Chocolate Death Cupcakes

First off let me just apologize. These cupcakes aren't good for you by any means but they are AMAZING. I mean everything is good in moderation right? These cupcakes barely lasted a day in our house! 

Chocolate Death Cupcakes

Cupcakes

1 C. flour

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 C. milk

1/2 C. unsweetened Cocoa

1 C. sugar

3/4 C. vegetable Oil

1 egg

1 tsp. vanilla 

Whisk flour and baking soda and salt in a bowl. Heat the milk until hot. Pour over the cocoa powder in a large bowl and whisk until smooth. Let it cool slightly. Whisk in sugar, vegetable oil, egg, and vanilla until smooth. Then whisk in the flour mixture until combined. Pour the batter into the cupcake an and bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool. 

Filling

8 oz.  semisweet chocolate chips

1 C. heavy cream

1 tbs. unsalted butter at room temp.

Pour chocolate chips into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave the heavy cream until hot then pour over the chocolate chips, add the butter and whisk until smooth. Let cool slightly then core the cupcakes and fill them with the ganache. 

Frosting

1 C.softened butter

4 C. powdered sugar

1 1/4 C. Hershey's cocoa

1 tbs vanilla extract

1/3 C. milk

In  a large mixing bowl cream the butter, then mix in the sugar, vanilla and cocoa. Add milk slowly and mix until all combined. Frost cupcakes and top with remaining ganache. Enjoy!

Please let me know if you like them!

{Recipe} Homemade Mint Lemonade

Hey guys!

The weather is getting warmer so it's time to break out the swimsuits and sunscreen! Today I have a recipe to share with you. This recipe is from my 1950s Better Homes & Gardens cookbook. I bought from an antique market for $2! It's a little worn but it's my favorite cookbook. 

This recipe is for lemonade and it is super easy! But I've added a little twist by adding mint to the lemonade because I love mint.

Ingredients

-  1 C. Sugar

- 1 C. Water

- 3 or so Lemons

-Fresh Mint Leaves

Directions 

1. Cook the sugar and water for 3 minutes to make a simple syrup; Store in the refrigerator. 
2. Juice the lemons. 
3. Muddle the mint leaves in a glass
4. Mix 3 to 4 tablespoons of simple syrup, 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice, and 1 cup of water per serving.
5.  Pour over the mint leaves and add ice; Enjoy! 

Honestly when it comes to mixing the lemonade I have more lemon juice than anything else in mine. I like my lemonade to me more tart than sweet. So really you can just play around with mixing it to see what you like best!

What's your favorite drink to beat the heat? 

{Recipe} Valentine's Day Mini Cupcakes

Let me just go ahead and say that this is the best picture of anything that I've ever taken in my life and I'm insanely proud of it! These adorable cupcakes are a very slightly altered version of Brown Eyed Baker's Vanilla Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting. These cupcakes are amazing and the buttercream frosting is to die for! Buttercream frosting is the best frosting ever created, in my opinion anyways. 

The only real alterations I made to this recipe is I made them mini cupcakes, I used Wilton No Taste Red food gel to dye the frosting and I used Wilton Nonpareils Sprinkles that I found at Michaels. I didn't want to alter too much since these cupcakes are pretty much perfect. I think they would be awesome for a party since they're little so you can eat them two at a time :) You can also make the cupcakes for nay holiday or theme just by changing the sprinkles and food coloring!

Anyways I know you're really only here for the recipe so here you go!

{Recipe} Mini Tarts

Hey guys! It's a new week which means new recipes! Your Home Based Mom, one of the blogs I follow, posted a recipe for Lemon Curd which sounded amazing so I got the idea to make lemon tartlets! But I also had to make chocolate tartlets since some people don't like lemon. What weirdos. Anyways I've also seen a lot of people make the tart shells out of sugar cookie dough so I decided to give that a whirl and the results are amazing. This is kind of a Franken-recipe made from recipes from different sources but they turned out great. Check them out: