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Sew Crafty is Closed on Easter Sunday!
Sew Crafty will be closed April 4th for Easter - we’ll be open again on Tuesday at 10!!
Tip Tuesday - Where are You?!?!
Hello Friends!
Thanks to an epic computer crash last week, Tip Tuesday is on hiatus until next Tuesday - hopefully I’ll have a fully functioning computer by then!
Tip Tuesday - Irish Cupcakes!
You can tell that I’m Irish by looking at me. Translucent skin, reddish hair and green eyes - I’m a lass straight out of the old country! Which brings me to St. Patrick’s Day - the day when the world goes Irish in bars all around the country. Wanna celebrate in style? Make some Irish Cupcakes to share with your friends and family - Sláinte!
Tip Tuesday - Irish Cupcakes from Sew Crafty on Vimeo.
Ingredients
Cake:
* 1 cup Guinness
* 1 stick, plus 1 tb, unsalted butter
* 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
* 2 cups dark brown sugar
* 3/4 cup sour cream
* 2 eggs
* 1 tb vanilla extract
* 2 cups flour
* 2 1/2 tsp baking soda
Frosting:
* 2 cups of confectioners sugar
* 2 sticks butter
* Splash of Baileys and Jameson
* Splash of vanilla extract
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pans (recipe makes 20 - 24)
2. Sift together flour, baking soda and cocoa
3. Create Guinness sauce - add butter, sliced into 1 tsp chunks, into the cup of Guinness to a skillet or sauce pot. Then add brown sugar and reduce 1/4 (boil for 4 - 5 minutes). You will have to watch so it doesn’t boil over!
4. Whisk eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Add to Guinness sauce.
5. Mix everything together well - don’t forget to scrape the sides of the bowl down as you mix!
6. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes - checking after 10 minutes (done means putting a toothpick in and it coming out clean)
7. Set aside to cool and start on the frosting.
8. Whip 2 sticks of butter (at room temperature - leave out for at least an hour) and 2 cups of powdered/confectioners sugar.
9. Add a splash of both Bailey’s and Jameson plus a splash of vanilla extract
10. Frost your cupcakes - let them cool COMPLETELY before you do this. Otherwise, you’ll have melted frosting (it’s butter dude!)
Recipe adapted from this awesome one!
Tip Tuesday - Beginning to Sew
This week we’re taking a bit of a breather from Tip Tuesday videos to bring you some solid advice about sewing from Colette Patterns and their faithful blog readers! If you have time. read on to her other posts - quite a lot of good info on sewing, vintage clothing and more!
My favorite: “Beginnings can be frustrating!” Very true - I always compare sewing to golf: you could spend your life doing this and still be frustrated (or as I like to say, challenged), which is what makes it awesome!
