10:29 AM- Ingredients for my coconut-vanilla cupcakes need to come to room temperature before baking. It turns out I need more butter. Paula Deen would be proud.
12:47 PM- The first batch is out of the oven. They smell good, but I put too much batter in some of the cups. The good news is, the mistakes are still edible.
1:05 PM- Pepper enjoys some Springtime sun.
3:01 PM- I used bourbon to mist the brown sugar coating on my ham before pressing gingersnap crumbs on. Another blitz in the oven, and the main course will be ready.
3:25 PM- In between preparing Easter dinner dishes, I managed to clean out my closet; divvying up clothes to go to the cleaner and to Goodwill. I'm glad that my Goodwill pile is larger.
4:05 PM- Easter colors for my cupcake frosting. I think they came out well. Gel food coloring is the best; vivid with just a little mixed in and no taste.
4:30- Hooray! Easter cupcakes!
6:25- Easter cocktails; a Bulliet bourbon Manhattan, though, considering the season, I should have made a Corpse Reviver #2.
7:46 PM- Dinner is ready! Brown sugar, gingersnap glazed ham; hard-boiled eggs with parsley watercress sauce; lemon risotto; oven roasted fennel and mushrooms and green pea mash.
9:30 PM- I enjoy a cupcake while watching In Treatment on HBO. GMiller and I like to call technical fouls on the therapist in the series. **SPOILER ALERT** I'm frankly surprised it's taken a patient this long to sue Paul for malpractice.
10:13 PM- On to the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. I love this show, it is well made, interesting and no white people.
11:40 PM- In bed at last with my favorite footwarmer.
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2 comments:
And now we have cupcakes and ham for a week (well a day or two, at least)!
OK, the Paula Deen reference made me laugh out loud. It's so true!
I've only seen the pilot/movie of No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency - Looking forward to seeing the show, although that may take a while since we don't get HBO. It's OK. I'll wait :)
Nice 12!
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