaha...

i tried out a recipe that i’ve had on my todo list for a long time. ina garten’s coconut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. i wimped out and used the lowfat version of cream cheese and the frosting came out a little too watery for my taste. next time i’m going to go with the old standby... chockylit’s thick cream cheese frosting. that one is definitely my favorite.

anyhow. this was the morning for missing things.

• not enough eggs but enough to get by (4 of the required 5)

• not enough cupcake holders?! when you buy a pack of 200 ga-gillion you never expect to run out. until one day. YOU RUN OUT. oh well. half mini and half regular sized. not disastrous. but definitely not as cute as they could be.

• where is my pastry bag??!! ugh. next time remind me not to bake so early in the morning!

i tasted one before i left for work this morning. not bad. nice coconut flavor. probably would have been better with the extra egg and a thicker cream cheese frosting (and all in mini cups!) but this recipe will definitely will make its way into my recipe file.


this picture isn’t so much a cupcake pic as it is a pic of my pretty plate. =)