Forget me not ~

I don't take in large cupcake orders, not for weddings or events.  I find them less appealing than a cake, especially keeping qualities.  But I did take in one last week, for a memorial.  300 cupcakes. Though I didn't have as much time to spend on the accuracy of the flowers as I wished due to the other orders I had in place, then to add 300 cupcakes in a day, it was a lot for me.  It was a lot and I felt blessed to have this particular order.  His favorite color was blue, so I made Forget Me Nots - not so accurate, nice nonetheless.  The table was very pretty when all the different cupcakes were plated.
   
Baking that order touched me deeply, as I had someone special pass over recently, on November 17th.  I attended her memorial this past Saturday - someone that knew Karin spoke stories of connectedness with the date of November 17th "being a most auspicious day".  Sitting and listening to the story, I started piecing back to where I was that afternoon.  I'm sure for many people - November 17th was a "most auspicious day".  Love is in everything.  So I hope that this isn't morose in anyway - it is a loving gift to know someone, part of that knowing is their passing.


My youngest daughter said the following when I was telling my children of the memorial -- The love in someone's heart always goes to a baby when they die.  She's seven ~ children rock!!  :)

Coconut with cream cheese frosting

Pumpkin with cream cheese frosting

Chocolate with cream ganache

A poem from Karin's memorial ~ *love*

A VaIidiction

If we must part,

Then let it be like this;

Not heart on heart,

Nor with the useless anguish of a kiss;

But touch mine hand and say:

"Until tomorrow or some other day,

If we must part.

Words are so weak

When love hath been so strong:

Let silence speak:

 "Life is a little while, and love is long;

A time to sow and reap,

And after harvest a long time to sleep,

But words are weak."

--Ernest Dowson

 

Love in Boo-city ~

It can start with a few...

If happiness is present, then more will join....

Pretty soon more will join the energy....

It's not surprising to find one now and then....

There is usually a "non-conformist"...

He just wants to be loved like everyone else....

There is usually a negative soul, but that is okay, too....

Happiness will lead the way....

Love is always moving forward....

Happy-happy Boo Love!!!

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/chocolate-graham-cracker-cupcake-with-toasted-marshmallow 

 

Do you know what love is? ~

 

~ I believe it takes many forms ~

 

Simply pictures ~

 

  

 

Something soft ~

Something soft, something sweet, something giving.  Can a cupcake be feminine?  Don't tell me otherwise, not today, pretty please.

Hummingbird cake ~ oh my, it's a sweet one.  A moist, dense, unique in flavor sweet one.   There are any number of recipes on the web to find, as there is with the frosting that covers the cake - cream cheese frosting.  I don't care for cream cheese frosting to be super sweet.  Some recipes taste more like sugar than cream cheese.  I'm jotting down one of my favorites.  I'm a baker.  I have more than one favorite sometimes.  I reserve the right to be fickle, forget, dismiss, rave about any current recipe I use.  

This is a very soft frosting, which will pipe very softly.  I would not recommend it for frosting a layer cake.


Cream cheese frosting ~


1 lb. cream cheese, at room temperature
3 oz. unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
5 1/4 cups powdered sugar, lightly spooned into the cup

• Beat butter with the paddle attachment.
• Add cream cheese a couple tablespoonfuls at a time until incorporated
• Add vanilla
• Add powdered sugar one cup at a time

Put in fridge for a couple hours or over night if you want this to be stiffer.  It will still pipe easily.