Another Late Post... Week 6

Sorry about that. Just haven't gotten around to making this one :( So, FYI this is from LAST week.

This Week: Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes with Caramel Butterscotch Buttercream Frosting



I know what you're thinking, especially as a fellow mayonnaise hater: "Mayo in a cupcake? Eww.". And yes, the recipe required not a tablespoon, not a fourth of a cup, not even a half a cup, but a full, loaded cup. However... It turned out really good. Couldn't even taste it, but I think what it did do was add moisture to it.... Yum.

As for the frosting... Meh. I had higher hopes. It didn't turn out the right texture, which I think is because I used a whisk to beat it in (seriously, I hate that there's a difference between a whisk and a beater). Moreover, I think I was a little grossed out because it used a LOT of butter (I guess hence the name "buttercream"). It all turned out okay, and I kind of want to make it again to see if it would turn out different; but as it was, the recipe was WAY too detailed and long. And strange. Very strange. As in put-a-bowl-of-egg-and-sugar-into-a-boiling-pan-of-water-strange. Yeah.

Family Rating:3.25

See you next week! (Or... tomorrow!) ;)

Week One (January 10th)

I started today with the very first page: Heart of Darkness Brownies.


(Don't worry, it made much more than this) Not a hard recipe, actually; just a lot of ingredients and a bit of time. No more difficult than normal brownies or cookies. Anyway, I will tell you that one of the ingredients inside the brownies were Snickers bars, and THEY TURNED OUT DIVINE.

.... Ahem. With a beginning like this, it's going to be one helluva (awesome) challenge.

Family Rating: 5

Next week: Dark Chocolate Soup with Cinnamon Pound Cake :)