Feeling Spicy Today

 

So, I am still on a cupcake-baking-binge as you can see.  And it has only increased because one of my co-workers formed a club at work called "friends who befriend friends who eat cupcakes" group.  We are up to 27 members.  So, what's The Town Tart to do?  I have to bring enough cupcakes for the club...and I have to bring more for the others... so, now I am bringing in 6 dozen.  To the horror of The Mayor.  He only discovered my second Cupcake Courier last night, even though it was hiding in plain sight.

I guess 6 dozen is pretty crazy.

My grandmother just asked me, "How many box mixes are you using?"  uh, WHAT?  I said to her, "Who in the hell are you talking to?"  Box mixes.  Sheesh.  I mean, I'm not hating on the box mixes, they have their place, but my god...

Today, I brought in another Martha recipe (she and I are slowly reconciling and I am making peace with that):  Applesauce Spice Cupcakes with Brown Sugar-Cream Cheese Frosting.  These are really lovely and really easy to come together.  Even when you have to make 6 dozen.  And all of them were gone in short order.

I was worried about them because they aren't your typical overly-sweet cupcake.  In fact, the brown sugar-cream cheese frosting is downright tangy.  But, there wasn't one left, and out of 72, that's saying something, I suppose.

I will endeavor to write about something other than cupcakes soon -- in fact, The Mayor has been guest-chefing for the past month or so, cooking out of a Mario Batali book, so stayed tuned for that.

Comments

[mary in cincinnati]

Please don't think I am being snarky but the brownies have been gnawing at my brain so I finally looked up the recipe in IG's original book and it calls for 1 and 1/4 cups of flour....not 1cup. they were way too loose when I made them but such a great taste.

[Paige Orloff]

Hey--remember me? I think of you every time I drive through Germantown (which, to be truthful, isn't all that often, but still. I do, and I do.) Don't make peace with Martha--keep raging against the (crap recipe) machine. So glad to see you blogging again, and can't wait to try those coconut cupcakes!