It is December 23 in my life. The most joyful day of the year!

Or it would be if some of the 5 star cookies did not decide to act like a special snowflake and yell

at me:” No cupcakes, we are 5 star cookies! No cupcakes! NO, NO, NO!”

I started to speak: “Well, we are open minded people and the blog. And we want to be open to all other sweet possibilities.”

My 5 star cookies started to yell: “No cupcakes. Just NO! ”

You are not my president-they continue to yell at me.

At that point my brain started to boil. Yes, my brain. The part that control my action says:-Go and get your powerful Abraham Lincoln suit and talk to them.

And so I did!

“Dear 5 star cookies,

I AM YOUR PRESIDENT! LIKE IT OR NOT. I AM YOUR PRESIDENT!

You will be with me. So be sure you get and repeat the message!

I am with her and I am your president! And we will make this blog great again….with cupcakes!

Even Fidel Castro would be proud of me if he was alive. Since he is not the Universe is my witness.

Now since I deliver the message,my cookies and I are baking the cupcakes. Together. In peace.

For this recipe you will need: very calm mind, love for the opposition, smile and the following ingredients:

2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 tsp vanilla

2 1/4 cup cake flour

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 cup sour cream

3/4 cup coffee

2 TBSP dark roast coffee ground

Preheat oven to 325F. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners.

1.Cream 1/2 cup butter until smooth and light.

2.Add 1 and 1/2 cup brown sugar and 2 eggs. Beat until fluffy.

3.Add 1tsp vanilla, 1 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt. Mix well.

4.In a separate bowl mix 2 1/4 cup cake flour(sifted) and 2Tbsp cocoa.

5.Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 additions of sour cream.

6.Add 3/4 cup coffee slowly.

7.Add 2Tbsp coffee ground and mix it together.

8.Divide batter evenly among linen cups, filling each 3/4 full.

9. Bake for about 23 min.

Chocolate Ganache

1 cup heavy cream

9 oz chocolate

3/4 cup butter

1 1/2 icing sugar

1 tsp coffee ground

1TBSP rum

1.Chop the chocolate.

2.In a sauce pan, warm the cream until boils.Pour the cream over the chocolate. Whisk until chocolate is melted and smooth.

3.Add rum and coffee ground and mix.

4.Refrigerate to cool and harder.

5.In a mixer beat the butter until softened. Add the icing sugar and mix.

6.When ganache has cooled gradually bit into butter and sugar mixture.

7.Refrigerate to harden. Spread the ganache on your cooled cupcakes.

8. Garnish each cupcake with coffee bean, white chocolate or raspberries…

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Ingredients

• 2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 brown sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 1/4 cup cake flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3/4 cup coffee
• 2 TBSP dark roast coffee ground
• Chocolate Ganache
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 9 oz chocolate
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 icing sugar
• 1 tsp coffee ground
• 1TBSP rum

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325F. Line standard muffin tins with paper liners.
2. Cream 1/2 cup butter until smooth and light.
3. Add 1 and 1/2 cup brown sugar and 2 eggs. Beat until fluffy.
4. Add 1tsp vanilla, 1 1/2 tsp baking soda and 1/2 tsp salt. Mix well.
5. In a separate bowl mix 2 1/4 cup cake flour(sifted) and 2Tbsp cocoa.
6. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 additions of sour cream.
7. Add 3/4 cup coffee slowly.
8. Add 2Tbsp coffee ground and mix it together.
9. Divide batter evenly among linen cups, filling each 3/4 full.
10. Bake for about 23 min.
11. Chop the chocolate.
12. In a sauce pan, warm the cream until boils.Pour the cream over the chocolate. Whisk until chocolate is melted and smooth.
13. Add rum and coffee ground and mix.
14. Refrigerate to cool and harder.
15. In a mixer beat the butter until softened. Add the icing sugar and mix.
16. When ganache has cooled gradually bit into butter and sugar mixture.
17. Refrigerate to harden. Spread the ganache on your cooled cupcakes.
18. Garnish each cupcake with coffee bean, white chocolate or raspberries...

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So, dear my cookies out there in the Universe respect your president. And be open minded.

Stay calm. And love your country and people around you. And after all we are all from the same place…Between legs! (sorry special snowflake)

So, spread some love! Joy to the world! And listen to the music…it is the best medication for all of us …blue, red, black, yellow…

Blue Christmas

I’ll have a Blue Christmas without you
I’ll be so blue just thinking about you
Decorations of red on a green Christmastree
Won’t be the same dear, if you’re not here with me

And when those blue snowflakes start fallin’
That’s when those blue memories start callin’
You’ll be doin’ all right, with your Christmas of white
But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas

And when those blue snowflakes start fallin’
That’s when those blue memories start callin’
You’ll be doin’ all right, with your Christmas of white
But I’ll have a blue, blue, blue, blue Christmas

So,

Dear my cookies and cupcakes,

I hope you learn your lesson. Life is about sharing. Don’t be afraid of each other.

And be open minded!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

And president Lincoln thank you for your powerful suit! It did help. Say hi to Castro…and I really want to visit Cuba!

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Love and hugs,

5 star cookies

I am your president

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