Last Days and New Beginnings

The title of this post sounds really deep.  I assure you, its not.  Today I am simply celebrating my last day of servitude (literally) at Uno's Frederick.  Holla!

Technically, yesterday was my last day.  I worked a double and it totally sucked.  In one respect, it was a terrible shift, but in another it was great, because it left no doubt in my mind that I am nothing but happy to get gone.  There are a few people there who I'll miss (no doubt a lot more who will miss me, HA!) but on the whole, I am so happy to be moving on and starting my real life.  I was never an Uno's lifer, and yesterday reinforced that fact ten-fold.

However, today I still had to go back one more time.  And its all because of my stupid, horrible memory.  I left all my marketing materials at home yesterday, so I had to go back and drop them off.  And in honor of my last day, I baked cupcakes and took them in yesterday, but forgot to take home my cupcake carrier.  So I needed to go back and retrieve it.  But I went, doled out a few last hugs and some (probably empty) promises to "See you around" and left for the last time.  Well, I'll probably go back for dinner or something one time when I'm home, but for now, I imagine that I have permanently shaken the dust and pizza grease from my feet.

But back to the most important part of this post: cupcakes.  (Cupcakes are always the most important part of any post that includes cupcakes.)  Emily came home Wednesday night and we backed AMAZING cupcakes.  Chocolate cake with caramel and sea salt frosting.  I absolutely love salted caramel.  Though my dad says it defies the Laws of Nature, I think sweet and salty make a great pairing.  Ever heard of chocolate covered pretzels?  But the seas salt sprinkled on top of the frosting was just enough to bring out the sweetness, but not enough to overpower the caramel.  I think these may have been our best cupcakes yet.  And that's saying something because we have made Bailey's cupcakes, mint cupcakes AND Kahlua cupcakes.  So I don't say that lightly.

Though my dad wasn't digging them, everyone at work did, and Richard probably ate about 15 (don't worry, they were mini-sized cupcakes because Emily bought me adorable little cupcake pans as a going away present).  So I am definitely saving that recipe for when we open our shop...be on the lookout for it!