Beverly's Stamping Beehive

Happy Easter! No, I'm kidding !  I'm just a teeny-weeny behind with my blogging, but I DID want to share this recipe I discovered this Easter: Lemon Meringue Cupcakes , fab-u-loso! Yum yum yum that's all I have to say. Now that I know the little secret for the recipe, I am going to try it with other flavours. Here is how I created these little gems....{scroll to bottom for recipe}....prep your cupcake tins. First, zest some lemons. Make your batter using a light coloured cake mix {yellow,white, etc.} and ADD the secret ingredient: reduced-fat SOUR CREAM  ! Yep- you read right (grin).  Believe it or not this recipe has been revised to a lightened version with 139 calories and 4 g fat per cupcake, out of a batch of 24.  Uh-huh...you can feel a little less quilty, lol.   Add your zest to the batter...divide into cupcake liners - pretty close to the top. I wasn't too sure about how high to pile the batter and I was using my first "foil-lined" cu

A REASON TO CELEBRATE - MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY ! My leopard wishing my daughter would hurry up and wake up  so we can get on with celebrating her birthday! Here is my daughter's birthday card for her 26th year!  She is still an adorable, young, pretty and pleasant young lady!  I am SO VERY PROUD of - and she loves colour, bright colours in a bright world,  so I tried to give it to her with this card.  [plus a "few" - ahem - birthday gifts] FRONT - notice I forgot my 'h' in birthday?  I was so caught up trying to write  in a fun style that I misspelled the word, lol.  Supplies:  Heidi Swapp cardstock and circle punch, Sizzlits 'Cherish' alphabet dies,  markers, chalk, brad, and sewing machine. This is a pretty easy card to whip up - white base, cut out some colourful alphabets and randomly  punch a bunch of circles from pretty cardstock. Add a heart accent, brads, glitter...then use  your own han