Karli’s Leprechaun Surprise Cupcakes

-Chocolate Cake

2 ½ cups all purpose flour 1 cup of butter, softened

1 t baking soda         1-½ cups of granulated sugar

½ t salt 3 large eggs

7oz semi-sweet chocolate 2 t pure vanilla extract

1 cup of beer

-Preheat oven 350 degrees F

-In large bowl combine and mix: flour, baking soda and salt

-In a medium saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate and butter until completely melted. Stir continuously.

-Transfer melted chocolate and butter into a large mixing bowl, and using electric mixer, add sugar. Beat until well blended.

-Add vanilla, and one egg at a time until mixed well

-Finish by alternately adding flour mixture and beer, until the mixture is completely smooth.

-Fill each cupcake paper 3/4 of the way full with batter and bake for 8-10 minutes (makes 24 cupcakes)

-Buttercream Icing

1 stick butter softened 4 T heavy cream

1 stick shortening 2 lb bag of confectioner’s sugar

2 t clear vanilla extract         1/3 cup whiskey

-Combine butter, shortening, vanilla, and 4T heavy cream in mixing bowl, mix well.

-Slowly adding confectioner’s sugar, continue mixing until mixture is completely smooth. If needed to further cream mixture, add heavy cream 1 T at a time, until icing has desired texture. Then add the whiskey, and mix well.

-Icing will need tinted to yellow. Using Icing color mix yellow into until reached desired color.

Karli made another appearance on NBC’s More At Midday to debut her 2012 Valentine’s Day Cake! Karli has created a one of a kind treat for Valentine’s Day, called the Bee Mine Cake! Be sure to click the link below for the full recipe!  http://bit.ly/Aobjch

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http://www.musicnewsnashville.com/it-all-comes-natural-for-karli-whetstone

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“I can’t tell you how excited I am that, “I Didn’t,” has reached #47 on the charts! Having a Top 50 Hit is truly a dream come true, and something I’ve been working towards for many years! I remember the first time I heard hit songwriter, Sherrie Austin perform, “I Didn’t,” at Nashville Songwriters Association, I loved it instantly! And to see the response Country Radio, and Country fans are having when they hear it, means the world to me! I want to thank Country Radio for their incredible support and continued airplay, and of course the fans for making the success of, “I Didn’t,” possible!”

Click the link below to view Karli on the complete CountryBreakout Chart!

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I was so excited to wake up early! Doug and I were heading to the airport for a vacation in South Florida! I hadn’t seen the ocean in over three years, and couldn’t wait to feel the sand on my feet! I sprang out of bed thrilled for the week ahead! My parents, niece, sister and brother-in-law were all coming too, so I knew this was going to be a great trip!

Growing up, we went to South Florida almost every year, so it was amazing to be back in a place I know so well and love so much! I should have known this was going to be a wonderful vacation, because within an hour of arriving, I was looking at the ocean with a margarita in my hand! Who could ask for a better start to vacation!?!

The weather was gorgeous during our entire trip! Luckily, I’m a complete sunscreen freak, so I didn’t get burnt, or even pink once! With my natural Arctic Tan, SPF 30 and I became very close friends this trip! I can’t tell you how amazing it was to lay by the ocean, and hang out by the pool! I felt like I was in Heaven!

One of the highlights of our trip was when we went to Palm Beach! Doug and I actually got married in Palm Beach! It’s such a beautiful town, and I hadn’t been back since our wedding, so I was thrilled to see it all again! We arrived at The Breakers hotel, and it may have been even more beautiful than I remembered! Such a special place!

All in all, we had an amazing week! With stops in Palm Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, and Hollywood, we got to see some of the best places in South Florida! It was so wonderful to spend time with the people I love the most, in such great places! What I do know after this trip is, I’m not going to wait another 3 years before I go back to the ocean!

Lots of Love,

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