Rosewater Cupcakes & a Vintage French Plate

Happy Thursday everyone! Earlier this week I realized that it's only a few weeks away from Valentine's Day. I don't know about you, but I do love "HEART" Day! :) There's something about V-Day that conjures up little images of boxed conversation hearts, roses, chocolates, and all the fun stuff that I recall from celebrating cupid's little holiday throughout my childhood. :)

So I thought I'd bake some Rosewater Cupcakes with Pale Pink Vanilla Buttercream Icing! :) {CLICK HERE for the recipes.} It was one of those last minute, "hey I want to bake something sweet days," so by the time I was done baking & frosting these, the sun was about to set; so the lighting wasn't all that great, hence some of the blurry pics {sorry!}.

Just in case some of you are wondering about my kitchen redo, I took a little break from all of that chaos this week, and decided to work on some of my favorite things to do...baking! But rest assured, I'll start resuming all of our projects this weekend. But for now, making these little delectable sweets were on my to-do list instead! :)

Rosewater Cupcakes are basically like vanilla cupcakes, but instead of adding vanilla extract, you add a dash of rosewater instead {the one used for cooking, not the artificially perfumed variety}, for that "essence of rose" flavor. You can find them at specialty food stores, but you can also find them at various ethnic stores or online as well.

You can also make "Rosewater Icing," but I opted for the basic Buttercream Frosting tinted to a pale pink hue. :)

After baking a batch, I put a few on one of my favorite vintage french transferware. I actually have quite a few of these plates at home, and just love the versatility of it. Then I placed it in a glass cake dome. Makes for a pretty presentation if you are having a few guests over.

Or perhaps you & your Valentine can have some cupcakes over a glass of bubbly {in this case, it's sparkling apple cider from Trader Joe's}. :)

What do you all have planned for Valentine's Day this year? Whatever you decide to do, be sure to have fun! :)

Thank you once again to everyone who has stopped by to message / leave me a comment, it's always greatly appreciated! In honor of my lovely friends here in blog land, and the fact that Valentine's Day is one of my favorite "holidays," - I'm going to be having a simple, Vintage-Inspired Valentine's Day Giveaway very soon. Think of course, Vintage + French, a little Victorian, and a dash of Shabby Chic. ;) So stay tuned for that. Until next time, enjoy your upcoming weekend!


XO's,
Jessie


CLICK HERE for the link to the Rosewater Cupcakes & Vanilla Buttercream Recipes.


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