BTS cupcakes

Cupcakes named Better Than Sex? ahahaa. I had to try it. And I was totally amazed at how easy to make and delicious they were! They were so moist, flavorful (with so many layers), rich, and was not very sweet in a sugar sense..(that's good). In conclusion they were very very good. They were also very fancy looking. But not very photogenic.. Ah, I guess it was my camera that couldn't capture it's beauty. Anyways, oh ya! I got the recipe from How to eat a cupcake! <3

INGREDIENTS
24 yellow cupcakes i used a french vanilla box mix. i'm afraid of yellow..
crushed pineapple in natural juice one regular sized can (4 cups) is more than enough
vanilla pudding one six ounce is enough
whipped cream 1 cup heavy cream makes enough for 24 cupcakes
sweetened shredded coconut
chopped walnuts

DIRECTIONS
1. Start with baked yellow cupcakes.
2. Cut a cone out of each cupcake using the "cone method." make a depression with a fruit knife in the middle of the cupcake
3. Fill each cupcake with 1-2 teaspoons of crushed pineapple. Make sure to include the pineapple juice to keep the cake nice and moist. Don't use too much juice or it will make the cupcake soggy. Keep stirring the crushed pineapple with the juice to keep it mixed so you get equal amounts of pineapple and juice in each spoonful.
4. Put the top back on the cupcakes, and put 1-2 teaspoons of vanilla pudding on each. Spread it around to "seal" the top of the cupcake over the pineapple.
5. Spoon or pipe 1-2 tablespoons of whipped cream on top of the pudding. Really, it's just however much you like. No science here, just taste buds.
6. Top with coconut and chopped walnuts. Again, use however much you like.

Ziploc bag method.

My foolhardy-ness (couldn't find my can opener..)

Success!

My camera couldn't capture their beauty :(

Out of a 1-5 rating

cupcakes-4

hmm..
i overbeated the heavy cream.. but that was my fault. Guess i got hyper with my new mixer :)

lactose-intolerant Oreo cupcakes!

Otherwise known as vegan. But when I think vegan, I think of nasty, dry, vegan vanilla cupcakes. Partly because those are the only kind I've been able to make! Well. These babies are the opposite! a.k.a. insanely delicious. So moist and flavorful. And they don't have a tidbit of milk OR butter! So I kind of consider them to be healthy too ^.^ Their real name is moist chocolate cupcake but they taste like the cake for the outside of an oreos, so I renamed them to vegan Oreo Cupcakes! They're very easy to make, and lowly costly. Just throw everything in a bowl, mix, and bake. But my coca powder had lumps so I sifted the dry stuff. So anyways, I was too lazy to make a frosting, so I just sprinkled some w/ powdered sugar and frosted others with pillsbury vanilla frosting (my fav!)<-- kind of on the sweet side but so good.. Here's the recipe! :)

Oreo Cupcakes;makes 20 *i got 6 when i halved the recipe for 10*

INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil i used canola because i didn't have vegetable
1 teaspoon vinegar

DIRECTIONS
Mix all of the ingredients well with a mixer or wooden spoon. It should be brown and smooth, free of lumps.
Bake at 350 F for 25 minutes.

Out of a 1-5 rating

cupcakes: 5 (so moist, flavorful. I totally recommend!)

PS. OMGG!!! Guess what? I got a green apple artisian kitchenaid stand mixer!!! YAY!!!! Isn't it pulchritudinous (haha)? And I also bought an ice cream maker attachment, so look forward to some ice cream next week! :)

PPS. shout out to "How to eat a cupcake"! Thanks for being practically the only person who reads my blog :). (sorry you cant see the e :)

burnt cupcakes..

Well.. the title says it all. I made vanilla Magnolia cupcakes, with Hershey's "perfectly chocolate" chocolate frosting. It tasted.. the cupcakes were good (not great) and the frosting did not taste rich. It tasted like cocoa powder. Well, maybe it tasted like cocoa powder because it was made of cocoa powder but I just expected more from Hershey! I got the cupcake recipe from Food Network and the frosting from Hersheys.

First mix in 1/3 of flour mixture into egg and butter/sugar cream thing.

Then half of milk/vanilla. Then flour, then milk, then flour!

Couldn't find my ice cream scooper so I had to use a spoon ._.

All ready for the oven!

BURNT :(

Magnolia Vanilla Cupcakes; makes 24

INGREDIENTS:
1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract


DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Line 2 (1/2 cup-12 capacity) muffin tins with cupcake papers.
In a small bowl, combine the flours. Set aside.
In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugar gradually and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the dry ingredients in 3 parts, alternating with the milk and vanilla. With each addition, beat until the ingredients are incorporated but do not over beat. Using a rubber spatula, scrape down the batter in the bowl to make sure the ingredients are well blended. Carefully spoon the batter into the cupcake liners, filling them about 3/4 full. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
Cool the cupcakes in tins for 15 minutes. Remove from the tins and cool completely on a wire rack before icing.

Since I burnt them, I used chocolate frosting!

"Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting; makes 2 cups

Ingredients:
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
3 cups powdered sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions: Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.

hmm..

The cupcake was greasy and crunchy (probably because it was burnt). It tasted.. "eh". But it did not taste flourly (tasting only of thick flour) which was good. Gotta say, I was kind of dissapointed. And the frosting, like I said before, was tasted powdery and not rich.

Out of a 1-5 rating

cupcake:3

frosting:2