Before the Christmas craziness kicked in, I made these cupcakes for my mom’s birthday. It was a spur-of-the-moment baking decision, so I did a quick search at Epicurious for a white cupcake/cake recipe and got cracking. I used the Magnolia Bakery recipe, which I thought turned out some nice cupcakes, but I always wonder if my scratch cakes and cupcakes are too dry. I think it’s just due to the box cake world domination, but it might also be that I need to work on my cake skills. Either way, I’m still looking for that perfect recipe that will never fail me and that I can always count on.
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| My apologies for the terrible picture--it was late! |
I had some grapefruit curd in the freezer, (thanks, Jenny!) so I filled half of the cupcakes with grapefruit curd and topped them with buttercream frosting. I knew chocolate was a must for my mom and cousin, so I added cocoa powder to the buttercream and voila: chocoholics were not neglected! Most of the birthday guests took seconds on these babies, so I don’t think cake dryness was too much of an issue.
In other birthday related news, Arigato the cat was rescued three years ago yesterday. Since we don’t know his actual birthday, we use this date to keep track of his years. Happy 3rd birthday, Mr. Roboto!
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| He is thrilled |
- Jenn
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