Perfect Weekends

This weekend was perfect!  On Friday, dropped off twelve photos at TwistStyle hair Salon for their community artist wall - the theme “Women.”   Later a visit to ComFest - a community festival in its 40^th year - nothing like a good-old fashioned hippie alternative funky festival to kick off your weekend.  Had a couple of kids over for the weekend - always great to have children in the house. 

Saturday started with the Clintonville Farmers Market for fresh flowers and amazing organic cheese followed up with a walk in my childhood neighborhood - big old houses and shady streets.  Quick stop by Ragorama vintage clothing shop - purchased a pair of classic brown corduroy pants for a nephew. 

On Sunday fourteen photos put up at Corner Stone Deli. Then a trip to the Columbus Museum of Art - free admission on Sunday!  Meanwhile had  been thinking about making lemon cupcakes. After endless looking through my cookbooks with no luck decided to wing it and use a simple white cake mix from the internet, adding  my own touches to create a lemony flavor.

White Cake Mix - to Lemon Cake

1 cup sugar

½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla

1/2 cup buttermilk, ¼ half & half (or just use ½ cup whole milk)

Zest of one lemon

Juice of one lemon

Mix wet ingredients

Add & mix well:

1 ½ cups flour (I like unbleached)

1 ¾ tsp baking powder

Cupcake liners in tin, pour ½ full in each

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes

Icing

2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter

1 to 2 tsp of vanilla

¾ box of confectionary sugar

Touch of milk

Mix until creamy smooth

Add & mix:

Juice of one lemon

Zest of ½ lemon (or more if you like)