ubby had me in hysterics over the weekend. Not only had he thrown away my beaters {because he never saw me use them!} but he accused me {in jest} of bleeding money.
I made cupcakes. Yummy passionfruit and coconut cupcakes. And as I was setting them up to photograph with the fancy bunting and little flags I realised I had a one man audience… Hubby. I looked at him with his puzzled look on his face and smirked, “What?”
“Are you serious?” he ribbed, “Did you buy all that stuff… just for this?”
“Well… it is all very pretty… and it looks nice… and well… yes. I did.”
He shook his head and laughed. I finished setting up in a state of hysterics. The way Hubby says things has me bending over in side splitting laughter.
Besides he should be grateful. I baked scrumptious cupcakes. And I even took the seeds of the passionfruit out for him because the man doesn’t like seeds. See how wonderful I am? Wife of the year material.
And mother of the year too. I offered Lacey a cupcake and with one swift lick she decided, “I can’t like it!”
So what’s a mum to do? Whip up chocolate icing instead. That’s what I did, much to her utter delight.
175g butter, at room temp
1 cup caster sugar
3 eggs
1 1/3 cups self raising flour
2/3 cup shredded coconut
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup sour cream
Icing
3 large passionfruits, halved
1 cup icing sugar
125g butter, at room temp
♥ Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
♥ Line a tin or lay out cupcake papers.
♥ Place all ingredients in a bowl. Mix until combined.
♥ Pour into tin, or into cupcake papers.
♥ Cook in tin for 45-50 mins or cupcakes for around 15 minutes.
♥ Allow to cool.
♥ Combine passionfruit, icing sugar & butter to make icing. Ice cake or cupcakes.
I actually bought all that ‘stuff’ and made these cupcakes to celebrate the little life of SuperPrincess Ava, a beautiful girl gone too soon. xx
Quite simply – you rock.
Gotta love a hubby who makes you laugh though!
Those are just beautiful. I just went over and read Ava's story, my goodness. Made me stop and appreciate everything in my life, right this second.
“I can't like it” – how adorable!! 🙂 she tried to like it! hehe. very sweet.
these look delicious. and major dedication points for picking out the seeds – definitely wife and mother of the year material 🙂
Heidi xo
So gorgeous and funny and lovely and sad {Ava's story has had me weeping pool fulls of tears}.
Love your blog sooo much. It's so inspriing for beginner bloggers like me:) A big thank you xx
Yum, they look delicious! Great picture, love the yellow flags on top!
my hubby would have said the same thing. Love the cupcake wrappers xx
oh, that's hilarious – hubby and lacey 🙂 but they do look pretty, so all worth it 🙂
Beautiful cupcakes for a beautiful girl. x
They look like perfection. Wife of the year for sure!
Awwh thats so cute.
Wife/mother/blogger of the year.
totally will vote for you.
x
I am going to make these for the kiddies this afternoon.
Thank you.
Absolutely wife of the year X
My comment seems to have disappeared! Chantelle those cupcakes look absolutely scrumptious. I love the colours of your little cases and accessories. Can you send me a few little cupcakes in the post. Cassie xx
Husbands are so weird aren't they. Mine is just like yours thinks I'm totally crazy for the effort I go to but just laughs and shrugs and lets me be.
Ava's story is so sad – I simply can't cook (or eat) another cupcake) without giving a thought to her and her parents.
Elizabeth Saxe Coburg-Gotha is an evil woman, why do we slave away at work our whole lives for money with her face on