Yep that’s right the kid’s big day is coming up and I’ve already started thinking. When did kid’s birthdays get so complicated? When I was little your mom whipped up a homemade cake and the local neighborhood kids came to devour it with ya. Yeah not anymore. There’s decorations, food, the table scape (I totally channeled my inner Sandra Lee there) and let’s not forget the oh so important cake. Oh oh and I forgot, since he’s one he has to have his own cake…ahhhh. Now with this in mind why would anyone be crazy enough to make their own cake, or in my case cupcakes? I have no idea but make me an appointment with a shrink cause I am crazy. Today marks day one of the great cupcake recipe hunt. I’m thinking it was a fail. Actually let me back up a bit yesterday was actually day one of the great cupcake. Long story short…I overfilled them and they didn’t cook quite right. SO today I gave it a go again. Well they just aren’t working for me. First let me say that the batter, yes I know we aren’t supposed to eat it since there are raw eggs in there but screw we only live once, anyway the batter tasted like a mix between cake and sugar cookie dough, smelled that way too. Oh I thought I had hit the jackpot on the first try. Well I’m not digging the texture. It’s almost like a softer version of cornbread. Oh they are moist, and pretty tasty, but not tasty enough for me to overlook the texture. I want light and fluffy, this is not. Actually the top got a crust almost like a chewy sugar cookie. I so wanted this one to work too. I’m not saying its the recipe I mean tons of people used it and loved it. I’m inserting the link, not to hate on it, but for those who would like to give it a go, because I’m sure it’s the cook not the recipe. And I really wanted it to work for me so maybe it will for others. And to be fair the two (yep two) I’ve already eaten weren’t completely cooled yet either. So again I encourage everyone to have a look and see what you think, but let me speak from experience when the chick says half full she means it, don’t overfill these bad boys.
So on to cupcake recipe number 2. I can already see this is going to take a while. I haven’t even started on an icing yet. Joy. I think this might be recipe number two. The only problem, who knows what cake flour is? I looked for it yesterday at Publix…no “cake flour”. Is it self-rising? Guess this is a question for google. Oh well on to the next cupcake….
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