Friday, February 12, 2016

love day muffins

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this never ever happens, but somehow i was ahead of my game this week and actually did something to celebrate a holiday. my mother always said that mother's day and valentine's and all those other holidays were created by hallmark, so people would buy more cards. but i am totally a sucker for this kind of cheesy thing. so, when i popped to the store wednesday night for cold medicine, i decided to pick up some heavy whipping cream while i was at it, and then on thursday, what do you know, we were "baking a looooove cake!" (daniel tiger reference, if you didn't get that). many love cakes, to be precise. and actually they were zucchini chocolate chip muffins with a whipped cream icing, if you really want to know. heavy on the chocolate chips. i can't give it a five star review, because they were a little on the sweet and lumpy side for my taste, but that's probably all my fault since i fiddled with the recipe (doubled it, cut the sugar in half, subbed applesauce for the oil and heavy-handed the chocolate chip pour).

wilder and evienne (but mainly wilder) were my partners in crime. it was my first time with both littles in the kitchen and trust me, these photos do not do that madness justice. evienne ate some dog food (again!?), pulled all the plastic wear out of the drawer, dropped some glass jars and cried about it (nothing broke), and managed to climb up on a stool when i wasn't looking. i turned around and suddenly evienne was as tall as i was! i should probably be used to her sneakiness by now, but somehow i'm always surprised.

wilder, who always asks to help me out in the kitchen, was a wonderful sous-chef, like always. he helped me shake all the things. then he held my measuring cup sideways while i measured out the dry ingredients, helped me shred the zucchini, cracked some eggs, and put the muffin liners in the tin. his role really came into play during the taste-testing though.

suffice it to say that doing kitchen projects with the littles is tons of fun. also messy and exhausting. but you know, mostly fun. ;)

and now i should probably find someone to visit today, because we have waaaaay too many love muffins in this house!

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oh well hello there evienne!

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