See Beautiful-A Funny Valentine Treat

Today is Valentines Day and See Beautiful Friday so it's time to share the love.  

For the last few Fridays I have been posting some of my favorite 1950s and 60s film strips, which are always good for a laugh, and of course laughter and love go hand I hand. Today I have one of my favorites What To Do On A Date in which a mid century teen wonders how to keep a girl entertained. (I actually have two versions here the original and the version that was riffed by the television show MST3K).  Hope you get to share a laugh today with one you love and don't forget to See Beautiful

Oh and if you want a sweet treat here is a recipe for

 Red Velvet Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting:

Cupcakes
2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cups salted butter (at room temperature)
2 cups plus 4 tbsp sugar
4 eggs
2 tbsp red food coloring
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp white vinegar


Cream Cheese Frosting
1 lb cream cheese (at room temperature)
1 stick butter (at room temperature)
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 box confectioners sugar

Preheat the oven to 350 and line 24 cupcake tins with paper liners.  In a large bowl whisk flour, cocoa, and baking soda together.  In an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter until light and fluffy and then add the sugar and beat for 3 minutes.  Add the eggs one at a time beating well and scraping down the sides of the bowl after each addition.  Add vanilla and red food coloring and beat at low speed.  In a measuring cup combine the butter milk and 2 tsp vinegar.   Add the butter milk mixture and flour mixture into separate additions beginning and ending with the buttermilk (so add buttermilk mixture 3 times and flour twice).  Beat well after each addition.   Spoon the batter into cupcake papers and bake for 18-21 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.  Cool in the pan for ten minutes and then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.  Frost with the cream cheese icing.

Cream Cheese Frosting

Beat the cream cheese and butter together in an en electric mixer until light and fluffy (one minute on high speed and then 3-4 minutes on medium speed).  Mix in vanilla extract and add the powdered sugar and beat until smooth.  



Im on winter break from teaching next week so I will be forgoing blogging to spend some extra quality time with my fur babies.  I hope everyone has a great week.