After a week filled
with obligations, none of them my own, and culminating in one of the WORST birthdays
of my life, today was my day to do what I wanted. One of the things I wanted to do was to play
in the kitchen, and I did! When I
spotted the sugar knives at Michael’s I had to buy them. I was inspired by the cupcake pictured on the
box (and my love of mysteries, of course), but lately I’ve become much more
enamored with brownies than with cupcakes, so made what has become one of my favorite dessert recipes, Creole Brownies, and topped them with my own Vanilla
Buttercream Frosting. A little red gel
icing splattered on the top and a knife shoved in, and I had a dangerously
delicious dessert!
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup unsalted butter,
room temperature
4 cups powdered
sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 Tablespoons heavy
cream
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter until light and smooth,
2-3 minutes. Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time,
slowly mixing in to incorporate, then add salt, heavy cream, and vanilla and beat
until smooth and creamy, 3-5 minutes. The
longer you beat it, the lighter it will become.
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