A Practice Run

My cousin needed a favor. She asked me to make some treats for her daughter's missionary homecoming.

All I was told was that her daughter liked chocolate and M&M's. 

But sometimes there are people that don't like chocolate so much, so I thought I'd better cover that base as well. I made these lemon strawberry cupcakes.

She said she'd pay me, but I didn't want to charge her for my time. Karen was "worried" they might not taste super excellent, so she volunteered to taste test them before I sent them out. How kind of her to volunteer to be my scrutineer, right? They passed her inspection, no problem.
Then I realized as the day progressed and I hadn't heard from my cousin that perhaps there was a problem. I checked the FB message again and there was no actual date on the message, it just said Wednesday. When I looked on her home page, it said she'd be finished as a missionary mom in 16 more days. That was on April 2. Guess I'm a week early with all these treats and will have to do it all again next Wednesday. Now I need to find someone to eat these treats.

Strawberry Frosting
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup salted butter, softened
1/2 cup strawberry jam
3 cups powdered sugar, sifted
1 tsp raspberry extract, if desired
Beat cream cheese and butter in stand mixer for five minutes. Add jam and blend until combined. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until desired consistency is reached.