I decided I wanted to make cupcakes for the Fourth of July. Coming from California, the altitude of Colorado has created quite a wrinkle in my baking. My sister-in-law Tammy and brother-in-law Geoff live at high elevation in Quito, Ecuador. I've gotten some high elevation baking tips from them. One of the biggest ones is to halve the baking soda and/or baking powder. This tip has worked for some of my regular recipes. I've still been stuggling with others. I have never been a huge cake or cupcake fan, so I don't have a stand-by recipe to make the cupcakes.
For Christmas this past year, my mother gave me two wonderful books to help with my Colorado baking. These have turned out to be great resources!
I ended up finding my cupcake recipe online though. I found it at:
http://n-omnom.blogspot.com/2012/06/ultimate-high-altitude-cupcake-recipe.html
Baking has definitely become a therapeutic passing on my time during this time of grief and waiting.
cupcakes ready to be put in the oven
cupcakes after baking
I ended up dividing the frosting in thirds and using red and blue food coloring ot make my cupcakes red, white, and blue themed for Fourth of July.
frosted cupcakes
Mike and I had one friend over for the holiday. Before cupcakes we grilled some steak and corn on the cob for a delicious dinner.
Our house backs up to a park. This is where I've enjoyed morning runs. This spring they also extended the path to go around two ponds. They have started to do pedal boat rentals. There's also an ampitheatre where they're giving free concerts throughout the summer.
The city fireworks are set off from the park right behind our house. We did not know this when we purchased the house. It wasn't until the closing of the sale in May 2012 that we were told of this by the previous owners. From our back patio, we have an awesome view of the Fourth of July fireworks.
Here are some of my favorite fireworks shot from last night's show:
All in all, it was a wonderful holiday spent with my love!
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