So, it's been a few weeks since I posted (and baked!) and I wanted to catch up. My posts have been mainly baked goods, so before you think that all I do is bake and eat sweets, I AM going to post pictures today too! I hadn't snapped many pics lately, and this weekend I took a stroll around the local reservoir and experimented a bit with my trusty image catcher!
But first - sweet deliciousness! My sis-in-law (to be) turned 30 last weekend, and while she and my brother were away attending their first (of many) wedding of the season, I was the puppy-sitter for my adorable, furry, four-legged nephew. We walked, played, got into mischeif, and I managed to fit in some baking for them to come home to.
I channeled my Great Grammy Conlon for this one. I used her from-scratch chocolate cake recipe. Now Gram passed when I was a senior in high school, and at her services, the relatives made sure that everyone got a copy of Gram's chocolate cake recipe. That's the thing in my family - recipes are our memories. Memories of cooking in someone's kitchen, laughing, getting flour everywhere. Yeah, it sounds like a Lifetime movie, but these are our memories. See, my mom can sew and cook like no one's business, and my grandmother is an amazing craftwoman with a pair of knitting needles. I feel badly that I never perfected either of these crafts. Then a cousin said something to me - "Gram would be proud of you, you know? Keeping up with the baking...and gardening." Then it hit me - that's what I am carrying down and passing on. My Great Gram's love for baking and gardening. And I am ok with that.
Ok, ok...without further adieu - Gram's Chocolate Cake recipe (in cupcake form) with espresso buttercream frosting. Behold.....
But first - sweet deliciousness! My sis-in-law (to be) turned 30 last weekend, and while she and my brother were away attending their first (of many) wedding of the season, I was the puppy-sitter for my adorable, furry, four-legged nephew. We walked, played, got into mischeif, and I managed to fit in some baking for them to come home to.
I channeled my Great Grammy Conlon for this one. I used her from-scratch chocolate cake recipe. Now Gram passed when I was a senior in high school, and at her services, the relatives made sure that everyone got a copy of Gram's chocolate cake recipe. That's the thing in my family - recipes are our memories. Memories of cooking in someone's kitchen, laughing, getting flour everywhere. Yeah, it sounds like a Lifetime movie, but these are our memories. See, my mom can sew and cook like no one's business, and my grandmother is an amazing craftwoman with a pair of knitting needles. I feel badly that I never perfected either of these crafts. Then a cousin said something to me - "Gram would be proud of you, you know? Keeping up with the baking...and gardening." Then it hit me - that's what I am carrying down and passing on. My Great Gram's love for baking and gardening. And I am ok with that.
Ok, ok...without further adieu - Gram's Chocolate Cake recipe (in cupcake form) with espresso buttercream frosting. Behold.....
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| The cake mix...secret ingredient: sour milk (milk + vinegar). Shhhhh... |
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| I made them a little oversized. |
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| Frosted, with espresso buttercream and ready for a little somethin'... |
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| ...like a little decoration and some burgandy chunks. Yup. I'll eat 'em! |
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| Viola! |
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