Experimenting with new recipes...

Is good and bad all at the same time! Good because I can expand palates, create yummy masterpieces and indulge in ooey gooey goodness... Bad because I can indulge in ooey gooey goodness! lol Trying to loose weight and get into shape while sampling sweets basically can be pointless. I am trying to be careful and mindful of how much i taste... *smirk* but it definitely helps that I have taste testers to confirm, critique and indulge with me!

This week, I'm tackling Peanut Butter Cup-Cakes and Salted Caramel Cupcakes.

I didn't have the right salt for the Salted Caramel but the kosher salt gave a decent impression of what its supposed to taste like. I think I will make the frosting a bit more camramely and use a less chocolaty cake.. maybe a milk chocolate vs. the chocolate fudge recipe I used. oooh,maybe put caramel bits in the cake itself..or a caramel gooey center! hmmm so many options.

The Peanut Butter Cup-Cakes are the same chocolate fudge cake with a peanut butter frosting and a drizzle of chocolate ganache and sprinkled with salted chopped peanuts. My first attempt wasn't so great, used the peanut butter chips to melt inside, didn't melt and got hard once cooled, melted the chips with a little heavy cream and butter to make a ganache like frosting and it was good but I couldnt use too much because it was so rich (pic below). But the final recipe...OH man, talk about eating a Reese's peanut butter cup in the cake version! It was perfect! Oh YUMMMMM!

Here are some pics below of the final creations :)

***Oh andSPECIAL thanks to my brothers girlfriend (sista/future sista in law/the bestest) BEVERLY for hookin up the AWESOME new apron!!CUPCAKES, how appropriate!!!

rockin da cupcapron ;)

love my kitchen aid

blurry baker

gotta scrape the sides down

chocolaty yumminess!

1st try at Peanut Butter Cup-Cake

and the inside...

see how the chips sank to the bottom :/

second attempt with PB frosting, chocolate ganache

and salted peanuts!!

salted caramel cupcake with caramel drizzle and kosher salt

Trio for the week!

Salted Caramel, Peanut Butter Cup-Cake and Red Velvet

And check back tomorrow for a special Guest Post!!!

X's and Sweet O's

~Jasara

work it on out!

Today, I almost ran a mile straight. I know, not a big feat for most but for me... I have not ran in a VERY lonng time. I took a 2 min break due to a cramp just below my rib... then ran the rest of the way back to work totaling 1.11 miles. So now im feelin =D supa cheeezy! lol

Ill get some weight training and balance ball in tonight too. Before I bake. I have been trying to bake these Salted Carmel Cupcakes (and while I'm at it, Ima make some Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes too!!) so I can continue to taste some new creations to be added to my new slightly secret but not for long expansion to Slice of Delight.

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What a lovely sidetrack huh?! So yeah, workouts, baking, I still need to read up on my book so I can move on to Eat, Pray, Love... think i need to give self a deadline. :)

Im also looking into licensing, commerical property, mobile food vending, new web design

still working on a logo, looking into some small biz classes...

oh and a business plan. Hear those things are helpful. lol

Seriously, Im happy to be breaking away from the demands and time of sculpted cake

to lay some more brick and build up my passion.

Anywho... forgot i have some random mobile pics I wanted to post.. along with last nights yummie

dinner!! Chicken and black bean quesadillas!! Recipe to follow!

Enjoy and Please come back FRIDAY for a SPECIALblog post!!!

reminds me of Burning Man (Reno, Nv) google it! lol

Red Velvets from last weekend

Sunrise outside of my apartment  at 6:11am

another shot of sunrise Mothers Day Weekend

Chicken and Black Bean Quesadillas!!

Ill post recipe tonight!

X's & O's :)

Happy Hump Day!

Always felt awkward sayin hump day! lol I don't know why... maybe because the little kid in me **giggles** when i think of "humping"!!!

Must admit.. Baking every single night since Sunday

with a full time job already

is exhausting.

These are the times when I wish

Baking WAS my job.

*sigh*

oh well, soon.

keep tellin myself that.

But I did realize last night

into my 3rd hour of

Mixing, pouring, icing, decorating...

that I wouldn't want to be doing anything else in my spare time

other than having some mommy time.

:)

So I ended the fundraiser successfully!

didn't sell any today because someone ordered

3 dozen!

Today i feel like it should be Thursday.

Is this week draggin or WHAT!

At least work is steady and slow.

My mental has calmed down and

the sun came out today!

So a Happy Hump Day to all!

Here are the pics I promised!

Part of the first Batch.

The Chocolaty Chocolates!

The Naked Velvet

Velvety Red

(my fav! yum!!!)

X's and O's... Jasara

today was a good/chaotic day...

Because it flew by... again my mind is scrambling with the million things I want/need to do.

I feel like my mind and my internal body are going a million miles a minute, yet my outer body is on s-l-o-w m-o...

Breathe. Clear my mind. Calm.

I'm trying.

So second batch of cupcakes sold in 4 hours! all 46! Happy about that!

Looks like ill be exceeding my goal. Woo Hoo!

Tonight, bake another batch, last and final one and decide on the cake and when and how to deliver!

Today was just a chaotic day. lol i cant even place it! Is it Friday yet??!?!?!?!

Gotta workout tonight.. skipped today so I could help a coworker prep for her interview.

**Best of Luck to her!**

So tonight.. cupcakes, workout and hopefully to bed before 12:30!

Oh and I promised pics.. next post.. promise! hehe!

X's and O's

Lazy weekend dayz...

Weekend was good, despite the fact that I still have no wi-fi... i could post on my laptop hooked up to the Internet but I hate that thing! My stubbornness doesn't allow it!

It was a lazy weekend.. cleaned then bummed it Saturday.. sketched the AIW cake which is turning out totally awesome!!!! Actually made me a drink! Had a Strawberry Daiquiri and it gave me a killer headache that I woke to still on Sunday! So i slept in to sleep it away.. and it worked!

Sunday... another lazy day... hit up the park with the kiddos, read as I laid out in the sun which felt sooooooooooooo Gooooooooooooooooood!

**hello sun, I have missed you!**

Bakes a ton of cupcakes for the fundraiser and crashed waay to late for my taste.

sure makes me feel old, damn!

lol

but I realize rest is a vital part of staying healthy,

so

I dont mind hittin the sheets earlier than i did when I was 20..

back then, it was all about the drinks, the club and the parties!

Still like to party, just on a classier scale :)

Today went by pretty quickly! Didn't log into my blog til after lunch!

Sheesh! Time flies when your having fun.

or working and selling cupcakes!

Oh and im down 12 pounds!

**BIG CHEESE** =D

more baking tonight.. Red Velvets are a super hit!

And still loving the sunshiny days!

X's and O's