Silver Bullet

I had been wanting to get a new stand mixer for quite some time. I bought my first stand mixer when I was in college and didn't have a whole lot of money to spend on it. It served me well for a while when I was first really getting into baking. The only problem is that it just wouldn't die! I hadn't bought a new mixer because I would have felt guilty if my old mixer still worked, even though it may not have been the greatest and my hubby kept trying to convince me to get a new one. Well, the old mixer finally passed away a couple of weeks ago. After 10 years of waiting (yes, I was just starting college THAT many years ago O_O), I was then faced with deciding what kind of mixer to buy. It came down to either a KitchenAid or a Viking. I ended up going with KitchenAid because of all of the attachments you can get - the most notable of which is the ice cream maker attachment. Yes, that's right, I am going to venture into the world of ice cream/gelato. =D

I named it the Silver Bullet, and I love it. :)

The first thing I made with it was a batch of cupcakes for my nieces and nephews. One of my darling nieces had the awesome idea of turning hers into a cupcake sandwich!