GO Cowboys!

The Cowboys first playoff game was Saturday (as you probably know) & I made dessert for our family get together.

Parker (who clearly could care less that football is not about pink) wanted pink cupcakes.

I, being a sweet mom, decided to make strawberry cupcakes in her honor:).

And because I knew Mitchel liked strawberry too.

I love baking.

I even love cooking, when I'm not stressed.

I got a Martha Stewart (a true hero) cupcake cookbook for my birthday, and made her strawberry cupcakes.

You can find the recipe HERE.

You even use real strawberries.

Thrilling. Really.

I know, I'm easily entertained. :)

Instead of the strawberry buttercream meringue frosting the book used, I used THIS frosting instead.

I thought the pretty pink frosting was a little much for a football party.

hehe

And, the finished product.

I had fun finding footballs for the tops.

The brown ones were Wilton candy toppers.

They were ROCK hard.

Parker figured that out.

Ugh. Or yuck.

And, as a reward for all my hard work on my, made from scratch cupcakes...my 9 & 10 year old nephews & their 9 year old friend ran in from eating them and said...

"Who made these? They're SOOOOO weird!!"

Whatever.

:)