Gone In the Blink of an Eye...

I hope this week will go by fast. I don't have too much work tonight but I have a feeling that this week is going to be a rough one. Let's pray that it isn't.

Right now I am sitting in bed fighting not to go downstairs and grab something to eat. I want SUGAR!! All day I have been craving cake, chocolate, and my fall favorite Pumpkin bread. Sometimes it's rough being a girl and feeling like you can't always eat what you want. Oh well, I might give in tonight and have a little something.

Peace and Love,

Em

Lemon Cupcakes...

Remember how I said that I always ended up with more icing than I needed? Well this time I didn't mind. This lemon icing was delicious!! I was the one licking the bowl clean this time.

I have always been a fan of lemon cake and these cupcakes just furthered my love for it. They are the perfect little summer treat!

Next up: Strawberry Cheesecake Cupcakes.

Peace and Love,

Em

P.S. The icing is yellow, it just doesn't look like it in all the pictures.

Naptown...

Thursday Sarah, Suzanne and I went out for a lunch date. It was the first time the roomies had been all together since Europe. Can you believe it? We went to the Metro Diner for lunch where Sarah and I got these amazing BLTs and Suzanne got the vanilla waffles. We had a great time talking and laughing, you know the usual girl stuff.

After lunch we headed downtown for cupcakes. We went to the lovely Nostalgia cupcakes for this fix. Suzanne got a toasted coconut and a red velvet cupcake while I got the Chocolate City Cupcake. This thing was unbelievable. After I ate it I felt like I was either suffering from a cupcake coma or I was pregnant with a cupcake baby. Either way it was worth it!

Sarah was holding our for a candied apple so after Suzanne and I finished our cupcakes we headed a couple of doors down. We went into this little candy shop that had at least 10 different kinds of candied apples. All of them looked good.

Sarah ended up getting the M&M covered apple.

Next time I am getting one of these chocolate covered twinkies! YUM!

After we all had our fill of sugar we walked around town and down to the docks. It was really hot so we made our walk short and headed back to the car.

Suzanne was driving so she dropped Sarah off first and then as she was on her way to my house she said "Hey, do you want to go to the library?" Suzanne and I love books. I mean we read alllll the time. Suzanne even works at the library. So we decided to drop in real quick. It's not like I needed any more books to read this summer but I like looking. After not finding a good summer romance I grabbed the next Trueblood book that I needed and we were on our way.

After hanging out with my girls all day I went out with the boys that night. I went with Isaac and Jacob to see Inception. It was really good but I was totally confused the whole time while the boys acted like they had it all figured out. It was fun hanging out just me and the guys. Oh and seeing previews featuring Zac Efron and John Hamm wasn't so bad either.

Peace and Love,

Em

*Also want to wish Tyler Kyte a happy birthday today. Can't wait for the release of Sweet Thing's album on August 17th!

Red Velvet Cupcakes...

So item #3 in the Hummingbird cookbook was the red velvet supcake. I have always been a red velvet girl. I don't know why but I just love it. Making the cake part of this recipe was easy (except for getting red food coloring all over myself) but the icing was a little harder. It was the thickest icing I have made from scratch so far and took the longest to mix. I have notcied that no matter how precisely I follow the directions I always end up with way more icing than I need. Luckily I have a few willing volunteers to lick the bowl and spoon clean :)
I really like these cupcakes! I made them tonight and have already had two. I think it's something about having everything made from scratch!

Next item on the agenda: The Lemon cupcake.

Peace and Love,

Em

Chocolate Cupcakes...

So last week I made my second item from the Hummingbird Bakery book. These chocolate cupcakes were divine. It's amazing how different something tastes when you make it from scratch. Even if you are not a big chocolate fan (which means you are crazy) you'll like these. They are the perfect little afternoon snack.

Next up: Red Velvet Cupcakes

Peace and Love,

Em

Summer Treats...

So I gave my thesis speech this morning and I am officially done with all of my duties for Junior Year! Ahh, the weight has been lifted.

I thought what better way to celebrate than to post some pics of summertime goodies!

These were all taken this weekend. Yes, I ate WAY too much sugar.

Peace and Love,

Em