Get Crafty Friday {23}

Welcome to Get Crafty Friday! If it's your first time here then...Welcome! Thank you to everyone that shared a project last week. I love that you all support my little link party. 

I've been a little MIA this week. I haven't worked on any recipes or projects or visited any blogs. I know, I've been a bad blogger this week. But I do have a really good excuse. I've been bogged down with studying for my finals and I'm glad to say that I'm finally free! My finals are over and I have the whole summer to get crafty so you will be seeing a whole lot of projects =) Now let's look at the features for this week:

Herb and Cheese Biscuits

by: Sweet Caroline's Corner

20 Things To Do With Your Kids This Summer

by: Make Something Daily

 

Farmer's Market Summer Spaghetti

by: The Owl's Skull

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Now...let's get ready to partyy!!!

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• Follow my blog {not mandatory but certainly very nice}
• Please only add what you've made (if it's made by someone else please don't share their work)
• Link up to your post, not your main blog.
• Please try to limit your posts to 3 per person
• Please no links to your shops, giveaways, facebook pages, etc. Sorry but they will be removed if you link them up.
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Get Crafty Friday {22}

Welcome to Get Crafty Friday! If it's your first time here then...Welcome! Thank you to everyone that shared a project last week. I love that you all support my little link party. 

Before we get to the features, I just wanted to share my latest recipe. This past Wednesday, one of my professors decided to have a little party to celebrate the last day of class for this semester. I made these amazing Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes and they were such a hit. The recipe is super easy and the mini cupcakes are super addicting. I hope you give them a try!

 

DIY Washi Tape Drawer Dividers

by: Life in Ryans'

DIY Poppy Teapot

by: La gang à Nat

 

Homemade Foaming Salt Scrub Recipe

by: Rebecca's Soap Deli News

Make sure to check out these wonderful posts and leave some comments for the bloggers because we all love comments! Also, make sure you check out the Get Crafty Friday Features board on Pinterest.

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Now...let's get ready to partyy!!!

Here are the "rules":

• Follow my blog {not mandatory but certainly very nice}
• Please only add what you've made (if it's made by someone else please don't share their work)
• Link up to your post, not your main blog.
• Please try to limit your posts to 3 per person
• Please no links to your shops, giveaways, facebook pages, etc. Sorry but they will be removed if you link them up.
• Make sure to check out other links and make new friends.
• Grab a button or add a text link somewhere on your blog post or party page
• Share this party with others!



Most of all...have fun fun fun!!


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Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes

Tomorrow is my last official day of school until the fall. It's bittersweet. I've enjoyed meeting new people and spending time at school. At the same time, I'm ready for the summer break and ready to spend time with my munchkin and have more time for my blog and crafts. My professor decided to have a little party tomorrow for our last day and asked everyone to bring a little something. I, being the baker, decided I wanted to bake something. I originally wanted to make chocolate cupcakes but one of my classmates was adamant about making chocolate cake since she bought all of the ingredients. So I decided to make something different. I love, love, love Red Velvet Cake and I love, love, love cupcakes so why not make Red Velvet Cupcakes! I modified a recipe that I found online. Here is what I came up with. Beware because they are super addicting especially since they are mini cupcakes.



Red Velvet Mini Cupcakes
Yield: 36 mini cupcakes or 16-18 regular cupcakes

Printable Recipe

Ingredients:

Cake:

1 1/4 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

3/4 tsp cocoa powder

1 egg

1/2 cup buttermilk

3/4 cup vegetable oil

1/2 tsp distilled white vinegar

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 tbsp red food coloring (or 3 squirts if you are using gel food coloring)

Cream Cheese Frosting:
1 8oz package of cream cheese
2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
1 stick unsalted butter
1/2 tsp vanilla extract


Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside. In a large bowl, whisk the egg, buttermilk, vegetable oil,  vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring until you have a nice cohesive mixture. Add a third of the flour mixture into the liquid mixture and fold in with a spatula until the flour is almost completely mixed in. Repeat twice with the other 2/3 of the flour mixture. Once the batter comes together, set it aside and prepare the cupcake pans.

Line the cupcake pan with cupcake liners. If you are not using liners, spray with vegetable oil. Using a 2 tbsp scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake pan. Bake for 12-14 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool in the pan for 3 minutes then move them to a baking rack to cool completely.

To make the frosting, mix the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Slowly incorporate the powdered sugar until fully incorporated. Add vanilla and mix until the frosting is smooth and creamy. Frost the cupcakes when they are completely cooled. Makes approximately 36 mini cupcakes or about 16-18 regular cupcakes.

I've already eaten 3 so hopefully there will be enough to take to class tomorrow =) Enjoy!

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