National Bake Cookie Day Cupcakes

National Bake Cookie Day brings us... Cupcakes!

I hope the National Bake Cookie Day police will forgive me... And, remember

that I baked and decorated cookies for 48-hours straight last weekend!

That's not to say there wasn't plenty of cookie-stuff going on today...

But more about that later. Right now, we're talking cupcakes... And,

lately, I cannot even think about baking without the pure magic

that is King Arthur's cake enhancer. Oh, and it's gluten free!

I first added it to a cake I baked over the summer and could not get

over how much it improved the flavor and texture! If you haven't tried it

yet, you must. Your cakes and cupcakes will be more moist than you ever

thought possible, and they will last longer too! KAF's cake enhancer is

supposed to work magic in bread-baking too. And, I can't wait to find out!

As much as I love big cupcakes... I am obsessed with the mini!

I say, forget the scoops and use a pitcher to fill your

cupcake liners. That way, you can forget the mess too!

Bing understands the importance of

keeping the kitchen clean and orderly...

As long as the Fancy Feast flows, Bing

will pretty much agree to anything!

So now that my cuppies are out of the oven, it's time to decorate them!

I'm feeling snowflakes!

Speaking of snowflakes! Two years ago today I was decorating

snowflake cookies, and it was snowing! Click here to see...

I love snow and wish it were snowing right this minute!

Maybe my snowflake cupcakes will inspire a change in the weather!

A girl can dream... Can't she?

Speaking of dreaming... I've been chasing this pedestal platter for two weeks!

It's no longer available on-line at Williams-Sonoma, so I had to hunt it

down. I went as far as Durham, but finally found it yesterday in Greensboro!

As much as I love my mini-cupcakes on

my new Soho Rectangular Pedestal...

Mini-Cupcakes deserve their own mini cake stand!

And, if one mini cake stand is good... Two mini cake stands can only be better!

Martha says so... And, I love them!

Okay, I've teased you long enough, and you've been very patient... So here's a little

bit about cookies on National Bake Cookie Day! You see, I decorated the

snowflake cookies I baked last week with my Snow Globe cookies!

But this wasn't another 48-hour adventure in sugar... Oh, no!

I just pulled these blanks from the freezer, let them come

to room temperature and banged them out in no time at all!

Just a little outlining, a little flooding, a few French Dragees...

And, a little more piping here...

And, a little more piping there...

And, a little sprinkle of sanding sugar...

And, that's all it takes...

To decorate Snowflake sugar cookies in a flash!

And, pretend like you actually baked cookies on National Bake Cookie Day!