I celebrated my girlfriend Kristen’s birthday on the blog last year with birthday oatmeal… has it really been over a year since I started this food blog? Wow… I missed my April 26th Blog Anniversary and everything.
Kristen gave me a gift certificate for cooking classes last year for my birthday and we have been on the go ever since. More than a dozen cooking classes later… VIP passes to the Top Chef Tour in San Francisco, day trips to Wine and Roses in Lodi and High Hand Nursery and Conservatory in Placer County… Farmer’s market runs, gourmet market research and shopping trips, NYE party planning, new restaurant finds, mobile food truck tweet-ups and the SactoMoFo event… I’m sure I’m leaving a bunch out. Kristen has been so supportive of my food blog – reading, leaving daily comments, finding new recipes for me to try… I can’t thank her enough for the continued encouragement and friendship.
Friendship like that deserves cupcakes. Even though we had a cooking class last night – stay tuned for some incredible salmon recipes… I still managed to bake cupcakes to bring to work to celebrate Kristen’s birthday.
It’s completely normal to frost and decorate cupcakes at 5:45 a.m. in the morning. The weather has been dreary and full of rain – so I had to wait until after 6:30 a.m. to take photos in the backyard – it was just starting to rain. I was rockin’ my dog themed PJ bottoms, Uggs and a jacket – hotness times a 100.
I went with Betty Crocker SuperMoist French Vanilla cupcakes with fluffy white frosting and little pearls and candied white sugar. I am loving the new patterned foil cupcake liner options at grocery stores everywhere. I used to have to make special trips to party supply or craft stores – nice to see them on the shelves right next to other decorating supplies.
I wish I had time to create the cupcakes from scratch – but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to fit within a busy working gal’s schedule.
We are headed to a birthday lunch this afternoon to continue celebrating. Thank you Kristen for all of the blog love and support and for being a great friend. Cheers to many more blog outings and adventures over the next year and beyond.
Happy Birthday Kristen
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I literally laughed out loud envisioning you in your pj’s in the rain with uggs and a jacket…your comment “hotness times a 100″….hilarious. Through the busy schedule you’ve had this week and you still make time for your friends….and you have HUMOR along with it. Love you, Kath…..you are a gift in itself and I know Kristen knows it.
Happy Birthday, Kristen!!!
THANK YOU!!! After our salmon class last night, I was in my pj’s watching The Biggest Loser and The Good Wife. To think I was all lazy and cozy on the couch and you were home slaving away making cupcakes!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! They were beautiful AND yummy!!! Yes, we’ve had many sinfully delicious and fun foodie adventures…..and we have many more to come!!!!
And here I sit with no cupcake. =sob!=
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRISTEN!!!! The cupcake was so pretty sitting on my desk for almost 4 hours… but then I couldn’t take it anymore. thanks for sharing your birthday cupcakes… It was yummy!! Beautifully decorated cupcakes Kathleen:-))
Kristen sounds like a great friend. Hope she had a great birthday. No shame in using a mix to make cupcakes. I made over a hundred last weekend for the school carnival and that would have taken so much longer by scratch.
What a great friendship post. Cupcakes look great.
Hope Higgy is doing well. I know this is a food blog but I’m an animal lover (as well as food lover!!) and your Higgy story has touched me. Think about him often.
Happy birthday Kristen! I hope you had a wonderful day.
Kathleen- it’s never too early for sweets! 😀
How do you get your batter into your cupcake liner without making any slops or mess? Please tell…..:)
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I use the largest pampered chef cookie scoop. I fill it with batter, make sure it has stopped dripping, and then I release the batter right into the center of the cupcake liner.