September 6, 2011
succulent red velvet cupcakes
Makes 24
Ingredients:
2 cups milk (soy milk for vegan option)
2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
4 tablespoons cocoa powder (it’s ok to use more)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup safflower oil
2 ounces red food coloring
4 teaspoons vanilla extract
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Step 2:
Mix milk and apple cider vinegar to curdle, set aside.
Step 3:
Mix dry ingredients.
Step 4:
Mix wet ingredients and pour into dry ingredients.
Step 5:
Pour batter into cupcake wrappers in muffin tray, about 3/4 of the way. Bake for 15 minutes, check to see if fully risen.
(Helpful tip~ if they have risen, lightly tap your finger on top of the cupcake. If it is a little bouncy, they’re perfect!)
Let cool for 15 minutes.
For this batch I went a little nuts and bought a cake decorating tips and filled the inside of the cupcake instead of spreading it on top. Then placed fresh blackberries as a tasty garnish. Another fun thing you can do with frosting is add jam preserves to give it a fruity kick!
I highly recommend chilling them in the fridge.
Bon a petit!
June 27, 2011
The Architecture of Devotion @ Gowanus Ballroom
last night was a really fun show at the gowanus ballroom. I helped hang a bunch of paintings and then DJ-ed the concert… all my favorite hip hop tunes and then some!
the show’s up through next weekend. if you are unfamiliar with the neighborhood, i think you should go! if you are familiar with the neighborhood…. you should go!
June 10, 2011
Snap Shots 2011
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pictures can say more than word press
May 27, 2011
… Silent Night
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May 21, 2011
So the world didn’t end. Here’s what I did: I went to Union Square to walk around. It was completely empty!
What did you do?
May 19, 2011
dead in a glass case
Welcome to my anti-physical, meta-digital “high class” art gallery.
Rip it all apart. Put it back together.
May 11, 2011
Small Steps
I am totally relaxed today. I made a painting in prospect park listening to cassette tapes… Anyway, work has taken over lately, and I realized that I haven’t updated anything personal in a while. So here’s an update!
I just moved into a small apartment in “South Slope”. It’s been tricky fixing it up to feel like a home because when I moved in it was painted all brown, and had a bunch of chunky furniture, bad curtains, and an overall feeling of funky town… and I don’t mean “won’t you take me to”.
I’m learning to take things slowly when it comes to fixing the place. One step at a time. It helps to look for the things that I don’t usually notice about my space. Like how someone painted over some star stickers, and I then I hung a door charm right there. Now it’s something small, unique, personal, and that probably only I will appreciate. I love idiosyncrasies.
And what are you up to, readers?
