Gingerbread Cupcakes

Wow! The last week and a half have been crazy for me! I had several wonderful Christmas themed posts that I never got around to posting because I was out of town and then I got sick. But I’m back home and life is WAY less crazy and I think I may be on the mend.  So here’s to regularly posting again!!!I made these cupcakes for Alex’s Holiday potluck at work a few weeks ago. I really wanted a cupcake that embraced the flavors of the season and since I’d already done peppermint I decided gingerbread was the perfect idea. I paired these cupcakes with a very plain vanilla cream cheese frosting. I didn’t want the frosting to overwhelm the cupcakes in any way.These all received overwhelmingly positive reviews! Alex said he even had trouble getting one of these, and when he did it was the last one. These would be a fantastic idea for a Christmas, Holiday or New Year’s Eve party.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:147]Source: Adapted from Le Crème De La Crumb

Peppermint White Chocolate Cupcakes

I decided it was high time to make some Christmas flavored cupcakes. I settled on making two different types of peppermint cupcakes both with white chocolate icing. Today’s cupcakes are peppermint cupcakes with crushed peppermint candies with white chocolate peppermint buttercream.I took these to a board meeting and everyone loved them! They are chock full of lovely peppermint flavor and the buttercream on top is super light and fluffy. These cupcakes would be the absolute perfect complement to any Christmas celebration.[amd-yrecipe-recipe:146]Source: Cake adapted from Kiss my Bundt – Chrysta Wilson

Summer Break!

Housewife's Whimsy will be on Summer break this next week! If you know me or my family offline you will know that last week my 19 year old sister suffered a fall while doing a summer long missions internship in the Dominican Republic. She broke her back in two different places (L2 and T9 for those of you who are interested) and had to have emergency surgery while still in the DR. She is doing MUCH better, she has some feeling back in her legs, and is now being transferred from the DR to a hospital very close to my parent's house to continue healing. I am heading back there to provide support and see my sister. If you are interested you can follow her story on Caring Bridge. Someone from my family will be posting regular updates on her progress as we begin to deal with this Spinal Cord Injury.You can follow me on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to keep up to date on my vacation! I am sure there will be tons of cute photos of Isannah. There are links at the top right side and bottom of your page that will take you straight to my pages.Here are a few things you might have missed to read while I'm on break:Things I'm Loving: June EditionEasy Pretzel BitesGluten Free Chocolate Cupcakes with Salted Caramel ButtercreamFlourless Chocolate CookiesRaspberry Ginger Cupcakes