I sulked for a bit, ate a few of the ruined edges (delicious!) and then ran out to the grocery store so that I could try again. Apparently I did something wrong in the mixing process and overfilled my cupcake pan. There's a chance the heat in my oven is off too-- but it's not THAT off, mind you.
The second recipe I used was an old-faithful cupcake-recipe from Smitten Kitchen's blog (http://smittenkitchen.com/). Her work never fails and the cupcakes came out beautifully! They were perky, fluffy, sweet and warm--everything homemade cupcakes should be.
I decorated them with gerber daisy icing flowers and then added these happy-go-lucky bumble bees that have goofy smiles. You can't look at them without smiling... I dare you...
I always learn by example-- failure failure failure and then ta-da, something clicks. Note to self-- give yourself enough time to mess up so that you can figure out how to make things right!
5 comments:
Oh no! What a crazy batch of cupcakes. My oven heat is messed up too and I recently overcooked cupcakes - but they didn't look quit as special as yours. So are you selling cupcakes? That is cool - you're right, I couldn't look at them without smiling.
and they were such a hit, too, girl!! with my kids and at the party!! thanks so much!
girl, they were such a hit!! with my family and at the party! thanks so much for all your hard work to make them perfect!!!
katie! those look amazing!
Katie, these are so cute!!!
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