Happy 2012!
Did you stay up ‘til midnight this year?
I had a really low-key Sunday to make up for a crazy New Year’s Eve the night before. Since our party wasn’t starting until ten, Emily and I offered to babysit the two sweetest children in the universe so their parents could go out for dinner.
Normally, I don’t like to babysit–and I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve done it since high school—but these girls are a joy to watch. It’s like hanging out with friends, and they love to bake and taste-test for me!
The last time I babysat, we made Fairy Dust Ice Cream.
Saturday, sprinkles took center stage again:
We “pretend” celebrated New Year’s at 8 o’clock. We blew paper horns, drank sparkling apple cider, and the girls ate their cupcakes:
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Single-Lady Funfetti Cupcake
(makes just one cupcake)
- 3 tbsp flour (30g) (See directions for flour notes)
- heaping 1/16th tsp salt
- 1tbsp applesauce, oil, pre-melted vegan butter, or a combo (Try coconut oil. I also like 13g sbl.)
- 1tbsp plus 1 tsp liquid (milk of choice, or water)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp sprinkles (or more or less, as desired)
- Sweetener (Try 1 tbsp sugar or 1 packet stevia. If you use liquid sweetener, cut back on the other liquid.)
Directions: Preheat the oven to 330 degrees. Mix the ingredients and pour into an oiled (or sprayed) muffin pan. Smooth top of batter. Cook for 12-15ish minutes. (Alternatively, you can cook this in a microwave.)
See the following for Calories and Nutrition Facts.
Notes on flour: I especially like the single-lady cupcakes with spelt flour. But you can use white flour, whole-wheat pastry, or even Arrowhead Mills gluten-free. (Also, if you’ve never done fat-free baking: subbing all the oil in a recipe for applesauce will give you a gummier result. Still yummy, but much denser than your traditional cupcake with oil.)
Questions of the Day:
This New Year’s Eve, did you…
- Stay up until midnight?
- Watch the ball drop in Times Square?
- Eat any lucky foods, such as lentils or greens? Or sprinkles. They’re lucky, right?
For more sprinkles:
Here’s a link to My Funfetti Recipes.
I did end up making a dessert for the New Year’s Eve party as well. That recipe will be tomorrow’s post… Hope you like cookie dough! 🙂
Stayed up, watched the ball drop, watched a movie afterwards and didn’t eat anything lucky. Unless… Chinese food is totally lucky right? I mean they have the fortune cookies. Also it was one of the best new year celebrations because we got to watch that RIDICULOUS Lady Gaga push the button/pull the lever. Ha! Leave it to Gaga to ring in the last year on earth 🙂 Coincidence? I think not.
Yeah!
Haha the fortune cookies… when I lived in China, I found out that they NEVER serve fortune cookies. It’s a totally American tradition! I have no idea why they serve them in Chinese restaurants!
I had one Jello shot to ring in the new year. Hadn’t had one in about a decade. haha! I would have loved to pair it with a funfetti cupcake.
Happy new year!
Because round things are lucky, we decided to make pancakes! Any excuse to make pancakes sounds like a good excuse to me 🙂
Stayed up until four am actually and gave myself a few bruises. It was certainly different going out for NYE instead of staying in! Didn’t eat anything “traditional” unless ice cream is traditional. Well, it’s a tradition for me! 🙂
Oh, we stayed up at our house! 🙂
Those cupcakes look like a dream! I used to love funfetti cake as a kid (yes the boxed kind. and then my mom started to make her own!). YUM!!!
Great photo! I’ve been thinking about cake/cupcakes for my daughter’s 2 yo party in a few weeks… I think I’m going to make these– thanks!!
I stayed way past midnight and watched the Taipei countdown! It was awesome. Happy New Year, Katie! 😀
This is so darn adorable, Katie!! Sounds like your babysitting was even more fun than your party!!! Happy New Year 😀
Gahh, i’m eating sprinkles right now.I put them in/on everything. Why didn’t I think of funfetti single ladies? That’s why you have the dessert blog and not me.
These are adorable. Love them!
For New Year’s, my boyfriend and I played games with the family before they went to bed (at 10:30) and then watched the ball drop in NYC on TV while sipping on sparkling white grape juice:)
Stay up until midnight? Yes :]
Watch the ball drop in Times Square? There was a ball drop? o.o
Eat any lucky foods, such as lentils or greens? Sadly, no :\
Since you are the queen of funfetti, I was just curious–do you have a particular kind of sprinkles you like to use?
Oh, and I ate black-eyed peas today–better late than never, right?
I guess it depends on the recipe… sometimes I like the little rainbow dots, and other times I like the longer sprinkles. The ones I have at home are just the cheap grocery store kind… I know they make organic ones, but for the 1/4 tsp or so that I’m actually going to consume once in a blue moon, I really don’t think the partially hydrogenated oils are a problem. (I know others will disagree with that, and there ARE organic sprinkles available at Whole Foods under a company called “Let’s Do Organic.”)
That looks delicious, perfect for a new year’s party 😀
Yum! I love funfetti and will definitely have to try this. I just made some funfetti dip that I brought to an MSU bowl game gathering earlier today and it was a hit. Sprinkles make everything taste better 🙂
These are so cute! I love your ‘single lady’ recipes! Defs gonna try this one soon 🙂