Root Beer Float Cupcakes
What to do when you live in the country and a strange man knocks on your door at 8 am.
1. Army crawl over to the nearest window and raise yourself just enough to peer over the window ledge. Do not, under any circumstances, move the curtains.
2. Once you have confirmed that not only is there a man you don’t know at your door, but that said man is carrying a backpack, panic. Hyperventilating would be appropriate, but only if you can do it quietly. This could quite possibly be a matter of life and death.
3. Army crawl to your phone and return to your post at the window. Call your husband and as quietly as possible, inform him that a killer is at your door.
4. Tell your husband that when this airs on 48 Hours Mystery, to be sure and give them that cute picture from when you were 25 and at the beach, not that one he took a few weeks ago where you look like you have a wrinkly neck.
5. When your husband assures you that this man is probably an encyclopedia salesman and not a killer, inform him that this is 2010, not 1985.
6. Assess the situation and determine that the man’s backpack is just the right size for carrying a Taser Gun, two butcher knives, a length of rope, and Season 3 of Home Improvement on DVD. Obviously he plans on torturing you before he goes through with his master plan.
7. Inform your husband that if he were independently wealthy, he would not be at work, but at home, defending your honor. Once again, he has failed you by not “being rich”.
8. Sobbing uncontrollably, ask, “Who kills people at 8 am anyways? *sob* It’s not a fair fight if I haven’t even had my Pop Tarts yet,”. Take a moment to reflect on your time here on earth.
9. Remind your husband that “seriously, if you give the TV people that wrinkly neck picture of me, I will soooo haunt you. And not in an awesome Patrick Swayze in Ghost way. Think The Ring. I will straight up find a well to crawl out of”.
10. Taking a brief respite from your pity party, peer out the window and notice that not only is the man no longer at the door, but his car is nowhere in sight. Tell your husband that ahem, you are going to grab your cast iron skillet and take it from here. No murdering encyclopedia salesmen is going to get the best of you. Abruptly hang up on him.
11. Jump for joy, grab a cupcake, and watch a couple episodes of Jersey Shore. After about an hour, call your husband and tell him all about how you whacked that killer in the head and sent him packing.
The above described incident is, of course, purely hypothetical.
Now that you’ve been schooled on how to defend yourself against murdering encyclopedia salesmen, you need a super easy cupcake recipe. Because the two just go hand in hand.
**from 101 Gourmet Cupcakes in 10 Minutes
INGREDIENTS
1 box white cake mix (I always use Duncan Hines)
1 cup of your favorite root beer
1 recipe buttercream (here’s a link to my recipe)
1 teaspoon root beer extract
Preheat oven to 350. Line 24 muffin tins with paper liners.
Mix together root beer and cake mix (yes, just those two ingredients). Pour into paper liners and fill 3/4 full.
Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Remove from oven and allow to completely cool.
In a separate bowl, mix the buttercream frosting and root beer flavoring. Frost cooled cupcakes.
My little boy especially loved these cupcakes…the cake part is surprisingly good, but the frosting really makes them!
Happy Tuesday!!
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Home Improvement…torture indeed!! These cupcakes look DIVINE…more cupcakes should have straws in them…! Yummy!
Adorable cupackes
These are gorgeous! I love everything about them, from the colour co-ordinating liner and straw to the fact they include root beer which is just about my favourite ingredient in the whole world! I made some root beer float cupcakes a while back and didn't really think my cake tasted very root beer like – is the root beer flavour strong in your cake? I ordered some root beer extract from the U.S especially for next time round so I might have to give these a go!
It's not cool to make me laugh so hard I spit out egg Kristan. Not cool at all. That being said, I totally did the exact same thing when there were workers in our backyard and I didn't know they were suppose to be there. I hid behind the kitchen counter for a good 30 minutes and called my friend. It's not like I could stand up and leave. They'd be like "Where'd he come from?" Also, a good substitute for a skillet would be a butter knife :)
Great looking cupcakes and I am laughing because that is EXACTLY how I act if someone knocks at my door!
your posts are so funny. I love having something to laugh at in the morning.
Cute cupcakes. I love the straws!
Jess
asugarhigh.blogspot.com
cute cupcakes, and a great funny post I am your newest follower and look forward to reading more…
These sound ridiculously delicious!
You are hilarious! That totally sounds like something I would do. Come to think of it, I have done something like that. These cupcakes look adorable and yummy!
Gorgeous. These are truly gorgeous!
Yummy! These look sooo good and I can't wait to make them! Great pic too! Loved your hypothetical story! Joni
First to cover the cupcakes, love root beer floats. The straws are adorable.
And many many many strange people have knocked on my door at odd hours. From watching Home Alone, I would usually try to drop something on their head. But the police informed me that you should grab the phone, go to a window above them, open the window and ask what they want. And if they are still sketchy, dial 911.
Oh my gosh, you're so funny. I'm laughing out loud reading this post. And rootbeer cupcakes?? My daughter would surely put me on a pedestal forever more if I presented her with these. : )
YUM! I'm a soda in a cupcake freak, and have never tried root beer. I have the cute little straws from Bake It Pretty that have been sitting in my cupboard way too long! Gonna have to try this one. So glad I won't be seeing you on 48 hours. In addition to my reality t.v. addiction, I'm also addicted to true crime stories ~ sick, I know!
Hahaha, awesome story! I need to find me some root beer extract asap so I can make these!
Okay, this is just too funny! Though as scared as you were, I'm sure I was the one who scared the man who knocked on my door yesterday morning at 9… the way I looked was probably terrifying to him! PS ~ These cupcakes sound SO perfect in this hot weather. Anxious to try these with my kiddos!
"I will straight up find a well to crawl out of."
I may have just snorted my water all over my computer. Ha! Thanks for the laugh :)
Hahaha! So funny! I pretty much react the same way whenever anyone knocks at the door at odd times. Once someone knocked on the door at 3am and my boyfriend and I both grabbed weapons (me, a frying pan, him, a hammer). No idea what the 3am knocker wanted. We never found out.
Also, loved the cupcake recipe! ;)
I was literally laughing my way through this whole post! You need to take this show on the road!
So perfect that you have straws in the root beer cupcakes…so clever:)
HA! Home Improvement? You are so random :)
I get it though, we get some Jehovah's Witnesses around here and while I am always pretty sure I know their objective, they still carry that knapsack, which like you said could be filled with dvds ;)
cute cupcakes!
fun cupcakes!
I react the same way to people at the door and my husband has suggest medication and therapy–what does he know!
these look too good to come from a "box". with that said, I wouldn't turn them away! yummy photo!
oddly enough i was looking for a rootbeer cupcake recipe and you posted it!!!! thanks! :)
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Love your story…and your cupcakes look amazing as always!
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Get out!!! We bought rootbeer extract a few months ago to make rootbeer cupcakes! it's on my to do list…..I'll have to compare recipes when we get ready. Yours look SO cute!
This will be a huge hit with kids. THANKS for posting!
You make such wonderful cupcakes!
Great 10 steps there. What I hate is when the 3 year old hears the door and runs over while you're running after him to SHHHHH and try to get him to not open the curtains to see who is out there. But he's so loud you just know that salesman is going to open the door because he thinks the little one is left home alone and the garage door is left up, so he knows someone is there and won't leave. Oh the scenerio!
I need a cupcake.
Sigh.
Just found your blog and have to say – you are HILARIOUS!!! Love your wit (and your food tips too!)
Tara @ Heavenly Bites Cakes
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omg these are freakin ADORABLE
I loved your story! And I am so going to make these cupcakes!!!
This post is hilarious! And these cupcakes look amazing – my hubby has a thing for root beer floats – I will be trying these soon!
Chelsea
Ha! Soo right on with the creeper scenario! The cupcakes sound so easy and yummy.. I'm headed to the store right now to pick up some ingredients ;)
OH MY GOSH~!!! YOU ARE HILARIOUS! I needed the laugh so bad and I swear I'm reading a page out of my own story!!! hehehehe I love the part when you mentioned telling your husband to give the TV your 25 year old pic, not the one he took a few weeks ago! Oh my gosh…i cannot stop laughing!!! CAN WE BE FRIENDS! heheheheh :) Thank you thank you…i'm watching a sick fussy nephew, a niece that needs to shout everything because she takes from her LOUD and ABNOXIOUS father…and my two children!! All four under the age of 3!!! You helped my afternoon to be a bit smoother :)
Love the way these look! My Tuesday Link Party that's still open would LOVE to have this in them!
Smiles,
Melanie
Reasons To Skip The Housework
Tuesday Time Out Link Up Party
My kids are gonna love these!! What a cute idea!
That post was hilarious! And the cupcakes look so yummy!!!!!
I seriously laughed so hard I cried when I read your post! Thanks for the recipe, I love rootbeer and these look yummy!
Oh my gosh, That is too funny !!!! And being from rural Arkansas too – I can see having that same conversation with my hubby. No one comes to the doors here selling stuff.