friday fun fact...i am not a cook

i tend to neglect 

friday fun fact

and i sincerely apologize to friday for this

so 

today

we are honoring friday

fact:

 i am not a cook

i do not pretend to be

i can follow a recipe

most of the time

and 

typically 

the dish, dessert, whatever

comes out

looking 

somewhat like the picture

today 

i found a recipe for healthy cupcakes

in this shape magazine

now doesn't that look delicious!

and it's only 186 calories

it was perfect 

i love cupcakes

i try to be healthy

so i 

attempted to make this recipe

the cupcakes turned out

perfect

it's hard to believe folks

but those are somewhat healthy!

the icing

oh the icing....

that didn't turn out like the picture

i could never get 

a 

"firm tip"

as describe by the recipe

in fact

i couldn't get 

the icing to look like anything

but sugar water

so

i thought

what would julie childs do?

drink more wine!

small problem: my bottle is empty.

i reflected on other

cooking greats

like paula dean

and the pioneer woman

so i added more butter

and more sugar

and 

just because i had it

why not some

i figure i like whip cream

why not?!?

and 

by now

the icing was looking like

a sugary soup

so i thought

"what can i add to make it thicker"

and i came up with

cocoa!!

by now

it was starting to thicken up

so 

i tasted it

"bleh!"

it was way too sweet

i was lost

imagine it

if you can

i am standing in my italian kitchen

which is nothing like an american kitchen

it's tiny folks with no counter space

covered in cocoa

and flour

i should probably invest in an apron

i have some amazing looking cupcakes

and 

a bowl of brown sweet thicken soup

i thought

what next?

i can leave the cupcakes unfrosted

but frankly 

that is sinful!

cupcakes deserve to be frosted

i needed something to 

take the sweet out

and there it was in my cabinet

sitting 

unused

begging me

"to just try it"

i mean at this point 

i have nothing to lose

so i did

i added a little peanut butter cookie mix

tasted

it seemed to be working

i added a little more

tasted

and 

"wow! this was good!"

my icing concoction

still needed

to 

"sit up"

this was my unprofessional observation

i put it in 

our tiny italian refrigerator

and waited

thirty minutes later

ta-da!

peanut butter chocolate icing

on top of healthy chocolate cupcakes

the icing totally negates the healthiness of the cupcake

and 

they were

good!

kenneth has already ate four.

on this friday

let it be known

i am not a cook

my track record speaks for me on that

i mean 

i admit to having 

instant cookie mix in my kitchen cabinet!

but today

i had a small victory in the kitchen!

happy friday ya'll!