This Christmas was culinary themed for me, as all of my family and friends knew that this blog was a major part of my fall semester. I was so excited to find a slow cooker, a cookbook, and a food processor under my tree this year! Best of all, though, was the cupcake classes I received as a birthday present from my sisters.
My birthday is on Christmas, which usually elicits some apologizes from people when they hear how my special day is overshadowed by the holiday season. I, too, admit to feeling sorry for myself at times when my presents get lumped together into the "birthday/Christmas" category. This birthday/Christmas, however, I had nothing to complain about. I finally got a special day of my own this year, as the cupcake class was actually a surprise party! I was shocked to find all my good friends waiting for me inside the Butter Lane Bakery when I arrived. Cupcakes and my closest friends – what more could I ask for?
The private baking room, which consisted of three large cooking stations with a mixer on each, was reserved for our group for two hours. Each station was in charge of making a different cupcake flavor - vanilla, chocolate, and banana (my favorite). The bakery provided us with their recipes for each type of cupcake and gave us tips as we went along. After the cupcakes were put in the oven, we had a delicious time whipping up some vanilla, chocolate, cream cheese, and peanut butter frostings. Everyone had stomach aches at this point from sneaking fingerfulls of batter and frosting, but we mustered up enough energy to frost our 100 cupcakes that had just come out of the oven. We were taught the “professional” way of frosting a cupcake, but the tricky technique was quickly abandoned by all after a few attempts. What took the professionals ten seconds to complete, took my friends and I ten minutes to roughly imitate! Instead, we resorted to mixing and matching our cupcakes and frostings as we pleased, and had a blast in the process.
Here’s the proof:
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| The surprise - I cried. |
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| The bakery |
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| Worst cooks in America |
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| How do you turn this thing on? Well, the answer is the "on" switch. |
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| CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES!!! |
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| Caught eating the batter |
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| Proud bakers |
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| Cupcakes for days |
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| Time to frost! |
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| Yum |
Delicious treats and great memories were made. I recommend a cooking or baking class as a present to any foodie you know, or just as a fun activity to do with your friends!
Stop by the Butter Lane Bakery if you are ever in NYC, or sign up for their cupcake class if you are looking to learn some new skills!
P.S. A cupcake-themed birthday party is perfectly acceptable for a 22 year-old...
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