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Mini Disaster!

JavaCupcake — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:43:02 +0000

I posted on Facebook this morning that I was making mini chocolate cupcakes with mint buttercream today… well, they’re a disaster. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve had a disaster to share with you guys so it seems I was about due!

The last time I made mini’s was Spring 2009… almost a year… and I totally forgot the golden rule of mini’s DO NOT OVERFILL! What did I do? I filled them up as much as I’d fill up a regular cupcake cup 2/3 full. WRONG WRONG WRONG! 1/3-1/2 and NO MORE!! I should have known.

They mini’s stuck to the pan and NONE of them were salvageable. I got so mad, I took my spatula and stabbed a few. GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

Luckily, I didn’t use all the batter and will have enough for a second pan. Guess I’ll only be bringing 24 mini’s instead of 48 to the event tomorrow. (Thank goodness I volunteered to bring them and they weren’t for a client!)

David Letterman drives $25,000 motorized cupcake

JavaCupcake — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:57:00 +0000

This video is so hilarious… I just had to share it!!

When new recipes go bad

JavaCupcake — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:37:00 +0000

I wrote about the Orange Creamsicle Disaster and included a photo of the best of the best of the cupcakes that day. They looked kinda pretty… but they didn’t taste pretty. I forgot I had taken this picture… but I thought it was funny seeing a butt load of cupcakes in the trash can. This is what happens when new cupcake recipes go so bad… that even US Army Soldiers won’t eat them.
Poor Cupcakes.

Orange Creamsicle Disaster

JavaCupcake — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:16:00 +0000

*I’ll take better pictures in the daylight tomorrow!*

So I’m a little bummed how the Orange Creamsicle cupcakes turned out tonight. I followed the recipe as instructed, but I think some things need a little tweeking. Next time, I’ll only fill the cups 1/2 way and really watch them the last 2 minutes.

Some of them came out a little toasty around the edges. And although the marshmallow makes it the creamsicle part, I’m not sure if I like how it looks piped onto the cupcake. I think next time, I’ll stick with straight orange buttercream frosting (which is DELICIOUS, by the way) and just call them Orange Delight cupcakes.

I’ll try these again someday…. make them perfect!!