Peachy Keen Peaches 'n Cream

It's been a while since I've used my lovely KitchenAid Mixer.... well, I busted that lovely piece of equipment out tonight to try my luck with Peaches 'n Cream Cupcakes.  I googled a couple different recipes, but this is the one that seemed the most delicious.

After making someone else buy everything *cough*, I buckled down to figure this recipe out.  The fun part was that I needed to either A. Make my own Peaches and Cream to then mush up to mix in with the cupcake or B. Use Peach Jam. I opted to make my own Peaches and Cream dessert, which the blog happily links to, but I don't think I did it the correct way.  Or, rather, I think I put in more than 2 C worth of the mush (oops).  The batter looked a little.... thick.

Also, this definitely made more than 12 cupcakes... Again, probably due to my heavy handed error. But it was tasty. 

I popped it in for 23 minutes and hoped...

Ta-da! They're rather ugly shaped, but that's ok. I've got icing to cover them. 

Then I made the frosting as instructed and even saved some peaches for garnish.

Icing came out fine. Maybe needed more overall but that's ok. 

I proceeded to get out my Wilton cupcake and cake decorating kit that I got as a wedding gift.  Well, Wilton's instructions sucked, to be frank, so I enjoyed up using YouTube on how to set up the icing bag.

Some of the icing melted because 4-5 of them weren't cooled enough. Ah, live and learn!  I added a dash of cinnamon and peach slice on post like the other blog did. 

So cute!  Can't wait to eat one ;)

HIDE YO KIDS... HIDE YO... Kitchen Aid Mixer?

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaave ya met Ted my beautiful KitchenAid Mixer?

BEHOLD - A TEAL GODDESS

She's pretty epic. I adore her. I've made a couple things with her, but I'm finding more and more things to use her for all the time (MASHED POTATOES?! NUTS).  C'mon, I cleaned my itty bitty counter to put her on display. So, WHY, on earth, would I hide her teal beauty? Because my house is dusty and I don't want to clog her motor.  

I found an image of a really cute Kitchen Aid mixer cover and it linked back to an About.com tutorial.  Not going to lie, I used it as a rough guideline. I ended up measuring it with a tape measure and making my own paper templates.  I think mine came out pretty nicely (I didn't have a use for the pockets, although, looking back, I should have done them. Pockets are always a nice thing to have.)

The main side (a lovely teal) with canary yellow piping (first time using piping... fun!!)

The other side... no piping, no love. Just there. Eh about this fabric.

Now... here's the fun part. I used my lovely new machine, affectionately named Nina, to make this project.  It actually was Nina's first project with me (*tear* they grow up so fast).  I played with her various built in stitches and had a blast. I never knew sewing could be so swear-free (but cursing like a sailor is half the fun for me). 

And, as always, Domino tried to help me.

But these went so well I might make more for others! =)  Stay tuned...