Martha meets Betty

Well, tonight I made the devil's food cake cupcakes in honor of Halloween.  It took me most of the night when I got home from work, but at least it kept me busy while my husband works a long day today.  So, the cupcakes turned out well, but the frosting that was supposed to go on top of them, a chocolate ganache frosting did not work out so well.  I think my problem was that I didn't chop the chocolate finely enough and I didn't heat up the heavy cream and corn syrup enough so it didn't do what it was suppose to do.  Instead of making another frosting, I got lazy and decided to go to the store and buy Betty Crocker frosting.  So the cupcakes really are Betty meets Martha.  Martha would probably die if she knew I used regular old betty on her cupcakes, but I don't care.  I was tired and I didn't want to make some other extravagant frosting.  I also tried to decorate the cupcakes with little frankenstein heads made from marshmallows, green food spray and black decorating gel, but it made the cupcakes too tall and I couldn't get the lids on the tins.  Oh well.  Until next time.

ooops..

I have forgotten to post on here.  Things have been busy lately with conferences and MEA.  I did make another set of cupcakes, and let me tell you it was not a good experience.  The cupcakes turned out great, but the process just about sent me over the edge.  The cupcakes were brown sugar pound cake and the frosting was supposed to be a brown butter glaze, but I ended making a brown sugar cream cheese frosting because they would keep longer.  During the process, I first broke and egg.  After that, I went to turn on the mixer, and a bunch of the flour mixture flew out and onto the counter everywhere.  Oh, and if that wasn't bad enough, it happened a second time.  Yeah, I was struggling.  Luckily Mark was there and he helped me out.  I didn't get to try one with the frosting,  but all my colleagues really liked them and gobbled them up, so they must have been good.  I also forgot to get a picture of them, but they did kind of look like the pumpkin ones.  I am hoping to get another batch made this weekend, but I am not sure what kind I am making.  Until next time, eat more cupcakes.

pumpkin goodness

Okay, so I am a week late writing about my pumpkin cupcakes.  I made the cupcakes last week, and although they took some time making, they weren't too hard to make.  The recipe made 32, and let me tell you, I was afraid that all of the ingredients were not going to fit into the blender.  It was pretty much filled to the top, and if I would have put anymore in there it would have been a huge mess.  Actually, talking about huge messes, I had Mark take a picture of the messes I make while making cupcakes.  Now, do realize that although I am messy, I do clean everything up right away.  I just have visions of Gordon Ramsay yelling at me, calling me a "donkey" (or something to that affect).  Here is the shot of my mess.  Oh, and PS, the mess by no means is a reflection on the quality of the cupcake, I am overly delicate about that.

Moving along, the cupcakes were absolutely wonderful and tasty.  They were actually my favorite of all the cupcakes I have made thus far.  I am a huge fan of pumpkin.  Everyone that tried them liked them as well.  Now, I had to put cream cheese frosting on them (which, by the way, the recipe makes a ton more than what you actually need) because everyone was excited about that part, but I think the cupcakes would be just fine without.  Actually, I would just put a little bit of frosting on it.  So, overall, I would have to say that these would be 9.75 out of 10 on the delicioso scale (did I mention yet that I turned it to the delicioso scale because my father was giving me a hard time about the yummy scale?!)  Anyway, not sure what cupcakes I am making next.  Something easy because it is a busy week.  Until then!