Taylor's Sweet 16

I had the privilege of doing cupcakes for Miss Taylor's Sweet Sixteen Birthday!  Happy Birthday Taylor!  We made 9 dozen cupcakes and a 3 layer cake for her big day.  As you can see 9 dozen cupcakes took up three rooms in my house, kitchen, dining, and the cupcakes nestled right on in my living room as well.  (At least they were comfortable, watching TV in my living room, resting up for their big night.  LOL!)

Red Velvet, Chocolate, and Vanilla cupcakes were all on the guest list for this party.  The color scheme of the party was ivory, purple and black, a little bird, also told me Miss Taylor likes zebra.  So this was the perfect way to incorporate all her colors.  We had zebra liners on all the cupcakes and made some zebra daises for the cake to give the cake a little flare and pizazz.  We also dressed up all the little cupcakes and the cake for this special occasion.  All the little cupcakes got to were their pearls to the party.

Red Cross Disaster Fundraiser

Most of you know that there have been alot of awful storms sweeping across the country a few weeks ago.  Some of Eastern Carolina got hit really hard by tornadoes.  So Mission Scrumptious decided to help...we sold red velvet, chocolate and vanilla cupcakes and all the proceeds are going to help support Green and Pitt Counties Red Cross disaster relief.  We are happy to report that we raised $87.  Thanks to everyone for all the support.  Remember:  Mission Scrumptious is Changing Lives One Cupcake at a Time!

Yes, that is a Zebra Daisy on that cupcake!  Cute!!...If I do say so myself!

Chocolate cupcake with a vanilla butter cream

Vanilla cupcake with a vanilla butter cream

Red Velvet cupcake with a cream cheese frosting

Perfected Red Velvet

The last time I tried to make red velvet it failed horribly.  It bugged me so much I had to try again.  So, this weekend I came home from my fishing/camping trip and immediately decided to try a new red velvet recipe.  I am  happy to say these cupcakes were awesome!  They were moist and had alot of flavor just as I had hoped.  These have been tested by my experienced taste testers (my co-workers) and got awesome reviews!  So needless to say I am going to keep this red velvet recipe.  Thanks to all my hard working taste testers!

I will be making this red velvet recipe along with and vanilla and chocolate next weekend.  These cupcakes will be for sale at a discounted rate of $2 each.  A portion of the proceeds will go to the Red Cross to help the people affected by the recent tornadoes.  So, come on by my house on Saturday April, 30 and get a cupcake to support a good cause.   Please email me at missionscrumptious@gmail.com if you are coming by or need more information. 

Peanut Butter Cookie Time!

It's peanut butter cookie time...peanut butter cookie time.  Peanut butter cookie...peanut butter cookie and a baseball bat.  LOL!
Happy birthday my most wonderful hubby!  My loving hubby has been my best taster so, needless to say he is a little cupcaked out.  This year for his birthday he requested his favorite sweet tooth treat...Peanut Butter Cookies!  They are also perfect for packing on our camping trip this weekend, much easier then trying to pack cupcakes for a camping/fishing trip.
If your dream cookie is soft in the middle with just a bit of crunch on the edges and filled with that old timey peanut butter flavor then these are the cookies for you my friend.  My hubby and my brother-in-law absolutely LOVE these...Try them for yourself and tell me what you think!

Peanut Butter Cookies
makes 12-16 cookies

1 cup peanut butter ( I use Skippy Natural)
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla exact
2 Tablespoons sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Mix peanut butter, 3/4 cup sugar, egg and vanilla until all incorporated.  Take about 2 Tablespoons of cookie dough and make a ball and place on a nongreased cookie sheet.  Then pour the remaining sugar into a bowl.  Take a fork and dip in the sugar, then press on each cookie in a cross pattern.  Make sure to dip the fork back in the sugar bowl after each press on the cookie.  Bake in oven for 12-15 minutes.  After removing from oven let the cookies cool for 5 minutes before moving.  Enjoy the deliciousness! 

Tornadic Red Velvet

 Alright, so there has been this awful batch of storms roaming across the country.  It came across here last night.  It only threw off 48 tornadoes cross North Carolina (only 48).  So the weather outside was frightening but I thought I could make my kitchen delighting!  LOL!  The key word in that sentence was thought.  I decided to try out my red velvet recipe. 

What you can't tell here is all the humidity in the air sunk my cupcakes and melted my frosting!  However, the cream cheese frosting was still absolutely delicious even in a melty mess!  I really didn't think the cake had much flavor at all.  So back to the drawing board on this recipe.  (I told ya'll this is my blog to getting my bakery...I am not afraid to share my failures!)  I will try a new red velvet recipe soon!  My prayers go out to all the people affected by this tornadic storm! 

Cupcakes coming soon:
Peanut Butter Cookies (will give out this recipe)
 Margarita Cupcakes (Cinco De Mayo)
Strawberry Bread