I haven't been able to make something for my friends lately, and since I couldn't want to go to any Halloween parties this year, I decided to bake something for them.
The original idea was to have three kinds of cupcakes: chocolate, vanilla, and orange, with vanilla frosting. All made from scratch, a first in frosting and vanilla for me.
Sadly, the first chocolate cupcakes I made overflowed and dripped in the oven, so I had to take them out and clean everything before they started a fire. I cried in frustration for a while, and after washing everything I moved on to try the vanilla cupcakes. They came out surprising well! (my previews tries had only ended in sunken, raw un-edible things)
I made them green and put them in purple cupcake cups, purple frosting, and green chips to make them the zombie cupcakes. After I finished, I realized they could also be Hulk cupcakes, lol.
Then, while my amazing boyfriend was buying me more butter, trying to make me feel better about the ruined choco-cupcakes, I started to make the orange cupcakes. He arrived and helped me put them in the cupcake pan, we put them in the oven and we were happy.
After 10 minutes in the oven, I realized I forgot to color them! Oh well, I'll color the frosting.
Ok, so I didn't color them, but they're still pretty!
They were supposed to be purple, in green cups, with green frosting and purple chips. To make them the other zombie cupcakes. Or reversed Hulk ones.
I tried again with the chocolate cupcakes, and for some odd reason, they sunk! I was sad, and I was thinking of trying another batch, when my mom said I should make brownies since they always come out right. Plus, the frosting is not too sweet, so I could frost them and they'd still be good. So I listened to my mom.
I made black cupcakes and put them in orange cups, with orange frosting and black chips!
I am VERY satisfied with the results!
The vanilla cupcakes that were moist and delicious and just sweet enough. The orange cupcakes with their tangy flavor and subtle maple hints. The brownies to which I added a bit of baking powder so they would rise a bit and come out fluffier. AND my first ever frosting from a Paula Deen recipe! It came out so velvety and flavor neutral, you can use it on everything! Plus, it makes a crust after a while, so it stays put.
I now have one mixed dozen for work, and two mixed dozens for my friends, plus some left overs of each for my family. I am happy (and hyper) camper. :D
