Peppermint cupcakes

Last year at Christmas time I had a yummy peppermint cake at a lunch I went to. I decided to try to make it last year and it turned out pretty well, so this year I made peppermint cupcakes for my department party.

Gabriel helped dip each cupcake in crushed soft peppermint sticks!


An almost unrelated tangent:
Recently Paloma pointed to my chest and said, "That's where the Mommy milk comes from. And you put it in my mouth!" (I keep being surprised how she remembers and keeps bringing this up since she quit nursing months ago now.)
I said, "What did it taste like?" She answered with a big smile, "Peppermint!"