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This recipe is one of my favorite things to make and eat during the holidays. I hope you give it a try!

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Let’s talk about the struggle.

The eternal Thanksgiving struggle.

You see, it’s real, it’s completely legit, and it’s deadly serious.

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It usually manifests toward the end of the meal (when your t-shirt is covering the top of your jeans because you’ve just unbuttoned them), and you’re sitting there wondering, “Hmm…do I conclude this carbfest with a slice of pumpkin pie, or do I choose the pecan?”

Truly, it is one of life’s many challenging decisions…

If you, too, have faced this challenging predicament, then this cupcake recipe is for you. It’s a Frankenstein of fall flavors that combines the beautifully balanced spiciness of a ideal pumpkin pie, with the marvelous greatness of brown sugar pecans — toasted first, then incorporated into the batter.

And as if that weren’t tantalizing enough, a cream cheese frosting tops it all off!

Also, as a full-time employee in the crazy cat lady Department, I decorated mine with sprinkles and cute kitty fondant cutouts, but you could sub the cats for leaves or turkey shapes (that ought to also work).

In the cupcake world, there are two major categories of cupcake batter — oil-based and butter-based. Butter-based batters tend to be a little much more complicated and finicky (mainly with regard to how far you’ve melted your butter) than oil-based batters. Basically, with oil-based batters, you just dump and mix! Also, oil makes it easy to end up with a melt-in-your mouth texture. No dry cake here! So, this recipe uses an oil-based batter.

You don’t need any special equipment either. just a couple of mixing bowls and a whisk, and heck, if you don’t have a whisk, you can use a fork.

If you want to bake Thanksgiving cupcakes but don’t want something too complicated, this is the recipe for you.

Pumpkin flavor Cupcakes With brown Sugar Pecans

BESKRIVNING
This melt-in-your mouth pumpkin cupcake has a subtle kick of flavor for a festive addition to your Thanksgiving table! Studded with brown sugared pecans and finished with a cream cheese frosting.

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 3 hours

Yield: 12 cupcakes

INGREDIENSER

For the brown sugar pecans:

1 cup finely chopped pecans

2 tablespoons salted butter, melted

3 tablespoons light brown sugar

Dry ingredients for the batter:

1 cup (125g) cake flour (spoon & leveled)

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Wet ingredients for the batter:

1 and 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1/2 cup (120ml) grapeseed oil (any neutral tasting oil, like canola or vegetable oil, works too)

2 large eggs

3/4 cup (150g) packed light brown sugar

1 cup (225g) canned pumpkin puree

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For the frosting:

8 ounces (224g) full-fat block cream cheese, softened to room temperature

1/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature

3 cups (360g) confectioners’ sugar (you may need to add a 1/4 cup if you choose a stiffer frosting)

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/8 teaspoon salt

For the decorations:

Fall-colored sprinkles (I got mine at Micahels)

Orange or other fall-colored fondant (I purchased premade fondant at Michaels)

Cat shaped cookie cutter

INSTRUKTIONER:

1. steps to prep
Preheat your oven to 350°F (176°C). Line 12-cup muffin pan with cupcake liners, and set aside. Roll out your orange fondant, and then cut out 12 cat shapes with your cookie cutter. allow to air dry for at least 30 minutes, or take a blow dryer and dry them using the amazing setting until they harden; set aside for later.

2. toast the pecans
Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Chop pecans into small pieces. In a medium-sized bowl, combine the melted butter, brown sugar and chopped pecans. toss to coat. spread the pecans evenly on the cookie sheet, and bake for about 7 minutes, or until they’re toasted. set aside to cool.

3. gather your batter
In a large mixing bowl, whisk the cake flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice; set aside (these are your dry ingredients). In a second mixing bowl, add oil, eggs, brown sugar, pumpkin puree and vanilla extract, and whisk until fully combined (these are your wet ingredients). pour the dry ingredients into your wet ingredients, then whisk thoroughly until a thick batter forms.

Fill cupcake liners to about 2/3 full, then place muffin tin in the oven for 12 minutes. remove muffin tin from oven and rotate it 180 degrees so the cupcakes that are in the back are now in the front (this helps to promote an even bake on all of the cupcakes). Bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. once baked, completely amazing the cakes before frosting och dekorera.

4. Forge att frosting
I en stativ mixer försedd med en paddlafäste, eller i en stor skål med hjälp av en handhållen mixer, slå gräddeost och smör tills det är smidigt och krämigt. Lägg till 3 koppar konditori socker, vanilj extrakt och salt.

För att undvika sockret från att flyga över hela freakin ‘plats (lita på mig, vill du inte att det ska hända), du vill blanda sockret i gräddeost / smör tills det bara är införlivat. Du kan göra det genom att antingen blanda det med hand med en spatel, eller börja med en mycket låg hastighet med din handhållna mixer eller en stativblandare.

När sockret är mestadels blandat i, stöta på hastigheten till medium och slå tills frostningen verkar ljus och fluffig; Detta tar mellan 1-2 minuter, beroende på hur varmt det är i ditt kök. Låt det inte välja för länge, men; Annars kommer din frostning att tunna för mycket.

Om du väljer frostning som är lite tjockare, blanda i ytterligare 1/4 kopp konditori socker. Och om det fortfarande är för tunt för dig, lägg till mycket mer konditor socker i 1/4 kopp steg tills du når önskad konsistens.

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5. Skapa och dekorera
Frost dina kylda muffins med grädde ost frosting (du kan använda en rörväska med ett tips, vilket är vad jag gjorde, eller smita frosten på med en spatel. Dekorera topparna med dina fallfärgade sprinkles och topp med orange katt fondant cutouts. Njut av!

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yeah you were all waiting for this, weren’t you!

Personally, I didn’t think I went completely overboard with makeup shopping. For one thing, I was supremely worried about wandering around Tokyo at night by myself to go shopping. Why I had to go shopping in the evenings was because my days were filled with sightseeing! and then, by the evening, I was so tired from walking around all day, I didn’t spend too much time shopping.  Also, I was shopping rather critically: lots of Japanese makeup is super sparkly and sheer. If it wasn’t something I’d truly use, I passed on it – so that left me with a more narrow band of items I’d spend my money on (not to mention, haul home).  Here’s what I got:

KAN GÖRA

• Marshmallow finish Powder in MO Matte Ochre and MB Matte beige Ochre
• cream Cheek in #05 sweet Apricot and #14 Apple cream Red (I swear I had another shade in my basket but it didn’t make it home with me!)
• Gokubuto mascara (volumizing)
• Gokunobi mascara (lengthening)
• colourful Nails polish in #33 Pink Glitter
• lasting Multi Eyebase WP (eye shadow primer)
I had some ideas of brands I’d want to look at when I was in Japan. I originally glossed over Canmake as being too girly for me. but it turns out their products are quite well reviewed and very reasonably priced! I ended up researching a lot on @cosme awards (which seems to be the Japanese makeup Bible) to find out which items to try and several of these were award winners. I do wish I’d gotten more cheek products – they have so many cute ones to choose from.

Cezanne

• Silk Touch Cheek in 02 Coral
• Toneup Eye shadow in 02 Rose-brown
Another low-cost and pleasant brand, I’d never heard of it but the products felt so buttery and decently pigmented, I had to pick up a couple of items to try out.

KATE

• Lash Maximizer Eyelash plus (mascara base)
• brown shade eyes palette in BR-3 Sepia
• Rouge HG lipstick in BE-33
This brand is an old favourite of mine – I’d bought some stuff in Hong Kong before and continued to ordered items online. this time I was a bit more choosy and only picked up 3 things based on good reviews online.

Integrera

• cat look liquid liner in BR660 brown and BK999 black
• Lash real glamour Mascara + free lash curler
• Pure big Eyes palette in OR334
• designing Veil palette in Bronze
One of my new favourite Japanese brands! So many terrific items in the line, I could hardly decide. It’s the perfect mix of whimsy while still being classy.  It’s a sub-brand of Shiseido and the quality reflects it.

Excel

• skinny rich shadow palette in SR04 Smoky Brown
• Gradation Cheek N in GC05 Apple Red
• Powder and Pencil eyebrow in PD01 natural Brown
I’d never heard of this brand and I was completely enamoured by their wearable eye shadow quads – they were the least shimmery of the ones I encountered (but I limited myself to just one to try out first). The brow pencil won an @cosme award. I’ve since learned that is a sub-brand of Sana. I’m interested in exploring more from this brand.

Majolica Majorca

• shadow customize in BE286 and GD822
• Puff de Cheek in PK 302 Strawberry Mix
• Lash King mascara in BK999
Another sub-brand of Shiseido that I love. I’ve had exposure to this brand when I bought some items in Hong Kong. picked up a few items including the cutest little blush!

MUJI

• 4 color Eye palette in Plum
• highlight color in Lavender
• Cheek color in Rose, Pink, and Orange
• Lip liner in Rose
• loose Powder refill in Natural
I went to Muji specifically to check out their makeup since we do have a Muji store here, but they don’t carry cosmetics. The products are very reasonably priced, if not a little basic. but I guess it fits in with Muji’s image quite well! I found the concept of the loose powder refill in a pouch really neat, so I had to pick it up – plus, the powder felt so silky when I tested it in the store.

Heroine Make

• long and curl super waterproof mascara
• volume and curl super waterproof mascara
I’ve only ever used their liquid liners (which I love) but I’ve heard their mascaras are terrific too so I picked up both kinds to try.

K-Palette

• real lasting eyeliner 24hr WP in Deep brown and brown Black
• 1-Day Magic 3D palette 01
I could not resist the limited edition Alice in Wonderland packaging on the liners! I’ve used K-Palette liners before and I really like them (in fact, I have one open now, in Deep Brown, but in the regular packaging). The blush / contour palette was not a low-cost item so I’m hoping it delivers on its promise of “smaller and defined face”

Esprique

• Customizable eye shadow palette with free refill in PU 100 Misty Purple
• Select Eye color refills in: BE 303 Mauve brown and PU 102 royal Purple
I feared I’d not get my hands on anything from this brand even though I vowed to try at least one thing from it when I was preparing my Japan shopping list. When I finally identified this brand, I was so pleased with the swatches of these shadows I had to buy them – the purpleis a stunner.

MAQuillAGE

• dramatic Powdery UV foundation SPF 25 PA++ in OC 10 and corresponding Compact case DM
• glossy nail Colour in RD 747

• dramatic mood Veil blush in RD 100 Coral Red
• dramatic mood Eyes palette in BE 352 invisible Wink
• dramatic Melting Rouge lipstick in BE 322
I had my makeup done at this counter – I’ll write about my experience in more depth in another post. Needless to say, the check out was a fruitful one judging by how many items I picked up! Oh, and you wouldn’t be surprised to learn this is yet another Shiseido sub-brand.

Daiso

• Sponge cleanser
• Brow pencils – these are made in Korea
• recyclable Silicone Sheet Masks
My favourite dollar store! I hit up a couple of Daisos but I restrained myself.  That silicone face mask won an @cosme award and it’s been raved about online. and I had to pick up another of my favourite sponge cleanser!

mfc (my featuring colors)

• W color Eyes PK-1
• blend color blush in PK-1
Toward the end of the trip, I was desperate to pick up more makeup that were completely unknown to me. and what better place to buy makeup than at a convenient store? I got these from FamilyMart which is similar to 7-Eleven and Lawson. convenient stores in Japan are so awesome. Anyway, back to this brand, it’s apparently a sub-brand of Kanebo. I hope it’s decent quality – there were no testers at the store and I bought purely based on cuteness factor.

Yojiya

• Facial cleansing sponge
• Oil-blotting Facial Paper
• Handkräm
• Facial cotton

• Ebony handle round squirrel eye shadow brush
• Ebony handle “Chikuresu” squirrel blush brush
• mini mirror
I’ll devote an entry on this brand so I won’t say much except that this was a surprise find in Kyoto and I’m so happy to have discovered it.

MISSBRUK

• Eye shadow palette with refills in: 21 love affair (P), 81 Londolozi (M), 69 Flash Back (P), 94 Shangri-La (ME)
• nail polish in #038 Complex
I was so thrilled to finally come face to face with this brand! I’d call it the Japanese equivalent to Nars – the all black minimalist packaging and the quality / pricing all remind me of Nars. I had to really restrain myself from buying more stuff there. It was bad enough that I didn’t just buy the one eye shadow as I’d planned. What can I say, I’m a sucker for customizable palettes and nail polishes.

Lunasol

• Three-dimensional Eyes palette in #01 Neutral Beige
I’d been wanting to check out a Lunasol counter during my Tokyo stay but never got a chance (I still suspect my SO kept me so busy during the day that I’d be too tired to shop at night!) I finally got a chance at the duty-free shop at the airport, just before I boarded my flight home. I was in a rush and their selection of eye shadow palettes is vast (I’m not kidding, I count 17 types of palettes that Lunasol offers, never mind the colour selections within each). I’m still unsure if I chose well.

TRE

• balancing Cleansing Oil
I wasn’t planning on getting anything at the three counter but I was curious about the oil since it’s their #1 product. It’s about $50 for this bottle! It better make me look like a Japanese soap opera star!

Oshima Tsubaki Camellia Oil

I’ve seen this product recommended as something to try from Japan and I saw it at the airport duty-free, so I decided to try it for a face and / or hair oil.

Sunscreens:

• Allie UV Mineral Moist NEO SPF 50+ PA++++
• Anessa perfect UV Aqua Booster SPF 50+ PA++++
Despite the abundant selection of sunscreens, I restrained myself to just 2, since I’d recently opened one up, I didn’t want these to expire before I get to use them.

Misc. Hudvård:

• Kose clear turn Babyish sheet mask (7 in resealable pack)
• random blotting papers
I wasn’t going to get any but I was quite amused at the idea of ¥300 ($3.60 CAD) for 7 sheet masks so I got a pack. I went a bit nuts and picked up blotting sheets everywhere I saw them at a reasonable price.

Tillbehör:

• Greenbell Paragon of Shining girls Eyelash Comb – I had to buy this for the name alone!
• Chasty natural type metallic Mascara Comb 0.74mm – there was another kind that had teeth 1.2mm apart meant for volume type mascaras. only in Japan you’d get options for mascara comb spacing!
• Chasty shiny Slide clean – this felt super soft and made of natural hairs which is hard to find in a retractable brush
• MAQuillAGE Edge free Eyelash Curler – I already own this (was my HG lash curler before the Surratt came along!) but it was ordered off ebay and it came in a different packaging, so I’m curious if this is the same.

• Chasty Make clean Collection – also natural hair bristles (the Google translate app keeps showing “mountain wool” which I’m thinking is goat hairs)
• Tesshyu Collection Eye shadow clean L – found this at a drugstore although it wasn’t low-cost ($28 CAD). I just learned from searching online that it’s a sub-brand of Chikuhodo.
• Shiseido MAKE Chouetools Face Brush (M) for Cheek – I’ve never heard of this but curiosity got the better of me and I bought it. I’m guessing it’s a cheaper brand of Shiseido just for accessories. Again, although I got it at a drugstore, it wasn’t exactly low-cost ($36 CAD)

• Shiseido The makeup Powder clean – I’d wanted this clean ever since reading about how good the quality is, and I was super sad that Shiseido does not offer its brushes in Canada. This clean is SO soft and silky! and it’s made in Japan.
• Shiseido The makeup Eye shadow clean (S) – and who just buys ONE clean at the makeup counter? No one, that’s who.
Save for the Shiseido The makeup brushes, these were all random drugstore pick ups. I noted lots of the less expensive accessories were usually made in China or Taiwan so I focused on only items that were made in Japan.

Random makeup Items:

• Palgantong Theatrical Powder in OB original beige – I identified the Palgantong powder at Matsumoto KiYoshi drugstore for a decent price – and even though it’s a Korean-made product, it’s something I’d heard terrific things about so I decided to pick it up on ett infall.
• integrate Gracy White Pact SPF26 PA+++ in OC10 – I’m not entirely sure why there’s an integrate and an integrate Gracy. They’re distinctly different Shiseido sub-brands with completely different packaging and pricing. Gracy is the dull cousin to the flirty integrate brand, in my opinion. It is also less expensive. I heard the compact foundation is good, and for less than $20, I was willing to take a chance.
• Media Gradation color Eyeshadow in BR-03 – to me, the Media and integrate Gracy line-up look really similar. but Media is a little bit less dull. The swatches of this one is a little sheer but really pretty for a subtle look.  This is a Kanebo sub-brand.

• Chu Lip Balm in sweet Pink SPF22 – this is the Japanese version of eos! I was pleased with the high SPF, I hope it doesn’t taste like chemicals. Oh and it’s also tinted.
• Ettusais Lash version Up mascara base – this won an @cosme award and wasn’t too expensive – it features a comb wand rather than the traditional bristles, so we’ll see it works.

Some of the pretties lined up:

Whew… and despite all that, there were a few items I wished I had picked up:

• Visee glossy rich Eyes quad in PK3 burgundy Red – I couldn’t decide on the colour and by the time I was ready to buy, I couldn’t find a Visee display!
• Ettusais premium perfect clear Up Concealer – loved the silky texture of this and the coverage was exceptional, but the store was sold out of it, and I couldn’t find it elsewhere
• MSH Loveliner – this was advertised everywhere as the top selling liquid liner in Japan, I debated about buying it since it was more expensive than other ones – by the time I decided I wanted to buy it, I couldn’t find it!
• Hakuhodo brushes – ugh, this is still a sore subject with me! I had the opportunity to go to either the Kyoto or the Tokyo Hakuhodo stores but I did not manage to get to either of them. I will explain in more detail in my Yojiya post. At least I can order Hakuhodo brushes online… but still, not experiencing the Hakuhodo store in person makes me
I’m planning on buying the Visee and Ettusais items online soon as a treat for myself for my birthday next month.

Next week I’ll show pictures of the stores and makeup displays! and I’ll share some tips about shopping for Japanese makeup. You’ll be seeing reviews and swatches of these products in the months to come. have you tried any of the items I got?

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God jul, min underbara vän! Jag hoppas att din mage är full av smaskiga julgoodies, liksom jag hoppas att du känner dig varm, riskfri och älskad. Om du flyger Solo i år, låt oss förlänga en online semester kram till dig, liksom snälla förstå det finns någon tillgänglig som tror på bra tankar för dig på juldagen. Du är inte ensam. Connor, Rosie-Pose, liksom jag skickar dig finaste önskningar och verkligen hoppas från bitstaden Novato.

Detta har varit ganska ett år, har det inte? Om igen. Jag förstår inte om dig, men allt detta “fortsätter fortsätta” har tagit en vägtull, liksom jag är runt känslorna i år!

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Den. Mig.
Jag har känt sorg, förtvivlan, utmattning, hjärtat och så mycket oro, men jag har gärna kände glädje, lättnad och hopp, särskilt under denna semestersäsong. Jag uppskattar grunden mer än någonsin – hälsa, säkerhet, kärlek, som har ett tak över mitt huvud samt mat i min tum. Oavsett annat, att citera flikar kattdjuret (saknar dig, kompis), är “bara sås.” 2021 har varit djupt ödmjuk.

Tack för att du alltid ger mig en anledning att le varje gång du besöker. Ända sedan jag började den här bloggen – vänta på det – 2007 (!), säg tack till dig för att dela dina historier, dina skönhetsrekommendationer, dina förhoppningar, dina rädslor, gratulationer, din tid såväl som ditt underbara företag. Mest av allt, säg tack vare dig för att bara vara en trevlig person på internet, som verkar ha hamnat vara något av en sällsynthet idag.

Men inte här. Inte någonsin här. Jag kan ärligt säga att min erfarenhet bloggar varje dag som går på nästan 15 år har inte varit den otäcka, småaktiga, skadliga, ogynnsamma på den internetupplevelse vi hör och se så mycket om idag. Efter 14.372 blogginlägg – Ja, det är rätt – jag gillar det fortfarande sedan av dig.

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Jag är så tacksam för dig såväl som för den anslutning vi har gjort online.

Ha en vilsam och glad jul, min vän. Må din dag vara glad och ljus. Glad semester.

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Skickar så mycket kärlek!

Din vänliga samhällsberättelse,

Kare

När vi tror på industrins ikoner, blir industriens paragoner, ett namn ofta kastat runt: Henry Ford. Han revolutionerade massproduktionens värld med sin transportband.

Tja, det är så bra som bra, men i Feline-världen finns det bara en kapten av industrin, liksom det var flikar. Han tog Feline mode som producerar i det tjugoförsta århundradet, vilket ökade produktionen med sina många tekniska framsteg från små sömmerskaffärer som skapade några klädsel varje dag till storskaliga automatiska fabriker som skapar otaliga bitar av kattkläder per timme, alla av felfria kvalitet.

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Några katter samt människor säger allt började med den världsberömda hösten kattdjuret du ser här …

Det var med denna halsduk som flikar ramde upp sina produktionsanläggningar från några enheter dag upp i tusentals, liksom i november 2015 katter i varje stad över Amerika såväl som runt om i världen rockade den.

Rosie

Eftersom Rosie har tagit över som Chief Fine Policeman av Tabs The Feline Industries, LLC, har hon satsat på det arvet. Katter var som helst kan gå ner till sin regionala Petco eller Nordstrom för att få en egen – över hela världen.

Liksom Tim Cook efter Steve Jobs är Rosie fokuserad på att öka effektiviteten såväl som uppskalning, liksom med tanke på att hon har tagit över, har verksamheten tredubblat intäkter!

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Som du kan säga fortsätter storheten på hennes klocka.

Din vänliga gemenskapsberättigande missbrukare,

Kare