Yummy V-Day treats!!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

I made these delicious cookies to get into the spirit using the recipe located here...

http://annies-eats.net/2010/02/08/red-velvet-whoopie-pies/

They were really fun and surprisingly easy to make. The only issue I ran into was that the batter was a little thick and hard to get into the piping bag. I think it was because I doubled the recipe but only had one bottle of red food coloring. I used that bottle and a half teaspoon of gel coloring instead and it didn't make much of a difference.

See you for St. Patrick's Day!

Love, Irma

Gingerbread Cupcakes!

Semi-homemade gingerbread cupcakes (Recipe from Hello, Cupcake!) and Cream cheese frosting.

These Cupcakes Are Worth $400

This past weekend, Emilie, Irma, and Christina held their 2nd-annual Thanksgiving Cupcake Bakeoff! It all started last year when Irma was asked by a priest at our church to help her make a dinner (our church does a Dinner Drive where members make Thanksgiving meals, and on Thanksgiving Day they're delivered to needy families). To defray the cost, she asked the sisters to help her make Classy Red Velvet Cupcakes to sell to our family and friends to raise money for it. It was a big success!! This year, even though she wasn't asked, we all thought it would be a good idea to do it again. We baked a lot of cupcakes (some were burnt, so we made even more) and in the end raised $400 to donate to the Food Pantry that runs it all. Everyone loved them and it was for a great cause!!