Light on the peppermint, heavy on the yummy!

I haven't blogged in a very long time. Too long actually because I miss it. I am sorry to anyone who follows my blogs for my absence. I've just been a busy girl learning all I can about baking. But I'm back... and boy do I have some great ideas. One step at a time though....


This year I decided that I am going to give my friends and loved ones baked goods as gifts. I have so many different things that I want to make ad this way I can be selfish and make them all! I've pre-made some dough and have it stored in the freezer just to make it a little bit easier.  But with holiday parties starting this week, I baked some cupcakes early. I wanted to make some chocolate cupcakes but my daughter like vanilla so I made delicious vanilla cupcakes for all of them, and  everyone loved them!!





Buttercream Cupcakes
2 cups whole wheat King Arthur flour

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

3/4 cup milk

2 tsp baking powder

3 eggs, room temperature

1/2 tsp salt

2 tsp vanilla

bake 350 degrees, 20-25 minutes 

Peppermint Frosting

2 TBsp milk

2 1/ 2 cups confectionary's sugar

1 stick of butter

1 tsp of peppermint oil

crushed candy canes to top

Happy Holiday baking friends and fellow bloggers!!!!