Sweet Potato Cupcakes

I made these cupcakes for Thanksgiving and they seemed to be a big hit!

2 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup softened butter

1 1/2 cups sugar

3 eggs

1 ~ 17.2 oz can sweet potatoes (mashed)

1/2 tsp vanilla

orange zest

Cream cheese icing recipe

8 oz. pkg softened cream cheese

2/3 cup butter

2 T milk

8 cups powdered sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Line cupcake pan with 24 paper liners.

2. Stir together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt then set aside.

3. Beat butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds, add sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs 1 at the time. Then add sweet potatoes and vanilla. Add flour mixture a little at the time until combined.

4. Divide batter into cupcake liners. I found that an ice cream scoop works great.

5. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool completely.

6. Pipe cream cheese icing on top and sprinkle with orange zest. I also topped my cupcakes with a pecan.

My nephew, Enzo sure seemed to enjoy his cupcake!

Jewelry/Purse Organizer

I was always looking for an organized way to keep my jewelry and purses and I finally found one. I bought 2 inexpensive, wooden expandable racks (can be purchased at Walmart or Lowe's, Home Depot etc.) I spray painted them black to match the rest of my bedroom furniture and hung them on an empty wall. The racks already come with brackets on the back so they can be easily hung on the wall.  You can expand them to what ever size you want. No more searching through a jewelry box to find a neckalce or bracelet and no more searching through your closet to find a purse! The whole project cost me less than $5.00!

Trick or Treat Buckets

Above are buckets I painted for my niece and nephew for Halloween. The buckets were purchased from the dollar store and I painted them with inexpensive acrylic paint.  After the paint dried, I sprayed them with a clear finish to keep the paint from chipping.  I finished them by adding black, purple and orange ribbon to the handles...super easy and very inexpensive! :)