Welcome to Week 100 of Mmm Mondays, where we turn Monday woes into Monday whoas!
Header image for week 100 from Life of a Kinky Wife
This week’s header image was originally taken for a New Year’s Eve shoot late 2020. But I think 100 weeks of consistency is a big deal and should be celebrated too!
It’s crazy to think it’s been 100 weeks since my first Mmm Monday post. A lot has changed, many have come and gone from the blogging world, and more are planning to leave, but I just can’t give it up. Not yet anyway.
Cheers, and thank you to those who have stuck with turning your frowns upside down.
Last Week’s Links
Last Week had 6 delicious submissions!
Five Barrels in a Cellar by Marie started us off, in this dark story where the hunted becomes the hunter.
Next, Marie shared Dying For Summer in which we’re reminded to be careful what you wish for.
Then May added the Guest post: 7 Reasons Men should give a FEMDOM a try – Self explanitory, but very informative. Also, there is knowledge in here for more than Femdom dynamics. Worth a read!
Charmer looked delightful in SteamPunk. This look could become a trend, or at least, I hope it does.
Barefoot Hyped and Flexed with a product review, introducing us to a new brand with a new idea.
And Kristan X finished us off with Listen Closely. A tale short on words, but long on sensuality.
You can read all those Mmm’s and more here.
Mmm Makers
It’s the last week of November, but there’s still plenty of time to check to this month’s highlighted Mmm Maker(s), Mike and Samantha of Marriage Sex and More. You can find them on their blog, on Only Fans and on Twitter.
Read what makes them say Mmm in their spotlight post.
All our past Mmm Makers can be found here.
Week 100 Recommended Read
Tantalizing Tales
Last week seemed all about spankings and this, all about Femdoms and wearing panties. I have no regrets, and I don’t think Jack does either in:
His Introduction to the “Clothed Female, Nude Male” Fetish by TJ Charvat
He wasn’t nervous, for he had done nude modeling for art classes. How much different was this going to be? He’d soon find out.
In this short story, Jack (who looks a bit like a famous Jack played by an even more famous DiCaprio), heads to the city to pursue a career of acting. The only thing is, Jack is not that good an actor.
Short on luck, Jack takes an opportunity and is introduced to a world he never could have imagined existed.
Described as Nostalgic Erotica, this story is lively and wonderfully erotic. If you like female led relationships, or just want to try something new, this story is for you.
Tantalizing Tales – Creating fiction to beguile and awaken your imagination. Tantalizing Tales are looking to publish all different types of beguiling fiction by new or experienced writers. If you write your own Tantalizing Tales and would like to publish them with us, please email talestantalizing@gmail.com or DM us at @TaleTantalizing on Twitter.
Book Club
The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean
The Book Eaters is a work of Fiction, but also falls into horror, fantasy, gothic and LGBT. So basically, it’s for everyone. Good Reads describe The Book Eaters like this:
“Out on the Yorkshire Moors lives a secret line of people for whom books are food, and who retain all of a book’s content after eating it. To them, spy novels are a peppery snack; romance novels are sweet and delicious. Eating a map can help them remember destinations, and children, when they misbehave, are forced to eat dry, musty pages from dictionaries.
Devon is part of The Family, an old and reclusive clan of book eaters. Her brothers grow up feasting on stories of valor and adventure, and Devon—like all other book eater women—is raised on a carefully curated diet of fairytales and cautionary stories.
But real life doesn’t always come with happy endings, as Devon learns when her son is born with a rare and darker kind of hunger—not for books, but for human minds.”
My full synopsis will be out at the end of November. If anyone would like to read a long with me, let me know!
Week 100 Recipe
100 weeks calls for a special recipe. These cupcakes combine champagne and vanilla cake to make the perfect (for me) celebration food!
Champagne Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups 360ml champagne
CHAMPAGNE CUPCAKES
- 1 1/4 cups 163g all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 6 tbsp 84g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3/4 cups 155g sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup 120ml champagne reduction see first step
- 2 tbsp 30ml milk
CHAMPAGNE BUTTERCREAM
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 4 cups 460g powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp champagne reduction see first step
- 1/8 tsp salt
Instructions
- To make the champagne reduction used in the cupcakes and frosting, add all of the champagne to a medium sized saucepan and cook over medium heat until you’ve got 3/4 cup remaining. Don’t boil. To measure how much champagne remains, pour into a glass measuring cup. Add it back to the pan if it needs longer to cook down. When done, refrigerate until cool.
- To make the cupcakes, prepare a cupcake pan with cupcake liners and preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C).
- Combine the flour, baking powder and salt in a medium sized bowl and set aside.
- Add the butter, sugar and oil to a large mixer bowl and beat together until light in color and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Do not skimp on the creaming time.
- Add the eggs one at a time, mixing until mostly combined after each. Add the vanilla extract with the second egg. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to be sure all ingredients are well incorporated.
- Add half of the dry ingredients to the batter and mix until mostly combined.
- Add the milk and champagne reduction and mix until well combined. The batter might look a little curdled, but that’s ok.
- Add the remaining dry ingredients and mix until well combined and smooth. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to be sure all ingredients are well incorporated. Do not over mix the batter.
- Fill the cupcake liners about 3/4 full and bake for 14-16 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove cupcakes from the oven and place on a cooling rack to cool.
- To make the buttercream, combine the butter and shortening in a large mixer bowl and beat until smooth.
- Add about half of the powdered sugar and mix until smooth and well combined.
- Add 3 tablespoons of the champagne reduction and the salt to the frosting and mix until well combined.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar and mix until smooth. Add additional champagne reduction as needed to get the right consistency.
- Pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes. Add sprinkles, if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
This Week’s Links
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