Cupcakes Anonymous

[girlsmiley]

I've never really been a sweets kind of person until just recently. When I rediscovered cupcakes.

My daughter loves to bake. Absolutely loves it. Comes home from school and whips up a batch of something or another. Makes herself a smoothie and what have you. Plonks herself in front of the telly and waits for her little timer to bing.

She bakes cakes and brownies and biscuits and scones and banana loaf and all sorts of yummy desserts and treats that I don't really eat. Until now.

I got her all the kitchen stuff. Muffin trays and different size bowls and tins and all sorts of fun kitchen stuff. Aprons and a oven mitts and even a brand spanking new Kitchen Aid mixer from Costco.

So anyway, she's been baking now for a couple of years.

One day she wants to make chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing. We get all the stuff from Woolies and off she goes into the kitchen. About an hour later she says, "Here mum." Gives me a cupcake. I'm like "Thank you my baby. Are they yummy?"
"Yeah."

And I swear. I bite into this chocolate cupcake..

She makes -THE BEST- goddamn cupcakes I've ever had in my life. It's so good I want to cry. The cake is tasty and deliciously moist and yum. The icing is velvety smooth and buttery and not too sweet. When you put it in your mouth you say "Motherfucker". That's how good they are.

And I can't stop eating them. I can't get enough of them. I lie awake at night thinking about them. When I have a cup of tea in the morning I think to myself "A cupcake would be nice with this". The other morning I had cupcakes for breakfast. BREAKFAST.

Before I go to bed I have to have a cupcake.
When I feel sad a cupcake makes me feel better inside.
When friends come over I offer them cupcakes. Last time the girls came around my bestie pulled me to the side and asked me if everything was alright.

Does anyone out there have an addiction to cupcakes like this, or any other sort of food they've never particularly ever liked before? Or any addiction at all really so that I feel better about not being the only one?

 

[Bert Notorius]

i've sworn off carbs
forever.

 

[gardenia19]

I have a problem with sugar, but am usually too lazy to bake anything. I did try making honeycomb toffee the other day and it was stupid easy. It might be the reason I get diabetes.

Cupcakes are kind of like muffins so they're okay for breakfast.

 

[jezzilee]

i've sworn off carbs
forever.

smart move.

 

[Bert Notorius]

smart move.

it was either that
or oral sex

 

[RoryN]

I was once at a conference in St. Louis. A vendor there was selling lemon cupcakes with vanilla-cream centers, for 50 cents.

I bought one, and ate it. Easily one of the best desserts I've ever had. Incredibly moist, with the right amount of flavoring, and the cream was top-notch baker-grade. I got my co-workers to try them, and they went back for seconds, thirds, ninths.

A few years later, I went to one of the far-too-many cupcake franchises in Orange County, where they had a similar but smaller cupcake for $3.75.

I bought one, and ate it. Easily one of the worst desserts I've ever had. Cake was criminally dry; filling was like 3-day-old frosting, left on someone's counter. Every cupcake mistake that could be made was made.

Lesson: let the cupcake franchises die - they are a dumb gimmick. Your grocery store likely has better ones for a fraction of the price. Or, just make them yourself.

 

[girlsmiley]

i've sworn off carbs
forever.

Fuck. *cries*

 

[girlsmiley]

I have a problem with sugar, but am usually too lazy to bake anything. I did try making honeycomb toffee the other day and it was stupid easy. It might be the reason I get diabetes.

Cupcakes are kind of like muffins so they're okay for breakfast.

*sobbing*

 

[Bert Notorius]

Fuck. *cries*

never cry over spilt milk, because it may have been poisoned.
W. C. Fields

 

[Hard_Rom]

A chocolate cupcake with chocolate icing jones. Not unheard of.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I have a problem with sugar, but am usually too lazy to bake anything. I did try making honeycomb toffee the other day and it was stupid easy. It might be the reason I get diabetes.

Cupcakes are kind of like muffins so they're okay for breakfast.

Only in shape. Cupcakes are too light. Cake is closer to muffins consistency wise. So cake is okay for breakfast. Most important meal of the day. Cupcakes aren't enough.

 

[girlsmiley]

Only in shape. Cupcakes are too light. Cake is closer to muffins consistency wise. So cake is okay for breakfast. Most important meal of the day. Cupcakes aren't enough.

She was only trying to make me feel better.

 

[gardenia19]

Only in shape. Cupcakes are too light. Cake is closer to muffins consistency wise. So cake is okay for breakfast. Most important meal of the day. Cupcakes aren't enough.

What? Cupcake. It's a cake in a single serving. Cupcakes are breakfast food.

 

[girlsmiley]

What? Cupcake. It's a cake in a single serving. Cupcakes are breakfast food.

I you.

 

[Bert Notorius]

i just made
25
low carb chocolates.

best, batch, ever.

 

[girlsmiley]

i just made
25
low carb chocolates.

best, batch, ever.

Why do you post like that?

You
read
like the
kid
from
Malcolm
In The
Middle

 

[Aphro]

Why do you post like that?

You
read
like the
kid
from
Malcolm
In The
Middle

I read him like William Shatner.

 

[Tryharder62]

Sometimes a good vanilla (I like to describe it like wedding cake) cupcake is almost better than sex. Just sayin'

 

[Aquagal]

Where is this awesome chocolate cupcake recipe?

I've played around with various cake and frosting recipes for years, most of the time the frosting is too sweet for me. I like going dark for the chocolate frosting.

A hint for the smiley baker, use a package of dry pudding and add to the cake ingredients. This makes them even moister.

 

[girlsmiley]

I read him like William Shatner.

Hahaha!

Sometimes a good vanilla (I like to describe it like wedding cake) cupcake is almost better than sex. Just sayin'

Sometimes good sex is almost better than a cupcake.

Where is this awesome chocolate cupcake recipe?

I've played around with various cake and frosting recipes for years, most of the time the frosting is too sweet for me. I like going dark for the chocolate frosting.

A hint for the smiley baker, use a package of dry pudding and add to the cake ingredients. This makes them even moister.

I'll ask her when she comes back from her trip away. She left today. School holidays.

Dry pudding? Oh, do you mean like instant pudding? Wow, I haven't had that in years. I forgot all about it actually. I wonder if they still sell it. Thank you!

Yeah, I'm not a fan of super sweet icing. Hers is dark also, but sweet enough to curb that bitter taste you'd normally experience with dark chocolate. It really compliments the cake nicely. Lots of butter and a tiny bit of milk gives it a velvety texture. The smell. Divine.

 

[pollynova]

I love cupcakes. And banana bread too. And raisin bread.

 

[girlsmiley]

I was once at a conference in St. Louis. A vendor there was selling lemon cupcakes with vanilla-cream centers, for 50 cents.

I bought one, and ate it. Easily one of the best desserts I've ever had. Incredibly moist, with the right amount of flavoring, and the cream was top-notch baker-grade. I got my co-workers to try them, and they went back for seconds, thirds, ninths.

A few years later, I went to one of the far-too-many cupcake franchises in Orange County, where they had a similar but smaller cupcake for $3.75.

I bought one, and ate it. Easily one of the worst desserts I've ever had. Cake was criminally dry; filling was like 3-day-old frosting, left on someone's counter. Every cupcake mistake that could be made was made.

Lesson: let the cupcake franchises die - they are a dumb gimmick. Your grocery store likely has better ones for a fraction of the price. Or, just make them yourself.

$3.75 for a cupcake? That's really expensive. I don't usually buy them so I wouldn't know for sure, but that sounds very expensive for one cupcake. Considering how cheap the ingredients are and all.

Reminds me of Krispy Kreme. I tried Krispy Kreme, or whatever that doughnut place is called, and they weren't all that great. And they were expensive too. 12 glazed doughnuts cost me $20. I thought that was rather ridiculous. And they weren't even nice. I think with a lot of those franchise places, you're paying a lot extra for the name on the box.

 

[girlsmiley]

I love cupcakes. And banana bread too. And raisin bread.

Hey there beautiful.

Do you bake them yourself?

 

[pollynova]

Hey there beautiful.

Do you bake them yourself?

No, I can't bake or cook at all. But that's probably a good thing because then I don't eat them very often.

 

[girlsmiley]

No, I can't bake or cook at all. But that's probably a good thing because then I don't eat them very often.

Aww.

I love cooking. We all cook in this house. It's good fun. Try new recipes and crank the sounds. We eat very well. But yeah. The little one is Chief Dessert Maker. We aren't allowed to watch because most of the time it's a surprise.