My letter to Julia

Dear Julia,
How I wish I could ask you how to become the best baker in the country! I have a new adventure I'm calling it because for me, it is stepping out of my comfort zone. I'm starting a cupcake business called Kristen's Kupcakes and it is thrilling and scary it all ways possible. But, I'm willing to try this and I wish I could have you by my side to guide me but mostly to give me some of your profound confidence...you were truly amazing and I know your cooking for Jesus now but could you send me a dose of sugar knowledge from Heaven?
Sincerely,
Kristen

Ahhhh, let's see, as I fumbled through recipes, ingredients and cookbooks the last three days, I came across one I was able to make my own and thus have found recipe number one. It is my first cupcake recipe, a dark chocolate cake and buttercream icing...yes, it turned out yummy but with one mishap and decorating horror....hehhee. I mixed up my batch of cake mix, spooned it into cupcake paper cups, placed in the oven and realized I forgot the baking soda! I whip them out of the oven, squeeze everything I could out of the wrappers and back into the bowl, mix in the baking soda and do it all over again...yes, they turned out....oh thank you Lord, yes, they were moist, tasted like a deep, dark chocolate heaven and I was pleasantly pleased. Okay, cake recipe number one works and tastes great. Now the icing, beautiful, silky, delicious icing, started out great on the cupcakes and then as I continued messing around with decorating decided to start sliding together...it was kind of like watching a picture turn into something else...example..I did a basket weave on one, looked great and then somehow in a matter of seconds blended all together and just looked like I frosted the cupcake plainly....Dear Lord, could you let me borrow Julia for about 10 days?

So, I figured out I can cut back on how much cream I add and hopefully next time, work with it better. This was just step one and I liked it...I found I was talking to myself to, which in turn made me laugh...I loved the release it gave me and I loved how the cupcakes I absolutely thought were the worst decorated, my children thought were the best! Julia, do you hear me? Send me a dream tonight with your best frosting recipe, I promise to follow it to the tee and never let you down!...smiling BIG!! The adventure begins..!!Oh yes, and three dear friends I will see tomorrow get the samples from today...I will get my first reviews...yikes!
Until next time, Happy New Year!!!!