Sunday I woke up but I didnt want to move. I just wanted to spend the day in bed playing keep away. But I had to get up. I had kids to feed and a house to clean. I also wanted to work on my blog, make my site look great and learn more about pinterest. Ugh pinterest… I really never understood it or why people love it so much. Even my mom understands pinterest. I wanted to spend my day in bed and I felt like crying.
Things kind of got worse when I discovered a giant lump in my breast. It literally happened overnight. Made my husband check and he called our nurse friend who said it all should be fine but when we get our insurance back(lost insurance when lost jobs) it would be good to get it checked to be safe. With they way it suddenly appeared it sounds like just a cyst. All signs point to being just that including going through menopause. But none the less if freaked me out to the point of making me sick and most definitely didn’t help the depression.
I had to get my mind off all this and I had to do it fast. I have kids at home and I didn’t want them to worry. So I grabbed the aprons, one for me and one for my helper. My 12 year old told me what to make and my 9 year old was the one to help. Gathered all the ingredients needed for ….
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Only thing we don’t have red food coloring. So he chose blue.
Cake
Flour
sugar
baking soda
salt
cocoa powder
buttermilk
oil
egg
vinegar
vanilla
food coloring—–Blue
Frosting
butter
cream cheese
powder sugar
In one bowl added all the wet ingredients and we discovered how cool it looked. And in the center it looked the like planet earth. After we were done being mesmerized by the liquids we moved on to the dry.

My son is absolutely adorable. While shifting all the dry ingredients he told me he wanted a kiss so while going towards him for that kiss he tosses flour onto my face. Saying how we need to look like real bakers. But he didnt have any on his cute little face so of course I had to make him look like a real baker as well.
While I used the hand mixer he added the flour. I do admit the blue was a very good choice not to mention my favorite color. I actually liked it a lot better then the usual red for a red velvet.

He got the scooped and scooped the batter into the cupcake liners. He was so careful not to make a blue mess every getting the perfect amount in each liner. Then right into the over.
They came out perfect and wow the blue was amazing. He carefully took them out to cool. While cooling we mixed the frosting and guess what we made that blue. Not dark like the cupcake of course. We made white chocolate ganache for the filling. My 9 year old always has to have something white chocolate on almost anything we bake. Definitely my kid. I have loved white chocolate since the day my dad bought me home the first(well when they first came out) Nestle crunch white chocolate bar.



I showed him how we clean while waiting to fill and frost. He was very helpful. I just really wanted to keep as busy as possible. Then it was time to get them filled and frosted. All done.
They could not wait for their “Test” cupcake. My husband said they looked good and want his “Test” cupcake. I broke the rule of dessert before dinner and let them each have their own. They came out so good. The cake was light and fluffy, ganache was smooth and the cream cheese frosting was was silky and very yummy. I do make my own adjustments on any recipes I use such as less sugar, less oil or just a tablespoon more of cocoa powder.


I love the way the cupcakes came out. What I love the most is spending the time with my kids teaching them what I love to do. I don’t take medication to help me deal with my depression. I have my kids. I look at them no matter how bratty, or how much they fight or don’t want to listen when it comes to doing school work, or going to bed on time, All I have to do is spend some time with them doing something fun like baking and I literally forget about whatever it is going on with me both physically and mentally.
Things will be fine………
Omg! Thats super pretty! They remind me of cookie monster! πͺ
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Thatβs what I decided to call them Cookie Monster blue velvet.
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Thats super pretty! They remind me of cookie monster! πͺ
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Lol my bad. I posted the comment twice π
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Good Choice! π
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I hope your lump turns out to be nothing to worry about, fingers crossed. Take care of yourself! Love the blue velvet cupcakes – sounds delish and the kids had fun π
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Thank you and they were very good. I have the best helpers.
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We all have days like that π The cupcakes look lovely, even though blue is an unusual choice! I hope they tasted yummy π
Nic | Nic’s Adventures & Bakes
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Yes it was unusual but I let kids make decisions when they help. And they tasted great. Love including my kids in the baking.
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Oooh! Love that you made some blue velvet cupcakes. I love how they turned out. You did a great job with decorating them too! Glad it helped you with depression. Keep it up!
Nancy β₯ exquisitely.me
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Thank you so much. And odly enough it does help a lot to keep me focused something other then my personal issues.
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