EPIC CUPCAKE FAIL

[rikibeth]

eternaleponine wanted cupcakes. No, excuse me, Johnny wanted cupcakes. (Long joke, don't ask.) Anyway, I managed to get noodged into trying to make some.

We didn't have the right ingredients for any of the vegan cupcakes. So I looked at the Demolition Desserts book and said "buttermilk cupcakes. The powdered buttermilk I have should work, right?"

Wrong. Or SOMETHING was wrong. The cupcakes were very, very liquid in the oven and ran over the sides. EPIC CUPCAKE FAIL.

And now I'm out of sugar, so I can't even try to make another batch of different cupcakes.

I also have a batch of Ghirardelli buttercream (which used the last of my icing sugar) in the fridge, because there are no cupcakes to put it on.

I have a mug of tea with brown sugar, lemon, and Gosling's Black Seal rum. I am calling it a night.

Comments

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

Sad you didn't know yet about the epic fail while you were here.

I would have gifted you with sugar.

Meanwhile, fifty pages in. Whiskey may be keeping me alive.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Glad to be able to supply you, then.

Oh, for tomorrow, if you do not intend to put the corset over something long sleeved, then bring a decorative jacket or shawl or something. The club is cavernous and on the chilly side.

But it's going to be dj_manwhore with vintage vinyl, so very worth it.

[matociquala.livejournal.com]

....

...VINYL.

I suspect I will break out the turtleneck dress, then.

[greeneyes-rpi.livejournal.com]

Can't stop staring at the phrase Ghirardelli buttercream.


*will be in my bunk*

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

it's not THAT impressive. unsalted butter, confectioners sugar, Ghirardelli unsweetened cocoa powder, a little milk. It's not as if I were making whipped ganache or anything. :P

[nmsunbear.livejournal.com]

I've had that problem with powdered buttermilk. It's just not as thick as the real stuff.

I recently made some buttermilk cupcakes (from the America's Test Kitchen Family Cookbook) and was impressed with them, so they can work.

Pity there's nothing to put that yummy-sounding frosting on!

[auspeople.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on. There has to be SOMETHING to put it on.

*heaves mind out of the gutter*

[ihadtimetokill.livejournal.com]

Oh noes! The words "epic," "cupcake," and "fail" ought never to have to be used in a sentence together. Sad face!

[ashbet]

*joins in sadfacedness*

I hope that today brings CUPCAKE WIN and something to put the icing on!

-- A <3

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear. I hope this exhausts your cupcake fail quota for a long time in the future.