Step 1: Decide on a whim and a craving to bake the red velvet cupcakes you saw in an ad in Parents magazine.
Step 2: Go to Safeway to purchase cupcake fixin's. Decide not to purchase cupcake papers, since you've had a box of them in the cabinet for years.
Step 3: Preheat low-end Reagan-era oven with uneven heating feature and turbo-burn capability to 350 degrees.
