Missing my husbnd

With Christian gone on a fishing trip for 10 days and NO phone service :( I have realized how much I have gotten used to having him around, even as much as he works (which is A LOT). I've always been cautious to feel dependent on anyone else, and I don't see this as dependancy, because he is my Best Friend and I just love having him around and doing things with him.
SO I needed to find something to distract my time. 
hanging out with mom-check
workout= BLAH no one to workout with
cleaned the house = like 10 times
all laundry done- check
all the kittens have a new home

AND so my new obsession started~~~~CUPCAKES~~~~~
I began my research online, read TONS of recipes and reviews and then began my baking adventure.......

• My first attempt was Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting 

These turned out pretty good, my favorite so far. The icing was the best part!! I will defiantly keep both of these recipes to use again.

• Second trial= "Reeces Peanut Putter Cupcakes"         Chocolate cupcake filled with peanut butter with a fluffy chocolate icing (I had some cream cheese icing left over and used it on some)

Sadly these were a flop :( The filling and icing were yummy, BUT the cake was to dense and was more like a really tough brownie.

I defiantly want to try another recipe for this kind of cupcake because who doesn't LOVE Reeces! 

• Third flavor= Chocolate chip cupcakes with chocolate chip icing, and in my "creative kitchen brain" I added mint to some of the icing so we had Mint Chocolate Chip icing too! 

Overall these were pretty good, a simple white cake recipe with choc chips added, and a buttercream frosting. The only part that didn't work out as planned is for some reason my chocolate chips all settled to the bottom...Strange!! 

• And my last attempt for the week was Lemon Cake with lemon buttercream frosting 

I love lemon so I might be bias to these, but they were lovely :)

I really want to run with my new obsession, so  I went out and purchased a book on 1001 cupcake recipes. And I can't wait to try more, but I ran out of time this week. Stay tuned and I will keep u updated on 1001 cupcakes. 

Well probably not all 1001 but some...