(S)Lacking....

I know I've been lacking on posts, photos, and creativity lately... sorry about that. I even have some pineapple cake I really want to make at home, but I haven't gotten around to it just yet. Work has been super busy and they just implemented mandatory overtime, so needless to say I haven't been home a whole bunch. I'd like to make the pineapple cake soon (well, into cupcakes, but still) and I was thinking about topping it off with a coconut frosting... how's that sound? =)

Strawberry Banana Cupcake

Since I still had some leftover banana cream frosting, I decided that I would try to top some lovely strawberry cupcakes with it. The end result was not that tasty, so I also made some strawberry cuppies with plain vanilla frosting. There was no issue with the flavors separately, but when put together the banana really took over and that's pretty much all I could taste. I think I'll leave the banana cream frosting to the chocolate cupcakes. However, since I made these ones just for fun I tried out a few of my other tips to see what I could do with them. Enjoy my random designs! haha ;)

Chocolate Banana Cupcakes

I was personally asked to make cupcakes for a co-worker's birthday last Friday. She said it didn't matter what they were so I started parusing and thinking. I came across a recipe for some banana cream frosting and couldn't pass it up. I checked with the birthday girl and asked if there was any fruit she didn't prefer. She said only orange was a no-go. So, I was off to make some chocolate banana cupcakes for her! They turned out amazingly awesome! They were so delicious! They went off with rave reviews here at work and I was so happy it all turned out to be tasty!

Made from scratch ~ soup & bread

I was talking to a co-worker the other day and she mentioned she makes Miso soup at home... now I love miso soup so I just knew I had to try it. It just so happens, a couple days later I found a recipe for homemade bread. So, Sunday night I made dinner from scratch. I chopped everything and put together the soup in my largest pot to cook on the stovetop. I made the dough for the bread in the morning and let it sit all day to rise. Come 6 o'clock on Sunday night everything was ready for cookin'! Dustin said it was delicious and I quite liked it myself. ;) 

No More Event Planning For Me...

Long story short, nothing is as they led us to believe. We've been told we're having pizza and we had a list of what items we had to order to pass out to the associates. =/  All in all, it just turned out to be a big waste of time and in the end I have pulled out from volunteering on these things. It's not at all how they said it would be and had turned into more of an obligation instead of a fun experience. Yes, I'm a little saddened by it but in the end the company is the same as it's always been...

New Order Fit For a Princess

I was asked about possibly coming up with ideas for a Snow White themed birthday party for a young lady. =) I still need to go searching and see what I can find... At first she wanted Snow White faces on all of the cupcakes, unfortunately I foresee that taking such a long time and so many supplies that I don't think they would be very affordable for a child's birthday party. I suggested we stay in the Snow White vein and try a theme, something from the movie. So she's going to look for ideas and so am I, then we'll get together and see what we find for what price. I'm excited!!

Event Planning?

So it seems that nothing was really thought out beforehand about these "events" we're supposed to be putting together. I've changed the proposal many times now and we've still not gotten approval... when this is supposed to take place on the 31st. I think at this point I've done all I can to expedite the process and see what can be done, but I've passed it up the chain here and will wait for them to let us know which way to go next. It might end up that nothing comes together and if that's the case I'll be sad. I've not only dedicated many hours to this, but all of the associates at our location deserve to be appreciated and that is what this was supposed to be about. Here's to crossing fingers that the best thing will happen!