I Can’t Cake It Anymore!!

….but mini cupcakes are apparently ok 😉 .

I don’t really know what my deal is with cupcakes/ cake. It’s definitely not really my favourite dessert. However, I understand it’s portability and variability so I can see why other people consider it the dessert of champions (although I’m sure that actual champions don’t regularly partake in dessert. Or maybe they do? Would that add a whole other level of sweet sweet victory? Who knows? All I know is that I will never be a champion. No dessert? If that’s the trade off then I might as well kick the bucket right now 😉 ).

Anyway, due to me considering cake to be one of the more boring desserts, virtually guaranteed to initiate my “ho-hum” mode, I almost never make plain old cake or cupcakes. Both must have more than just cake and icing going for them. So if you ever find yourself in a position in which you are eating a cupcake, cake (or mini cupcake) made by me, it more then likely has some sort of delicious filling as well.

In addition to my obvious love of maple (see last week’s post), another flavour profile I’m a super fan of is citrus. It has so many positives! Apparently you can use lemon juice to do everything from deodorizing virtually anything, to exfoliating your skin to stimulating hair growth (which is probably great for your head hair, but uh…maybe you don’t want to start using that everywhere? Unless of course you have a living miniature Rapunzel who is desirous of scaling your entire body via a rope ladder made of your body hair. Also, if it works super well, I suppose you could save on clothes and just tell everyone you’re wearing fur now (although saying that will of course bring on the wrath of hard core animal rights activists, so be prepared for your pelt to be covered in red paint shortly after you make this declaration. Although maybe lemon juice could help get the red paint out? Such a miracle fruit 😉 )). Sorry for all the asides, I just can’t help myself. Asides aside though, citrus has the other super fun property of observing babies (or anyone for that matter) trying it for the first time and that adorably unhappy sourpuss face that they make. Another fun activity? Do you, like me, ever try to lure your cats over to the couch because you want to pet them but are too lazy to get up and they ignore you entirely? Try using a lemon and pretending it’s food that you’ll give to them. They run right over thinking they’re getting a delicious cat treat, but instead, they make hilarious citrus face! Suck it cat, that’ll teach you to come when I call! (actually, I think this plan tends to backfire and they become even less likely to come when you call. Totally worth it for that one second of entertainment however. Hopefully this doesn’t make everyone now think of me as someone who endorses animal cruelty. What I’m really endorsing is animal trickery 😉 …big difference).

Look at how adorable these look though – or is that just me? They’re so bright and fruity tasting/ looking that it makes me long for summer (or at least spring. Oh seasons, why do you thwart me so? Summer, I so love your warmth and sunshiny-ness, I just don’t understand why you would ever leave me when I show such love for you? Was is something I said? Or maybe you just think I’m too stalkerish and you find it somewhat off putting? I can be better I swear! Please, just don’t leave me!!! (I have no shame and am clearly perfectly fine displaying my desperation for all the world to see).

Summer – consider these an homage to you. An homage which, unlike my lemons as jerkish cat bait, I’m hopeful will have you come out of hiding and grace us all with your fun, whimsical, beautiful…*insert long list of flattering terms here*….presence. Let me know when you’re back in town – we’ll do lunch.