Cinnamon Whiskey Icing Tutorial

My Hubby is a Fireball lover...So naturally for his 30th birthday I whipped up some fireball cupcakes. They were so simple to make. Take your favorite butter-cream icing recipe (even canned icing is OK!) place the icing in a mixing bowl and add 1 oz of the whiskey to the icing. Then thicken the icing with powdered sugar (approx. 1/2 cup). Repeat this until you have reached your desired whiskey flavor. I used 3 oz and 1.5 Cup of powdered sugar.

The only difference I noticed with this icing is it spread a bit faster than normal so reaching a taller swirl on the cupcake was not possible. Once I placed the icing in the refrigerator it did firm up and make it easier to work with. I topped the cupcake with a Hot Tamale as I could not find Atomic Fireballs anywhere!

Happy Baking!!

Valentine's ideas!

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! I have been busy crafting, cooking, and baking all day long, and thought I would take a minute to share a couple Valentine's Day ideas:

Strawberry Heart Kebabs - 

What you need: Bamboo Skewers, strawberries, and grapes

I began by removing the top of the strawberry by cutting a triangular shape to remove the stem. I rounded off the edges and insured there was a point at the bottom of the strawberry. After turning each strawberry into a heart I began placing them on to the skewer. I alternated between strawberries and grapes until I completed the entire length of the kebab.

This was a very simple and fun way to bring hearts into our Valentine's Day lunch.

"I love you" sound wave-

What you need: 4 x 6 picture frame (or size of your choice), printer paper (I decided to use shiny scrapbook paper), your iPhone, computer with windows, and printer.

This is a very cute and simple project that I completed in about 20 minutes. I began by using the voice memo app on my iPhone I recorded a wave of me saying "I love you". I then took a screenshot of the wave and sent it to my computer from there I cleaned up the image removing blurry edges in paint. I then inverted the colors in my image editor. I printed the picture on a pearlized scrap paper and placed it in a 4 x 6 frame. 

This is a way for my husband to publicly display a secret message just between the two of us.

Remember, today is the day all about  so send it out into the world :) Happy Valentine's day!!

Yummy Appetizer! Bacon wrapped Tater Tots!

I recently came across a very yummy appetizer recipe for Super Bowl Sunday. I tested it out I wanted to share with you all. 

The bacon wrapped tater tots were simple and easy to make:

First take 2 cups of frozen tater tots and bring them to room temperature. 

Next take 4 slices of bacon cut into quarters sprinkle cheese on the slices of bacon.

Take the bacon and wrap it around the tater tot. 

Next, sprinkle brown sugar on the wrapped tater tot. 

Lay the tater tot seem side down on a lightly greased pan and cook for 30 minutes at 350°.

Enjoy!

Original reciepe: http://damndelicious.net/2014/07/26/bacon-wrapped-tater-tot-bombs/