Cupcakes 2 1/2 cups of cake flour 4oz of apple sauce 1 tbs baking powder 2 sticks of melted butter 1 1/2 cups of sugar 1 egg 1 cup of milk 2 splashes of vanilla 1 pound of chopped or diced strawberries Red or pink food coloring (optional) Directions: Step 1: mix flour, baking powder, apple sauce, and butter Step 2: add sugar, then the egg, milk, and vanilla Step 3: mix in desired amount of food coloring Step 4: add strawberries Step 5: bake at 375 degrees (f) for 10-15 minutes (time will vary) Chocolate Frosting Mix powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and milk a little at a time until desired texture and thickness are achieved. (More milk will create a glaze, less milk creates frosting.) |
This recipe was inspired by, the soon to be upon us, Valentine's Day! Tired of the regular chocolate covered strawberries or box of chocolates, then why not go for handmade chocolate frosted strawberry cupcakes with an added twist! These cupcakes have no taste of apple just strawberry goodness!
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Up-cycling, similar to recycling, is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or other products of better quality or for better environmental value. Simply put, turning old things into new things. Have a worn out shirt, the hem may be coming undone, have a hole in the air pit or stains? Don't throw it out just yet, the rest of it can be saved! Use the good parts as regular sewing material, sites like Pinterest and craft forums/blogs have plenty of uses for
sewing scraps. I have a bag full of old t-shirts these were shirts that got left behind and found in the laundry hamper. I've been looking for cotton fabric but it needed some stretch, not a lot, and it couldn't have elastic threads. I'm allergic to elastic which makes finding panties, that don't cause a reaction, pretty difficult. What could be a better idea than to make my own without elastic? I made the following simple tutorial for anyone that would like to try making a garment (doesn't have to be panties) themselves. This tutorial can work for any simple article of clothing. Step 1: Choose the type of clothing you would like to create using a piece from your own wardrobe. Step 2: Choose your fabric (for it to be up-cycled use an old shirt or a pair of jeans, keep in mind denim is not a good choice for underwear.) Here I chose a 60% cotton 40% polyester blend, men's XL, long sleeve shirt. Step 3: Lay your fabric choice out smoothly on a flat surface, iron if there are wrinkles. Step 4: Trace your original clothing article (be sure to have your fabric “wrong side” up, this means inside-out.) Cut your pattern out and pin your pieces together. Step 5: Use a sewing machine if you have one to stitch together the sides you have pinned, I'm a novice with sewing and right now my machines are kaput so I used a simple whip stitch. Step 6: Take a break from the sewing and try on your garment to make sure it fits. Step 7: Iron again especially if you have any holes where your appendages will come through. Step 8: Turn down the edges and stitch. Step 9: Add any decorative pieces at this point and you're done! (I haven't made mine pretty yet, but this step is optional.)
Raven and Lenore are big foodies! This new Baking section will feature Raven's own recipes with reviews from friends and family. Last night Raven decided she wanted to try her hand at creating her own recipe for cupcakes, she's experimented before but only for fun and not always did it turn out right. The recipe was going to be for cinnamon and sugar cupcakes but a stroke of weird ran through Raven's mind. Last year she tried to make sugar cookies but didn't have enough flour and eggs so she substituted apple sauce and it made thick fluffy sugar cookies that she couldn't roll flat and cut with cookie cutters. The thought occurred that if she added apple sauce to cupcake batter they would turn out just as fluffy, and they did! After posting her plans on Facebook, Lenore texted Raven asking if she would bring some cupcakes by Lenore's work. Lenore has a sweet tooth! The cupcakes were ready and glazed just in time to be delivered right before Lenore clocked out to go home. After Raven returned to the kitchen to clean up she received the following text from Lenore, "OMGAWD SO YUMMY!" and a second message from Lenore saying "The cupcake has the perfect amount of cinnamon with just a hint of the apple and the glaze gives it a burst of sweetness. Love it!"
Glaze
1 cup of powdered sugar 2 splashes of orange extract 2 splashes of milk Directions: 1) mix together with fork 2) drizzle over cupcakes *splashes means desired amount remember the glaze is should be some what liquid-like, it will harden on the cupcakes. |
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