we started out going whale watching - it was amazing! First praise: we did not get sea-sick. I'm just sayin', if you've ever been sea sick, you know that it's the worst feeling ever. On top of that, we got to see mama whale with baby whales blowing water and going up and down out of the water. So cool!
And LAST of all, right before we went back to the marina, we got to see whales breaching! It was amazing! No pictures of the breaching, I was too busy watching it happen :D
That evening, we took a walk on Kokusai Street, which is kind of like the Georgetown of Naha. We ended the evening with a fantastic hibachi-style dinner. Mr. A even got to take home a cup in the shape of a shisa dog!
Now, I was still feeling like I should do something festive and Valentines-y, so I made (drum-roll, please....) Valentine's Day cupcakes!
Using this as inspiration, (thank you Pintrest!) I made these:
These cupcakes are, by far, the pinnacle of my baking career. I never expect to make anything as awesome as these cupcakes ever again. And, believe it or not, it really wasn't that difficult. I used the recipe found in this cookbook (which, by the way, is my favorite cookbook in the world - it gives you the whole reasoning behind why they choose the recipe they choose).
Instead of using little heart cookie cutters to form the hearts that went inside the cupcakes, I used silicon 'ice cube trays', which work just as well in the oven as they do in the freezer :) Another benefit is that you can immediately pop them straight from the oven into the freezer and not have to worry about cutting out the heart-shapes (and risking tearing them). Also, it's easier to cut the bubbled side of the hearts off so the hearts are flat on both sides.
I hope you're inspired to attempt to bake something as adorable as these cupcakes, too!
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