Cupcakes for Two

Saturday night after a long day of working around the house, and eating our big bowls of fettuccine alfredo we wanted a coffee and a dessert. I was feeling some cake. There are only TWO of us and if I made a cake or a dozen cupcakes we would eat much more then we should...Then I would also have a cake and cupcakes to figure out what to do with. SO I typed in cupcakes for two on google and this blog popped up! It's the first one that shows up..I didn't do much searching around because this recipe sounded good to me. One bowl..and 12 minutes. Sounds good to me! haha. Here is the link to the recipe..
http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/03/one-bowl-vanilla-cupcakes-for-two/
I found my cupcakes took longer then she said...but it is probably just my oven.
I wanted to share this because I felt like its a great dessert idea! You can spice it up however you would like! I always have things in our freezer so I took out some chocolate I had in there...some strawberries and some cream cheese icing I had leftover from the red velvet cupcakes. Here is what I did with our cupcakes!
I microwaved the chocolate just a big and added some of the cream cheese icing to it to make a chocolate filling. I cut the cupcakes in half and filled them. :)

Next I warmed up the frozen strawberries, then drained most of the liquid out (we dont want the icing toooooo runny.) Then I added the icing the the strawberries. I poured it ontop and then we had a decedent piece of cake. mmmmmmm.

Enjoy a cupcake with your love..or friend!
Before this post is done I would like to take a second to show you what made us want to eat a bowl of fetuccine and cupcakes on saturday night! Check out the shelves Dan built for our basement! We finally have a super organized basement! I am super proud of him!

Happy Monday guys! xo -Britt

Country Peach and Raspberry Tart

I had extra pie dough left over from making pumpkin pie so I found this lovely recipe and I am very glad that I made it! I used a half recipe..(because thats how much dough I had left over..) but I will share with you the whole recipe here and you can do what you like with it! The original recipe called for just peaches..but I decided to add some raspberries. I would most definately recommend following the recipe here and using just peaches. The raspberries made the tart a little more sour...and I think if it had of been just peaches it would have been perfect. Now I know for the next time!

Here is what you will need:
-1 single crust pie dough recipe (easily found online)
-1/4 cup of sugar
-4 tsps flour
-1/4 tsp of cinnamon, ginger or nutmeg
-3 cups of peaches or nectarines pealed and sliced
-1 tbsp lemon juice
-1 tbsp sliced almonds
-milk

Preheat oven to 375F.

Step One:
Prepare your pie crust. Roll out the dough on parchment paper into a large circle. Slide the paper with the dough ontop onto your baking sheet. Set aside.

Step Two:
In a large bowl mix together the sugar, flour, and cinnamon. Add the peaches and lemon juice...Do this until the peaches are all covered.

Step Three:
Take your peaches and put them in the center of your pie crust. Start to fold up your pastry dough leaving an opening in the center.

Step Four:
Brush a bit of milk onto the pie dough and sprinkle a bit of sugar ontop. Add your sliced almonds.

Step Five:
Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until the filling is bubbly and the crust is golden. Cook for 30 minutes on a wire rack.

Happy tuesday everyone!
xo