Remember that one time I said I was going to try and blog consistently and then I didn't? For MONTHS?
Yeah.
So, the last cupcake of the "Southern cupcake series" is (drumroll please):
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| Dark Chocolate Cupcake with Dark Chocolate Buttercream |
I'm not entirely sure why this little guy got lumped in with the other Southern cupcakes. It's just a chocolate/chocolate cupcake. But I distinctly remember sitting with Kristen and my mom in the box office last October, discussing what the quintessential Southern cupcakes would be, and we unanimously voted for a chocolate/chocolate cupcake. Maybe it's something about it being a classic.Maybe there's a little nostalgia tied in there that reminds people of the relaxed attitude of the south. I have no idea. Regardless, these rocked. I was so freaking proud of how they turned out.
It was just one success after another when I was making them. I had never tried the recipe before, for either the batter or the cake, and so I was a little nervous about using it for an actual order. I think my only set back with the whole process was that the cake recipe only yields a dozen cupcakes; whereas I can normally squeeze two dozen out of a recipe. Whatev. It was worth it.
I remember peeking in the oven to see how they were turning out and being completely amazed. They had those perfect little dome tops like you see on the front of a Martha Stewart catalogue. Consistently. They all looked exactly the same! And it was the same story with the frosting. Ok, well, the frosting didn't make little dome tops. That would be ridiculous. And I'd also wonder who turned off Physics. But it seemed like a normal buttercream recipe and then I started to pipe it on the mallycakes and it was beautiful! It was that perfect consistency that I'm always aiming for (but never seem to achieve) with my buttercream.
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| Piping some frosting. |
Anyway, it was the last set of cupcakes that I made for that gigantic order and I'm so glad I waited to make these last. It was such a nice way to end that marathon of baking. The evening turned out to be a great success as well! I think Austin timed the chocolate cupcakes to see how fast they would go and it was less than 10 minutes. It took less than a half hour for all of them, I mean every last one, to get eaten. Go team mallycakes.
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| The cupcake display. At least what would fit on the table |
toodles,
-m
