Yesterday morning apparently while I was getting dressed for work, my sister did something really dumb. She took my cupcakes out of the fridge and put them into the oven and left them there all day long. Which is not what I wanted and it definitely would have left those cupcakes up for hardening.
Then she did something even more dumb. She got home from work last night and pre-heated the oven for dinner. Without taking my cupcakes out of the oven. So my cupcakes are so hard I could throw them through a windshield (Side note: I bust the windows out your car. And no, it didn't mend my broken heart...Sorry, Glee moment!) and the icing melted and went away. Where it went, I don't know.
I'm really bummed about this I loved those cupcakes and it took forever to get that icing the way I wanted it. She got mad at me because I was upset over the cupcakes. I don't get that girl sometimes. Weird.
So I didn't get the photos that I wanted to show you guys because she killed my cupcakes. It's ok, I'm not out of Cosmo Mix yet! I just need another lime. (Side note: Put the lime in the coconut and drink them all up..sorry, alcoholic moment.)
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
The Cupcake Caper
I've decided to have 3 different flavors of cupcake at the upcoming bachelorette party, so last night my sister and I dove headlong into creating a unique cupcake. The Cosmopolitan Cupcake. Yes, you heard me right. Cosmo Cupcakes.
I got the original recipe here: Cosmo Cupcake
While working through the recipe I noticed a few things.
1. The recipe calls for Butter Milk but never actually tells you to use it. My cakes turned out perfect without it so it's unnecessary.
2. The "Cosmo Glaze" was annoying and I ditched it. Still cakes were great.
3. I did NOT like the Cosmo Buttercream. The more Cosmopolitan I added the more I hated it, so I took my lime they had me zest, poked a hole in it and squeezed what juice I could into the mix, however because the lime juice is apparently wetter (I have no clue WHY!) I had to add 2 extra cups of powdered sugar to thicken it back up, I placed the icing in the fridge for at least 2 hours so that it would remain thick for frosting the cakes.
These were actually pretty good, and the icing was divine! (After I ditched the Cosmo). I added a pink sugar sprinkles to mimic rimming the glass and it was perfect. I will definitely get a picture for you guys today. My camera batteries were deader than a doornail.
Anyway, If you see a recipe you like then go for it, but just keep in mind that sometimes if its not to you liking you CAN change it, the world won't end if you don't follow the recipe exactly (Unless you are doing Fudge, trust me Fudge does NOT want to work if you divvy from the actual recipe).
I got the original recipe here: Cosmo Cupcake
While working through the recipe I noticed a few things.
1. The recipe calls for Butter Milk but never actually tells you to use it. My cakes turned out perfect without it so it's unnecessary.
2. The "Cosmo Glaze" was annoying and I ditched it. Still cakes were great.
3. I did NOT like the Cosmo Buttercream. The more Cosmopolitan I added the more I hated it, so I took my lime they had me zest, poked a hole in it and squeezed what juice I could into the mix, however because the lime juice is apparently wetter (I have no clue WHY!) I had to add 2 extra cups of powdered sugar to thicken it back up, I placed the icing in the fridge for at least 2 hours so that it would remain thick for frosting the cakes.
These were actually pretty good, and the icing was divine! (After I ditched the Cosmo). I added a pink sugar sprinkles to mimic rimming the glass and it was perfect. I will definitely get a picture for you guys today. My camera batteries were deader than a doornail.
Anyway, If you see a recipe you like then go for it, but just keep in mind that sometimes if its not to you liking you CAN change it, the world won't end if you don't follow the recipe exactly (Unless you are doing Fudge, trust me Fudge does NOT want to work if you divvy from the actual recipe).
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