March Cupcakery...in April

In case you thought I FAILED at my New Year's Resolution to bake one new cupcake recipe a month, you would be wrong. I did, in fact, bake a very delicious cupcake treat in March.

I present to you...Dark Chocolate Mint Cupcakes!!

Recipe and image from here.

I ended up making these amazing treats pretty late one Tuesday night. I forced myself to git-er-done before the month changed to April. Sadly I didn't take any after pics...but mine looked a little bit uglier than the image above. What can I say? I'm not a baker by any means. 

Overall the recipe was super easy and very yummy. I also tried to use as many organic ingredients as possible...so I think that made them "healthier." I also splurged on some fabulous buttercream icing from Whole Foods that I crushed some mint chocolate in to. 

Still contemplating April's recipe...and when I will have the time to make them. As you can see - life has gotten in the way of this little blog :)

A few really random updates - just in case you are wondering.

- There is an absurd amount of pollen everywhere. It is incredibly annoying and gross. And Mr. Chips keeps rolling around in it and turning green. I need to stop letting the cats outside. 

- I've been keeping up with running and hope to run the Carytown 10k faster than any other 10k I've done (which is 3 races...I need to beat an official time of 1:00:56). 

- Brian and I went up to NJ this past weekend for his brother's wedding. Fabulous time on so many levels. I actually got to hang out with his family more than I ever have since he was on Best Man duty. I can't even express to you how much fun I had (Singing Karaoke to Ginuwine was involved). 

- I planted a ton of plants in our front yard (and got an ugly sunburn in the process). I am really crossing my fingers that these babies don't die...

- There is a Europe trip in the mixing bowl to rendezvous with one of my best friends in the entire world. This REALLY needs to happen. 

Tessa. Me. Fun.

Epic time.

We've been to Hong Kong, Australia, & Mexico together (and even survived a ridiculous expedition through the snow/ice/mud/un-human-friendly-conditions in Tasmania) so I think it is time to add a wide variety of European countries to that list. 

Look out world!