Recipes -

   1/2 cup butter

         1 1/2 cups white sugar

         2 eggs

         1 cup buttermilk*

         1 fluid ounce red food coloring


   1 teaspoon vanilla extract

   1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

   1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

   2 cups all-purpose flour

   1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

   1 teaspoon salt

* If you dont have buttermilk on hand (I know I never do) put a dash of vinegar or lime juice in it and stir it until it looks unappealing :)

Heat the oven to 350. First blend the butter and sugar together with an electric blender until it is soft and fluffy looking. Then stir in the eggs, buttermilk, red food coloring and vanilla. After add in the vinegar and baking soda (Its going to make a fizzing sound but dont freak out like I did!) Finally finish it up by adding in the cocoa, flower and salt. Stir this all into the batter until it is blended. Spoon the batter into the individual cups, making sure at least each is half filled. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes. Once done (stick a toothpick in it and if nothing comes out you're good to go) put your delicious cupcakes on the cooling racks.

Wait ten to fifteen minutes for it to cool off before putting the icing on!

Ice it and stick a chunk of dark chocolate in there to make it look like a fin!

And dont forget to ENJOY!!! YUMMMM

The recipe calls for:

2 1/2 small cooked corn on the cob

2 1/2 tomatoes

1 1/2 onions

3/4 cup of olive oil

1/4 tsp of pepper

1/2 tsp of oregano

1/2 tsp of salt

Cut the corn from the cob, dice the tomatoes into cubes, cut the onions into vertical strips. Put the onions in the pan and fry them with the olive oil. Make sure to turn the heat down BEFORE the onions turn brown. (They should get a clear color before they turn brown.) Then add in the tomatoes, pepper, oregano and salt. When the tomatoes start to kind of fall apart or dissolve, add in the corn and cook that for another ten minutes. And VOILA! you have Tomatican. Its super delicious if you eat it with french bread or a potato.

*A lot of Argentines also cook it with a cup of chicken, beef, or bacon bits
**For some heat add in a 1/4 tsp of cayenne pepper

Shark Week Cupcakes!

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