That's what happened to me this morning. I decided I would bake some beet cupcakes that would resemble red velvet cake. Well, I have never made any beet cupcakes, let alone ones from scratch, so I just threw a bunch of stuff in a bowl. Unfortunately, I don't think I added enough flour, because the cupcakes sank down like they were deflating. Here's what I ended up with:
So, although they tasted delicious, they had a weird texture and obviously weren't very pretty except for their color. ;) The worst part was I already made a great "cream cheese" frosting.
Okay, so I wanted something with a little Valentine's Day flare, which is why I made them red in the first place. I knew I could make some banana, cranberry, almond cupcakes that would be yummy, so I made them. Then I topped them with the tasty frosting, and added an extra special garnish... the messed up ones! I cut their bright red tops off and carved little hearts out with a knife. I plopped them on top of each cupcake and ta-dah! they were beautiful!
So festive!!
Happy Valentine's Day!
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Well the "ruined" ones look a little bit like tarts--I bet they would have been good with a filling of some sort ;-)
ReplyDelete@nannykim unfortunately, they didn't have the texture of tarts. They were pretty gummy. Yuck.
ReplyDeleteHardly a catastrophe at all- They look great, even before the frosting fix!
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