Be Thankful for Kupkakes

We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and didn’t gain as much weight as we did! Actually we do hope you gained as much wait as we did and then some. This would make us feel better about ourselves and really, that’s all that matters. Especially you skinny girls...eat up. We will bring the kupkakes to you. We make a great Buttercream Icing that you will love.

During the four day holiday I only stopped eating once around Saturday for about an hour (I had to cheer for the Sooners). I kept a steady stream of carbs in my mouth the rest of the time. I wouldn’t want to offend all the Pilgrims and Native Americans I know by not honoring this holiday the only way I know how. Other than drawing hand turkeys of course.

Thanksgiving isn’t really known for its kupkakes but these turkeys were pretty cute. I don’t think they are ever going to replace a pecan pie but they looked good sitting next to the other 27 desserts on the table. The cake part of the kupkake was from the One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes recipe we made for our very first post (those @#*&ing witches). We never got to actually taste the cake part due to the layer of fat coating our tongue from the Buttercream Icing. We can now report that this recipe makes a fine kupkake. Very tasty and not dry at all. Martha suggests you use the Buttercream Icing again for this kupkake but I bet you can guess where we think Martha can shove that suggestion. Nope. We are sticking to our ban of her Buttercream. So we improvised which usually isn’t a good idea but it totally worked this time. We started out making Martha’s Fluffy Vanilla Icing but then we added some melted semi sweet chocolate for color so our turkeys wouldn’t look naked if some of their tail feathers fell off. We aren’t in the business of posting nude pictures of young, naïve turkeys from a small Midwestern town trying to make it in the entertainment industry.* We are classier than that.

Speaking of class, here is a picture of Suzanne cutting up Swedish Fish (used for the beaks and tail feathers) with a filet knife.



Tana’s dad “helped” us this week and when we mentioned we needed to cut up some fish, he knew exactly the kind of knife we needed. That’s really where the helping ended though. The rest of the time he kept asking how we could incorporate pecans into the recipe and insisting turkeys have one of those “hats” on their heads like roosters. (Don’t judge me for calling it a hat, they didn’t cover this during the few classes I attended in college.) We let him make his own turkeys, hat and all. You can try to pick them out in the pictures if that’s the kind of thing you consider fun.

Overall these turkeys were a hit even if all the pecan pies kind of stole their thunder. We are very happy with our decision to ignore Martha and make our own icing even if this means she is looking down on us right now, judging.

* We would never judge those young, naïve turkeys trying to make it big. Do your thing, turkey. And I’m sure your father is sorry for not loving you enough.