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January 18, 2008
suck on that, Paula Deen.
Everything is NOT better with butter. I just made these cupcakes as part of the Great Cupcake Trial of Ought Eight (Genevieve wants me to make cupcakes for her wedding. I tried to tell her that the nickname "Auntie Cupcake" has nothing to do with my baking skills, which are dubious at best), and they were TERRIBLE. I used a recipe out of 500 Cupcakes, which called for five eggs, self-rising flour, TWO AND A HALF STICKS of butter, and no salt. Does self-rising flour have salt in it?
Anyway, they were supposed to have a molten center. They did not. They were crumbly and a wee bit oily, but without any of the squidgy goodness in the center that I was hoping for. They tasted pretty good, but anything with chocolate does. (Just ask Margaret about the flat chocolate cake we made that one time.) Nathan tried one when he came home and remarked that he liked the coconut in the cupcakes. There was no coconut in them, but as soon as he said it I identified that the crumb of the cakes was, in fact, rather like a macaroon.
Does anyone have a really good chocolate cupcake recipe? There's one in the ever-reliable Fannie Farmer Baking Book that looks good. Also, Gen has apparently never had a black-bottomed cupcake (raised by wolves). I'd like to try my hand at that.
Now I'm off to the kitchen to get dinner ready. THAT I know how to do. I'm making a rice pilaf, some pan-fried cod and some green beans with almonds.
Comments
I haven't tried these, but they look pretty tasty: http://cupcakeblog.com/index.php/2007/04/smores-cupcakes/
Posted by: Emily at January 19, 2008 7:42 AM
Wolves? You really shouldn't talk about my ex-wives that way.
Posted by: Nathan at January 19, 2008 2:53 PM
I swear by Cook's Illustrated, and I've received rave reviews for their dark chocolate cupcakes. I've got the recipe here.
Posted by: whitney at January 21, 2008 12:10 PM