More Cupcakes and Good News!!

First my good news is that we are moving into a two bedroom, two bath apartment! I am so excited. There will be so much more room and we will have an office (2nd bedroom) for all of my school work and things I have started collecting for my own classroom. It is on the third floor and we don't have elevators, but luckily it is in the same building and the stairwell right outside of our apartment leads straight to the door of the new one!! How lucky!! I so can't wait for vaulted ceiling bedroom, two bathrooms (that means I get one to decorate girly!!), and office space.


I also received my bridesmaid dresses, well my mother in law did. She inspected them and said they were perfect!! So excited, 67 days until the wedding. I wish I had more to do, but now I have to start packing and cleaning so I guess that will work! This dress but in a pinky-coral color.


I also made another cupcake: Double Chocolate Chip with Oatmeal with Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting. These are a very rich cupcake and very chocolaty!! Still working on finding frosting I like. I think It might be that my recipes are calling for two much powdered sugar or the vanilla? Still pretty good for first time butter cream.

Double Chocolate Chip with Oatmeal Cupcake:
1 chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup oats (instant works best, but I used the regular kind and they were delicious and had added texture)
1 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350, prep pan with liners
2. Mix all ingredients until combined (batter will be shiny and very thick)
3. Fill liners 2/3 full
4. Bake 15-18 minutes

Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting:
1 stick of butter (8 tbsp)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-4 tbsp milk or cream

1. Beat butter until fluffy
2. Turn off mixer and add cocoa, sugar, vanilla and 3tsp milk.
3. Mix until combined and fluffy
4. Add the rest of milk if frosting is too thick or dry