10- Les Cupcakes

Yesterday, Shannon and I decided to bake cupcakes for our host family. We contemplated several desserts to prepare, but figured cupcakes would be the best because they are very American and our host family had never heard of them or had them before.
First, we headed to the supermarché to buy what we needed for the cupcake recipe Shannon found online. Overall, we didn't have much trouble finding the ingredients other than Crisco (we had to use a substitute) and powdered sugar.
When we got home from the store, we got straight to work. I was in charge of the metric conversions (thank god for the conversion app on the iPhone). Of course, we had to have some help from our host mom, but it was mainly Shannon and I who did the measuring, mixing, and waiting- we were so determined to make delicious cupcakes for them!
Since cupcakes really don't exist in France, we had to make our own icing. It didn't work out perfectly; it was a little less thick than icing usually was. But, we made it work by adding Nutella. It actually made the icing even better (Plus, the French are obsessed with Nutella, especially my host brothers)!
The homemade cupcakes ended up being great. After our host moms light dinner, we frosted the cupcakes and served them to our family. It was a huge success!

After a great dinner and dessert, we set up the family room for singing and dancing. We chose a song in French (Soulman by Ben l'Oncle Soul) to sing and then record on their computer. We split it up so each person had a section to sing alone and then we all sang the refrain together as a group. It took a while, but we recorded the whole song and had a great time while doing so. The song is still stuck in my head from last night!