another megabus post

I said a bittersweet goodbye to Evanston early this morning and now find myself sandwiched between cornfields, just a few more hours from Minneapolis. Tomorrow I'm back at CTC with a new group of 4th-6th graders in a week-long camp called "Spooky Town." I don't know any more than that, but I'm excited to jump into this one with no expectations and see where I end up.


I still can't offer an education post, since I've been away from CTC for a week, but I can give you the cupcakes I promised. After a delicious (though admittedly not photo-worthy - we'll just pretend ours looked like this photo of Ming's cupcake 19) adventure with blueberry cupcakes with maple brown butter frosting, we decided to get some more berries and try these red, white, and blueberry cupcakes in honor of Independence Day. The recipe is pretty poorly written (the ingredients list sometimes calls for different ingredients than the instructions do - go with baking powder and not baking soda!), but the results were incredible. If you like cupcakes as much as we do, I'd recommend making a double batch, because these went fast!

Red (velvet) and white (pepperment) cakes...

...and the blue frosting!