Holiday time is beginning!

Veteran's Day is next Friday so yesterday Kendra and I met at the Legion Hall and baked and decorated 106 cupcakes for dessert for tonight's dinner for the town veterans. Today I will bake another 4 dozen cupcakes for tomorrow's church coffee hour. We tried three different brands of cake mix, Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker and Pillsbury. Each box said it would yield 24 cupcakes yet EACH brand used a different combination of water and oil. The most perfectly formed cupcakes came from the Pillsbury mix in both the yellow and devel's food favors. I also think there was a difference between metal pans and silicone. The cupcakes baked in the silicone pans spread instead of forming nice, rounded tops. Kendra was in charge of frosting, which I knew was her favorite part of the job. I added red, white and blue sprinkles and sparkly sugar decorations. Why is it so hard to find patriotic decorations this time of year?

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