Now for my definition. Labor Day = End of Summer
I don't like that at all. I feel like it was just Memorial Day and I certainly have not yet recovered enough from last winter. I do love Fall and if I could just find a place that cycled those two seasons, I'd be just fine. I love to see what other people are doing with their cupcakes for Labor Day so again I googled "Labor Day Cupcakes" & up popped cupcakes that looked like corn on the cob, hamburgers, red, white & blue etc. None of which particulary motivated me. I'm thinking....
I went to the Farmer's Market today & bought beautiful organic produce. Tomatos, Green Beans & Peaches. Sitting here looking at them on the counter gave me my idea of what to bake. I had frozen some organic raspberries so why not make raspberry vanilla cupcakes with raspberry buttercream? I had to give it a try. The result? I LOVE them! I just tried one stright out of the oven.
I used my vanilla cupcake recipe and after crushing the frozen raspberries, I folded them into the batter. I really did not add alot of raspberries, maybe 1/4 - 1/2 cup. I was afraid of what would happen to the batter. I also think the next time I am going to try raspberry extract. I found a site online to order from which was recommended by a "real" baker. You can find it at olivenation.com Do NOT use imitation extracts. You can tast it immediately. It's worth the extra cost.
It's late so I will post more pictures tomorrow after I make the buttercream. So stop back!
Let me know what you think.
Happy Labor Day
I think you could "cycle" through summer and fall if you moved to parts of Florida, Nevada, and California. As for the cupcake, it does look appetizing.
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Perhaps this is a not so strange thing BUT I simply can't eat food that looks like another food and not itself. I don't know why but I just can't. I remember way back when they made ketchup green. I went without ketchup for quite some time because of this and I was quite traumatized that head mistress did this to our home. For over 3 months.. green ketchup... I turned to mustard on my fries at that point. Very british.. although i'm very American. :)
ReplyDeleteYour cupcakes sound devine!! I love raspberry anything. My favorite jam and ice cream.
I love the end of summer as it opens iteself to Fall which is my favorite season.
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Oh my goodness- these look amazing! I found you on a blog hop and I am so glad I did- I am always looking for new recipes! :) We have a link party on our blog each weekend (Strut Your Stuff Saturdays) and we would love to have you come link this up!
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I love the header! Now im craving for cupcakes
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Happy Labor day dear! That cupcake looks divine! :)
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