You know you're upset...

....when pretty things don't make you smile.Preparations for my exam on Friday has just been draggy. I've been told I'm the one of the many people with daily moods drastically affected by weather...We haven't had many beautiful days in Sydney...and I haven't been myself all week. Happy moments are a-plenty...but the darker moments are those that I've been dwelling on unnecessarily. I wish it would just go away! I wish people were less shallow and immature...I wish I had friends who loved me the way I loved them...and I wish everyone could see that my flaws make me who I am. But then again..I wish for many impossible things; I know for a fact that my oven rack is never going to clean itself If I don't get down and dirty doing it myself. *laughs*
Baking has always been therapeutic for me...but churning out unsuccessful batches of cakes and cookies (due to lack of concentration) has just been making things worse. These look very pretty...but pretty is about all they are. They didn't turn out tasting as expected, they weren't delicious....neither did they make me smile... unsuccessful; in my opinion.
Pretty is not all that matters.

Recipe: Gail Wagman; Cupcake Galore (pg 36)Yogurt cupcakes (The container = measuring cup for this recipe)

1 container yogurt (125 g)
2 containers castor sugar
3 eggs slightly beaten
1/2 container veg oil
3 containers plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla essence

Beat yogurt, sugar and eggs till well incorporated. Add in oil and beat till combined. ADd flour, baking powder and salt. Beat till smooth. Add flavoring/dried fruit/liquor/whatever else you desire. SPoon into 18 large cupcake cases and bake in preheated 180 degree oven for 25 minutes.
I frosted my cupcakes with a morrelo cherry cream cheese mixture (1/2 slab cream cheese; 3/4 cup icing sugar/1/4 cup morrelo cherries mashed).Would love to hear how everyone else goes with that recipe...don't be put off by my comments about "my" cupcakes. I'm sure the recipe from Gail is awesome...I got it straight from the book. I'm really bad with accuracy and proportion...I don't get why some would think anything made by me should/is"expected" to taste good....i'm no pro...seriously; I have a couple of secret recipes for cakes I sell which I'm confident with and have been tried and tested a GaZZilion times; but other than those ...i'm still just learning, like every other average young teenage girl.

My tiny cakes turned out a little too dense and bread-like....but then again; it could just be those dreadful clouds in the sky. *gloom*