Disclosure: I received the Hues and Cues game for free, from Tryazon in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. I may collect a share of sales from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them.
When
you're searching in your game closet for a fun game to play with friends or family,
Hues and Cues, is an excellent choice. Not only is it great for 3 players
minimum to participate in, but also it is super simple to learn. In short, the game is based around players giving each
other clues where they must guess what a specific color coordinate is located on
the board. There are two rounds for each clue giver. It was interesting to see
how my friends' perceptions of colors were either different or the same as my
own. This made for some very funny
moments as we laughed at each others'
clues. If you are a fan of guessing games like my friends and I are, then you will likely find this game quite
entertaining.
To
add to the festive party atmosphere of your Hues and Cues game night, I highly
suggest serving snacks that fit the theme of the colorful game board. Although
there are many colors to choose from, I decided to create two colors based on
the food coloring I already had in my kitchen baking supplies. These two
choices represent G22 & N25 coordinates on the game board which it turns out
are beautiful shades of teal and purple. Note that this was my first attempt at
making homemade butter cream frosting. I
usually just buy canned readymade frosting, so I had no idea what it would turn
out to be like making it from scratch. The directions were actually easy to
follow, but I was surprised at how different the texture was any butter cream I
had encountered before. Although it tasted yummy, it had a very interesting chunky
appearance. In fact, my friend even commented on it's cool texture, and she
wanted to know how I made it that way. My reply: no clue.
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I used this recipe from Food.com for the cupcakes: https://www.food.com/recipe/yogurt-vanilla-cupcakes-w-chocolate-frosting-108558
21/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder & vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon baking soda & salt
4 tablespoons softened butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
Begin with the frosting to allow time for it to cool. Mix the sugar and cocoa together in a small saucepan. Add half of the milk, stirring constantly until blended. Then add the rest of the milk. Cook on medium heat until the mixture begins to boil. Lower heat and let simmer for a 3 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool for 3 minutes. Add the vanilla and chocolate chips, mixing until dissolved. Let cool at room temperature, or cover and refrigerate for future use. For the cake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. In a large bowl, mix the butter and sugar until well blended. Add the eggs to the butter/sugar mixture. Gradually add the flour mixture and yogurt to the butter/sugar mixture. Fill muffin molds 2/3 full and bake for about 20 minutes until it passes the clean toothpick test.
Frosting
Recipe provided by OP Games
1 cup Room Temperature Butter
5 cups of Confectioner’s Sugar
¼ cup of Heavy Cream
2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
1 pinch of Salt
Beat butter until creamy. Make sure your butter is softened to room temperature before beginning. Use a hand or stand mixer to beat until smooth and creamy. Add sugar, cream, and vanilla extract. Beat on low speed until these ingredients are incorporated, then bump up the mixer to medium-high speed. At this point, you can add more confectioners’ sugar if the frosting is too thin or a splash of heavy cream if it’s too thick. Taste and salt. Add a pinch of salt to offset the sweetness.
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