My family does not bake. We can cook, but we don’t bake. This is why, on my 101 in 1001 list, there are several baking-related items, including, and you may find this difficult to believe, making cupcakes, which I HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE! I am almost 22!

Thanks to Jenny (who is rather better at this than I am, even though I make fun of her!) making me jealous, I did this last night, and although they didn’t turn out nearly as cute as I would have liked (partially because I screwed up the frosting by trying to do it before they were cool), they were not Cake Wrecks, and were not burnt. Of course they were also tasty, which is the most important thing, right?!

Baking, notice how some of the ones at the back have overflowed into each other? Looks like I overfilled them. Whoops.

Not the nicest shapes, but no burnt ones in sight! Also, notice my cup of coffee in the background!

Some of the finished ones, with sadly melted frosting. If you’re wondering what happened to the rest…they didn’t fit on the plate, and Mum also ate one before I frosted them, since she wanted a plain one.

Maybe this is the start of a love affair between baking and I…and maybe next time I’ll try and do them without my handy little friend!