flannel sheets and cupcakes

We are going on a road trip this weekend to see the oldest! Yes, she will be home for Turkey Day, but we wanted to experience a football game at the Southern mecca of football and we were invited down for the weekend by one of the hubby's colleagues. It should be fun!! The weather looks good and we are staying at the personal 'hunting & fishing' lodge of the gentleman hubby knows. Cool. I've seen pictures of the main house - way cool!! I'd be happy to stay in one of the cabins on the property as well. After the game it looks like the boy can do some fishing. Good Time for All.

Anyway, I asked the daughter to go ahead and give me her shopping list now as I really didn't want to have to make a Target run next week in the midst of Black Friday or Saturday.

Flannel Sheets and cupcakes. I know I can get the first item at Target, the cupcakes will have to be procured elsewhere.

She follows our local cupcakery on Facebook as I do and when she saw the flavors for the week she called me to see if I could bring her a dozen.  She said she might even share them! LOL

So, I'm off to Target today to get the items she needs from there. And then before we depart on Friday, I will stop by and get those cupcakes.

the cupcakes

The daughters and I have become quite intrigued with Pinterest. As we inched closer to the oldest's birthday, the tempting cupcakes often 'pinned' on the boards became a source of steady chatter. Should we try a recipe? She found one, printed off the recipe and gave it to her sister to make. Of course, the younger sister recruited me on the spot to assist.

The recipe was easy enough, just a jazzed  up box mix with a small Reese's peanut butter cup in the center. The batter came together well, and we managed to get the cupcakes in the oven with no problems. We made just shy of two dozen of them. We sort of overfilled the first dozen by just a smidge, and wound up with only 21 instead of 24.

On Sunday we made the two frostings. Yes, two. The picture showed a swirled chocolate and peanut butter frosting. We couldn't quite manage the dual swirl technique. That would have required purchasing all sorts of frosting equipment, and I wasn't going to do that, we improvised. I swirled on the chocolate and the daughter swirled on the peanut butter. They turned out super cute and the birthday girl and her guests all seemed to enjoy them.

Fun to have this baking project to share with the younger daughter and fun to see the older one so pleased with the results.

Now for books.....I picked up Anne Rice's latest, "The Wolf Gift" from the library yesterday. I will be reading this on the heels of finishing Diana Gabaldon's "The Scottish Prisoner" and Kim Harrison's "A Pale Blood." Thumbs up for both of those titles.