Your American Idol is…
What a great surprise last night!! I must say I wasn’t expecting it.
As far as the great Cupcake Idol competition. I brought 12 cupcakes with me, 6 with DA’s face on them and 6 with DC’s face. I came home with 4 David Archuletta cupcakes. And one of the people who took a DA cupcake only did so because there were not DC cupcakes left. So I’d say that David Cook was the clear winner in more than one competition last night.
And of course, everyone loved the cupcakes. In my arsenal of cupcake recipes, this one is definitely my hero. I’ve probably made these cupcakes 10 times in 5 months. As I mentioned, they always turn our perfectly and they’re so easy to whip up.






I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 






I love Aruba – we actually have soem time share there at the Playa Linda. Beautiful tradewinds, good restaurants and fun shopping in Orangestadt. Also love the people – so sweet and friendly. Glad you had a great vacation. It’s hard to come back isn’t it?