NY Storm of 09' = more cupcake tasting...

It snowed about 1 foot this past weekend. Being that I live in a 2-family house, I HATE the snow because I have to shovel. Now that I'm married, it's not AS bad b/c hubby does the shoveling but I do try and help b/c I feel selfish that I'm not doing anything.

I stole this pic off a friend on Facebook...


Not to sound totally random - and I promise this story will connect to what happened the rest of this weekend but I've been on a grueling and miserable diet since the end of October. I gained A LOOOOoot of weight since my wedding. I think it was a mixture of stress, depression, not caring anymore and just a whole bunch of things. I'm not normally an overweight person and I try to watch what I eat/go to the gym but I think I just didn't care anymore so I ate like a banchee. Anyway, I gained about 30 lbs in the process. It got so bad I would wear sweatshirts in the middle of July. I finally couldn't stand to look at myself anymore so I took charge and went on a diet monitored by an internist, which did WONDERS b/c I lost almost 30 lbs to date. I wasn't going to but decided I've been doing SO well, if I hit a certain weight by this past weekend, I would treat myself to ONE cheat meal. Not only did looking forward to that cheat meal make me REACH my goal weight (for the weekend) but I SURPASSED that weight and went even lower! So kudos to me. As my cheat meal, I chose to get an AWESOME cheeseburger @ Tavern 18, located in New Hyde Park on Union Tpke. They serve warm brioche bread they bake on the premises (forgot to take a picture. The cheeseburger is also served on a toasted brioche bun with a choice of whatever cheese you want. I chose a Swiss Gruyere Cheese and got sweet potato fries instead of regular fries.


We also got lobster/crab springs rolls for appetizer but again, I totally forgot to take a picture b/c I was sidetracked by how delicious it looked. And of course we got a bottle of wine and got totally crocked. I haven't had a meal that good in a looooooong time and I didn't regret a split second of it. Of course I couldn't even finish my meal. I swear I tried to eat all of it but if I took another bite, I probably would've thrown up.

Onto cupcake news... This storm trapped me in my home so I decided to bake cupcakes! I made a batch of devil'd chocolate chip cupcakes. I personally don't like it when I bite into a moist chocolate cupcake and all of a sudden feel the hard chips inside the moistness so I decided to just add a just a thin layer of chips on the very top of the cupcake.


I think I have the frostings down - so now I'm just trying to see which frostings go good with which cupcakes. This one is the chocolate-chocolate fudge frosting with the devil'd chocolate chip cupcake. I changed the receipe a bit b/c taste testers were telling me it was too sweet and a bit dense.

Devil'd Chocolate Chip Cupcake with Cookies & Cream



Devil'd Chocolate Chip Cupcake with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting



This one's new on my cupcake list. I usually use this filling for my cakes but since all my customers love it, I've decided to use it for my cupcakes too. It's a devil'd chocolate chip cupcake with "Sseng Cream." It's a korean cream - basically a lightly whipped pastry cream.



I've updated my website with my NEW CUPCAKE Menu/Pricing and Cupcake Gallery - although I won't be taking orders until the new year begins. Check it out!!

http://www.cakesbychristineny.com/Gallery_~__Capcakes.html

I'm still looking for a location for my CUPCAKE LAUNCH PARTY. I must say I'm pretty excited to do this and I hope it turns out well.