April 18, 2010

Hummingbird Cupcakes with Pineapple "Flowers"

Hummingbird cake.  I'd never even heard of it until just recently.  I think it's one of those Southern things, sort of like Red Velvet, that somehow never got on my cake radar until it started showing up everywhere.  Not that Hummingbird cake is everywhere, because it isn't.  But it ought to be.  In fact, if one Southern cake should be in every cupcake shop on earth, it should not be Red Velvet, it should totally be Hummingbird cake.

It's a petticoats & parasols kind of cake, and it beats the seersucker pants off of Red Velvet.


April 7, 2010

Feeling a little sheepish

Have you ever had one of those weeks that sort of grabs you by the hair, swings you around a few times, and tosses you into a heap in the corner?  Yes?  Then you understand why it's been so long since my last post.  Things have been busy busy busy around here, and I've been short on baking time.  Between the desperate ending to my weight-loss competition (more on that in a minute), my birthday, a surprise visit from my sister, a whirlwind shopping trip that almost got us grounded (hi, mom!), a big family get-together, coordinating Easter morning for my girls and having brunch at our house......well, it's a miracle I could even get my shoes on the right feet, let alone get some decent cupcakes together.

Eventually, I did find time, even though I had to spread it over a couple of days.  I can't say the end product was worth the time or effort, though.  Here, take a look at what is supposed to be a sweet little lamb cupcake but actually looks kind of like a demented poodle. (Ack!  Did I break my "No Dogs On Cupcakes" rule?)