and perhaps a sticky bun, or four
Mar. 26th, 2010 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jainaI had today free, and I was planning to do all sorts of grown-up responsible things like laundry and tidying the first floor and the dishes.
I totally made cupcakes instead.
Chocolate-iced cream-filled banana cupcakes, to be precise. (I had bananas that needed using.) A bunch went to the boys for their D&D session tonight; the rest will go with Rogue to his Trek card tournament tomorrow. (And all the scraps went in my tummy, yummmmm.)
Cake recipe: Wonderful Banana Cake (use three bananas, not two, and preheat the oven and bake the cake as usual, not the weird method suggested)
Filling recipe: That's the Best Frosting I've Ever Had (I wouldn't call it the best ever, but it's interesting. Very good for fillings especially, like if you're making homemade Ding-Dongs or Hostess cupcakes. I think I overbeat mine a bit.)
Icing recipe: Creamy Chocolate Frosting (Good. Really good. But use good cocoa powder. If you use Hershey's, it will taste exactly like Hershey's.)
To fill the cupcakes, I used the method described on Not So Humble Pie, where you core out the center of the cupcake, cut off most of the cake from the plug you've just removed (leaving just a "lid" of cake), fill with your filling, and replace the lid. She uses a small biscuit cutter; lacking one, I just used a small serrated knife. Worked perfectly.
Now I have to go get the laundry out of the dryer. Cupcakes, after all, can only delay the inevitable. *eyes the kitchenful of dirty dishes*
I totally made cupcakes instead.
Chocolate-iced cream-filled banana cupcakes, to be precise. (I had bananas that needed using.) A bunch went to the boys for their D&D session tonight; the rest will go with Rogue to his Trek card tournament tomorrow. (And all the scraps went in my tummy, yummmmm.)
Cake recipe: Wonderful Banana Cake (use three bananas, not two, and preheat the oven and bake the cake as usual, not the weird method suggested)
Filling recipe: That's the Best Frosting I've Ever Had (I wouldn't call it the best ever, but it's interesting. Very good for fillings especially, like if you're making homemade Ding-Dongs or Hostess cupcakes. I think I overbeat mine a bit.)
Icing recipe: Creamy Chocolate Frosting (Good. Really good. But use good cocoa powder. If you use Hershey's, it will taste exactly like Hershey's.)
To fill the cupcakes, I used the method described on Not So Humble Pie, where you core out the center of the cupcake, cut off most of the cake from the plug you've just removed (leaving just a "lid" of cake), fill with your filling, and replace the lid. She uses a small biscuit cutter; lacking one, I just used a small serrated knife. Worked perfectly.
Now I have to go get the laundry out of the dryer. Cupcakes, after all, can only delay the inevitable. *eyes the kitchenful of dirty dishes*
