You know how much I love spending time with you guys? A lot. I feel like we have the same priorities and the same interests and like Casa del Pie as much as I do, and for this I feel like we really just mesh well. This is why I was so happy when I realized we all like to bake, too! I consider myself a bit of a cupcake artiste in the states (see exhibit A), and anyone who knows good flour-sugar ratios in their baked goods is golden in my book.
You've taken good care of me in the past: lava cakes, the chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, scones, lemon curd and so on were all absolutely delicious without my help. And since we all had terrible weeks, I knew it was my time to sponsor an ingredient purchase to make something tasty. And what else? Cupcakes, of course. Peanut butter chocolate chunk.
So let me tell you about my trip to Mas por Menos tonight!
1.) They don't even have cupcake liners. I actually walked over to MegaSuper in my ballet clothes to check if they did, but they didn't either AND they didn't have my mango nectar, so I went back to MxM and cut my losses.
2.) Have we really been paying $5 for a bar of chocolate?! I mean, it is good chocolate, but I am a poor girl here. Forgive me, but I decided to forgo the Baker's Chocolate and bought a bag of Costa Rica-brand chocolate candies. We can chunk them up. (730 colones instead of 2,600, thank you very much.)
3.) HOW IS PEANUT BUTTER SO EXPENSIVE. Right when I thought I would go ahead and splurge on aforementioned Baker's Chocolate, I noticed that good ol' creamy Jiffy is 2,847 colones. That's almost $6!! The Nutella was cheaper! There was no way around that one, unfortunately... peanut butter cupcakes without peanut butter? Please.
4.) Frosting. A dinky can of Betty Crocker was $3. Not bad, I know, but I just couldn't get into it.
5.) So... I bought cream cheese and powdered sugar. Costed less, will be more fun.
6.) The victory was definitely the stick of butter! I bought the brand NuMar margarine on sale for 185 colones! That, my US friends, is 37 cents. I don't really want to know why it was so cheap. NuMar.
As you can see, I am pretty revolted by the fact that I essentially bought peanut butter and garnishes for $10. This is ∞ times more than my weekly income. However, I love you and I love baking and I love baking Saturdays with you, so I am happy to do it. Just peanut butter may not be the dessert theme again.
Love,
Bailey
p.s. I did redeem myself in that I, for once, managed to get a 550 colones taxi from MxM.
p.p.s. Exhibit A. What the cupcakes will not look like, because where the heck would I buy fondant.
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