Hot Tamale

Since starting my new endeavor, I've been getting all kinds of ideas for different flavors to try! Andrew,(that's my boyfriend, for those who don't know) has been asking me for the past two weeks to take a stab at a Hot Tamale cupcake. I was not all that excited about this one, but I lovingly wrote it down on my list... towards the bottom!
Oddly enough, a friend just recently left me a note on Facebook suggesting aHot Tamale cupcake as well and if I didn't know any better I would have thought the two of them were in cahoots! But since then my wheels have been turning and I decided to oblige them both and make an attempt. So here is my first test run of a Hot Tamale cupcake, and I must admit, it's not too shabby!

We have here a vanilla cake with crushed Red Hots candies mixed in, and a red hot buttercream for which I used a homemade Hot Tamale simple syrup and crushed Red Hots candies. 

I guess it could be called a Red Hot cupcake, but I think Hot Tamale is little more sassy! :)

That will probably be all of the experimenting I'm able to do this week as I will be preping for my first day at the Wilsonville Thursday Market! More to come on that... stay tuned ;)

"ICE CREEEEAAAM!!"

Summer time has finally hit the Northwest and I could not be happier! The sunshine and blue skies always takes me back to my childhood days of summer vacation. I just feel so footloose and fancy free!

One of my favorite things about the summer as a kid was the ice cream man! I think I'd be hard pressed to find someone who would disagree! There is just something about that jingle that triggers a level of excitement that is unmatched! Eddie Murphy says it best, "there is truly something about the ice cream truck that will make a kid stop in his tracks and just lose it!" It's true!

I heard that peppy little ice cream truck jingle outside my window earlier this afternoon and it was immediately followed by joyous pandemonium! I imagine those kids could be heard from miles around cheering for the ice cream man and yelling for their parents to hurry outside with money for them to buy their frozen treats! It put a smile to my face, for one, because it took me back to the Eddie Murphy ice cream truck stand up skit. But also, I just remember that feeling of excitement. It got me thinking about my favorite frozen treats and I'd say, up there towards the top of my list is the Nestle's drumstick!

 

I just love those things... they're perfect! For starters, who doesn't enjoy a good waffle cone? (I believe these cones are sugar, but still tasty.) You have the ice cream of course, then the chocolate and the salty peanuts. It's like a hot fudge sundae you can hold and eat with one hand!!.... I tell ya, it really is the simple things in life that bring me joy!

So, in keeping with summer, the drumstick and of course, cupcakes, I have created a Drumstick cupcake!

We have here a yellow cake with vanilla buttercream covered in chocolate ganache and rolled in crushed peanuts! What do think? Would you like to try it? Send an email to sugarkrystles@gmail.com or just leave me a note on the Facebook page!

Happy summer everyone!!