liqurious discoveries

so this is awesome.  from explorations on twitter, i found apart of the notcot empire (which i do follow) called liqurious.  i thought this was so much fun and clicked on a few of the postings including i want one of those wine screw keychains.  how perfect for picnics, right?!

apparently anyone can post drink recipes and thought the cucumber gimlet was worth clicking on and discovered the crumpets and cakes blog.  i thought this was just another smart blog sharing recipes!

   

Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes

My birthday is one week away and I am visiting with my parents this weekend to celebrate my 29th birthday as well as Father's Day. Last week, my mom asked me what kind of cake or cupcakes I would like for my birthday, and, without hesitation, I requested Peanut Butter and Jelly cupcakes. She made them for me last year after seeing Tyler Florence of the Food Network bake them. They were so scrumptious I didn't want to wait more than 365 days to have them again!

Here's the recipe, with my modifications at the end:

Ingredients:

• 11/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs, plus 1 egg yolk
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 cup grape jelly (Recommended: Welch's Grape Jelly)
• Candy bars (Recommended: Reese's Pieces, Butterfinger, Nutterbutter, Heath Bar, smashed up with a rolling pin, for decorating)
• Peanut butter frosting, recipe follows
  

wine shop at home

this is like a jewelry party for wine!  i'm not surprised it exists (since 2002), and actually feel my discovery is a little late.  i found this while i was looking at 'group updates' on linked in.  sabrina lamberson also in the texas a&m alumni group called for a 'wine consultant opportunity conference call!'  after a little search, i'm pretty sure it hasn't reached the 13 colonies yet. 

wine shop at home