May Babies

We have four birthdays in the month of May here at my office. Of course, that doesn't even begin to compete with the seven January babies and seven Capricorns (holla!). But it does mean I'm not making cupcakes four times this month. As much as I would love to, there's no time with JoAnna's shower coming up.. and just wait until you see the cupcakes for that! Soon... soon.

I had another go at the buttermilk cupcakes I made last week, and this time, I made the whole recipe because halving an odd number of whole eggs and egg yolks is just terrifying.. not to mention nearly impossible. I also decided to pair the cupcakes with a vanilla marshmallow buttercream, something I've been really eager to try. Basically you add marshmallow cream to beaten butter, and throw in some powdered sugar and vanilla. EASY! And it comes out tasting great.. smoother than the other easy buttercream you typically find.

I was curious about the marshmallow cream's ingredients, and when I read them, I realized why it makes sense to use it in a frosting. Corn syrup, egg whites, cream of tartar. Doi! Those are classic frosting ingredients! I should really learn how to do this myself.

Oh yeah! This morning as I woke up, I asked Brad if he had any of the scraps I left him, and he said no because he didn't see it waiting for him in the cabinet (as far away from Fiona's sand paper toungue as possible). When I was in the shower, he came into the bathroom with the plate of scrappy frosted cake I left him, and with a mouth full of it, told me it was good! He never likes anything but chocolate! Victory! The fact that he woke up specifically to try my cake at 7 a.m. on a day he goes into work at 2 p.m. is just adding to my joy. :D

I didn't take photos last night, so I ran into the kitchen this a.m. with my phone and snapped the photo below.