A Step-By-Step Guide to Baking Cupcakes!

Oh wow. I just realised that I left the double-e in and didn't notice. Good job, Charlotte. I noticed when I was typing it, but I guess I didn't delete it. I do know how to spell "ingredients," just so you know.
Gosh, I sure do love our KitchenAid. I'm not kidding with you. It's from 1948, my mom's mom's. It is so nice-looking (as you'll see in the next picture), sturdy, and works like a charm. In fact, when I grow up, I'm going to have a whole array of KitchenAids in different colours (because they are always so tantalizing in catalogues for Williams-Sonoma and Sur Le Table), with that one as the crowning jewel.
I seriously am awful at this step; I am always slopping the batter all over and over-filling and this time I even dumped out a pan by mistake (luckily only two cups were filled). I would have used my silicone baking cups, but these are for a bake sale and so I shan't use anything I want returned.
Look at those puppies go. Vrooom vroom! Haha, yes, I did just use "vrooom vroom" as the sound of cupcakes baking. Our oven is all wonky, so we have to have a separate thermometer inside to measure the actual temperature in there; the built-in one can't be trusted. Usually it is all over the place and an epic pain to deal with, but this time it was all lovely and nice and the correct temperature!
This step is optional, hence the number 4.5, which is rather awkward to type when you are using the full word for one of the numbers. Since I haven't really anything to say here, I'll mention that my post from baking cupcakes in July is entitled "Patty-Cake, Patty-Cake," which is the same title as the post I made earlier this evening. Huh. I guess we can tell the patterns my mind takes.

Gosh, don't those just look tasty-licious! Luckily I photographed the batch that I did not stick the thumb of the oven mitt in, as those were a good deal less photogenic. That will all be fixed with the oh-so scrumptious Ghirardelli chocolate frosting that I will be applying in the morning.

Wow, that is gonna be some morning...I just remembered that I have to wash my hair (nooo! the colour is fading terribly fast), dry & straighten it, frost the cupcakes, do homework, do my nails ('tisn't vanity, I just chew them otherwise), and get to work at quarter to eleven. It's a good thing I have a tendency to arise early on Sundays!

Taking the cupcakes out of their tins,
Charlotte