ON A TRIP!

I will be heading to Los Angeles for a few days of fun and fun! My BFF will be there for a conference and invited me out; the ticket prices were soooo right. I even had some of my co-workers buying tickets for travel later in the year! I have never traveled to any parts of California so I am truly looking forward to this. On top of that I need a tiny life break. I am not ashamed to say I am fully packed and my travel attire is already laid out.  Told ya’ll I was READY!! LOL I am going to try figuring out how I can send pictures of my jaunt straight from my fancy phone to the blog for immediate posting. There is no way I will remember to upload all of the pictures once I return. I will be posting pics throughout the day. Most of the pictures will be of all the food I plan on consuming the beautiful city and landmarks. My only rule is that I won’t eat at a restaurant if we have one in Houston. I will also be hanging out with another blogger who will also be there on business. The BFF has planned a movie studio tour for us along with all the other touristy stuff we are going to do: Rodeo Drive, Walk of Stars, etc. I have a lot I am trying to pack into these 3 days!! Hooray for short partner free, child-free mini-vacations! Where are you going for your next trip??

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Picture A Day Challenge - Day 27 Something You Ate

Coconut Curry Chicken

Fresh Lime Cupcakes

 

I love citrus. Lemon is my all time favorite. However, I decided to change it up a bit and work it out with some limes that didn't include margaritas!

This recipe was super easy as it used self-rising flour in addition to all purpose flour. Fresh lime juice and lime zest are all up and through these cupcakes! It is a mild flavor but you can definitely taste the flavor.

The original recipe calls for green food coloring but I omitted it. It also called for vanilla in the frosting but I used more fresh lime juice instead. I got about 18 cupcakes out of the mix...we kept six and gave the rest away!

Fresh Lime Cupcakes
http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2011/05/key-lime-cupcakes.html

What you need:

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 3/4cupself-rising flour
• 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 2large eggs
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest
• 3/4 cup buttermilk

What you need for the frosting:

• 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2cup(1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest
• 1-2 tablespoons fresh lime juice

What to do:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line standard muffin pan with 12 paper liners.
• Whisk both flours in medium bowl.
• Beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar; beat to blend. 
• Beat in eggs 1 at a time, then next 3 ingredients (batter may look curdled).
• Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions alternately with buttermilk in 2 additions. Spoon 1/3 cup batter into each liner

• Bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan; cool.

FROSTING

Beat all ingredients in medium bowl until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Enjoy.

Picture A Day Challenge: Day 25 Green