Cupcakes and Caramels

I'm Lady B and I'm addicted to Pinterest. I'm pinspired! During my hours (okay fine, days) lost on this site, I was enticed (pinticed? too much?) by all the adorable cupcakes people pinned. And it occured to me. I have no idea how to do anything with frosting other than slopping it on with a butter knife. But I want to make pretty creations like these and these and these.

SUGAR!!!

The Hubs was sweet enough to trek to the store to pick up all the necessary fixin's. Though, who I am kidding? He just wanted cupcakes THAT bad. Armed with an arsenal of sugary goodness, I was ready to get Martha Stewart on these little cakes' asses. Er, tops.

Sadly, I've learned that I don't possess any frosting finesse. Even with the handy Pampered Chef Easy Accent Decorator my Grandma gifted me for Christmas, I'm a clumsy, frosting globbing mess. These were the best I could come up with. Luckily The Hubs was happy to show me that cupcakes with buttercream frosting are delicious no matter what they look like.

Yes, that's a mustache

Determined, to make something delicious AND pretty, I marched back into the kitchen to attempt Fleur del Sel Caramels. Using the Mark Bitman recipe I found on CupcakesandCashmere, I let the buttery sugary goodness cool while I picked fresh flowers from our garden.

Took some muscle cutting into this bad boy!

 They look lovely next to the bowl of amazing, mouth-watering, sweet and salty hand-wrapped treats that The Hubs has been eating like chips ever since. 

Yay Sunday!