Cupcakes are the baking gateway to happiness!

(according to my friend Ol'man B)

It's been a rough go at work lately, so to bring up morale a few notches and to cheer up my colleagues, I decided to bring in some cupcakes on Tuesday.  Everyone was so excited that it was a unanimous vote to take a morning coffee break (something we rarely do) in order to devour the baked goods.  These yummy chocolate cupcakes were iced with irish cream liquor (I use Carolans) flavoured buttercream icing, topped with confetti sprinkles.  There were regular sized and bite size cupcakes, you know, for those individuals who want to have their cake and eat it too!

I may have found my favourite recipe!

Honestly, nothing is better than a deliciously decadent bowl of ice cream.  What's even better is when it's homemade because you can brag about it to everyone.  This particular recipe only has 5 ingredients and it is an impressive little gourmet treat to serve to dinner guests after a sumptuous meal.  Quite frankly, I like serving it to myself as a treat after a hectic day and sometimes for no other reason than for a small taste of it .....mmm mmm mmm.  Oh did I mention there is booze in it? Oh yeah.

Homemade Chocolate and Banana Ice Cream!