Goody Goody Cupcakes!

This weekend was not productive for me other than work and making a LOT of cuppycakes!!!

Earlier in the week my father brought home a cupcake.  I saw it and intended to share it or simply refrain from eating it at all... But if you know you know that I canNOT refrain from eating a cupcake at all.  It is not in my DNA to say "Oh wow that surely is a gorgeous looking cupcake, I'll share it or let someone else eat it."  That will never happen.  Sharing is caring does not apply to a cupcake, unless I make a HUGE batch... Which is exactly what I did Saturday morning!  I should say "baked" because to be shamefully earnest I used store bought mix and icing! Shame, shame, shame on me!! I do usually make my own batter and icing from scratch. But the ideas were too fresh on my mind, and I did not want to use the extra time on cupcakes that were an experiment.

I find using some store bought items for a first try of cupcakes is great!  I found one cuppycake recipe I am keeping and one that needs LOTS of work.  So it was a successful baking weekend.

So onto the actual cupcakes...

The first was a cookies 'n' cream.  This was the absolute BEST! Oh my word, (I am sure this cupcake has been made plenty of times before by others) I have no clue how the idea for this cupcake never struck me before! I used yellow cake mix.  HOWEVER! I chopped up Oreos (R) and added them to the mix.  Delicious.  Then used simple vanilla icing and dipped the iced cupcakes in leftover crushed Oreos (R) for the topping!  Please I am begging you, make these! You will not be disappointed!

The second was S'mores.  Great concept. Poor execution.  But hey it was for fun and I have an even better idea how to execute this cupcake another time. So great learning experience!  Again, store bought rich chocolate cake mix.  Marshmallow creme and crushed up graham crackers on top.  The idea was well-intentioned however the marshmallow creme had other plans...  I will be re-doing this cupcake later in spring/early summer because I am dedicated to perfecting it.  In the meantime, I fully plan on enjoying what is leftover.

The cookies 'n' cream was a hit at work.  And the cake mix from the S'mores was a hit.  But the next time I make these cupcakes it will be with homemade batter!

Oh the adventures in cuppycakes!!!

Have a sweet week!!

xo
-J-