Short Story: Grace's Cupcake

Grace was just a girl who loved cooking more then anything. She not only loved cooking main dishes but her specialty was cupcakes. She grew up in a family that loved to cook and spent weeks reading cook books and spend her nights watching the food network. Being raised in a family that loved cooking gave Grace a love for the kitchen or as her family refereed to it the hearth of the home. Grace baked any cupcake from plain vanilla to raspberry lemonade. But after making chocolate espresso she felt as though her life would never be the same. It started out a day like any other Grace just want to make cupcakes for her family to enjoy after dinner. She searched through all the cookbooks and on the last cook book she came across the most delicious looking cupcakes she had ever laid eyes on. Grace had loved coffee from the very begging and coming across chocolate espresso cupcakes was a just the icing on her (cup)cake to her perfect day. A side from just being a delicious cupcake the recipe also called for a delicious chocolate cream cheese frosting which  she believed was the greatest thing she had ever herd of. Grace made the cupcakes by hand, even grinding up espresso, she melted delicious semi-sweet chocolate and carefully sifted through the flour. It took hours for her to perfect the recipe but after waiting for what seemed like a life time Grace pulled out the batch of cupcakes from the scorching oven and after waiting until they cooled she placed the chocolate cream cheese frosting. After dinner her family tasted the cupcakes which they deemed the best cupcakes Grace had ever made. In Graces mind these cupcakes completed her life. She was thrilled to have stumbled across such a great recipe and one that everyone in her family enjoyed.

Betty Crocker

Marjorie Husted was the creator of Betty Crocker. She was a home economist and business maker. In the year 1921, whom while under the control of General Mills created Betty Crocker. The first Betty Crocker cookbook was released in 1933, it was chalked full of great recipes from famous chefs, and distinguished cooks. During the war Betty Crocker published a cook book to help support the War efforts and helped with giving recipes to help people cook with the war time rations from 1941 until 1945. Within years Betty Crocker was rising in popularity coming in second to Eleanor Roosevelt in 1945 in fortune magazines most popular American women. Because Crocker wasn't a real women portraits of her were painted with no one women in mind and is actually a combination of 75 real-life women of diverse backgrounds and ages. They never shows characteristics from the shoulders down, while the face is constantly changing.  Throughout the years many Betty Crocker recipe books have been released in two languages or bilingually (Spanish/English) cook books. These recipe books teach people how to cook American-style food. Along with cookbooks Betty Crocker also sells many Betty Crocker products such as hand mixers which support General Mills. In April, 2007 a new online store was released to the inter web and is accessible at BettyCrocker.com. Betty Crocker cook books and recipes have been a part of the American life style since  the 1920's and have aided the country through times thick and thin, even becoming accommodating to the war time rationing in the 1940's. For many years that have passed and many years to come Betty Crocker has given Americans delicious food to cook for dinners, parties, bake sales, and fundraisers. Although not a real person the spirit of Betty Crocker has been woven into American and is a very import part of America.