Today was the first day that I did my cupcakes for a reason other than just pure enjoyment. I had two dozen purchased for a wedding shower, and I took over one hundred cupcakes to a shower I was helping host.
Cupcakes are just fun; that's not news to anyone. I always joked, when I was in Virginia unsure of what to do with my life, that I would open up a cupcake shop: Let Them Eat (cup)Cakes. I would be able to put my baking skills to use and enjoy what I did. Years later, who would've guessed it, I worked at a cupcake shop. (albeit not my own cupcake shop) I learned SO much in those short two months from the woman I worked with. Before, my cupcakes would have been iced with a spatula and maybe some sprinkles. Now, I hate serving unfilled cupcakes and I have to think through how I can frost each kind differently.
All that said, it's nice to feel accomplished at something again. It's a different feeling to have so many people tell you how much they love what you've made and when can they order some for themselves. A woman was at my shower who was at the shower earlier in the day for which my cupcakes had been purchased, and she came over to rave to me about how delicious they were. Granted this probably comes off a bit egotistical, but for those of you that read on a regular basis, you might have seen a trend that this hasn't been commonplace for some time now. So to feel like you're doing something well; and good enough that people want to pay you to do it more...well that's something to smile about.
Perhaps it's about time to let them eat cupcakes.
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