Chocolate Malted Cupcakes -#6

I was busy baking again today, so in continuing my Martha's Cupcake Project, today I tackled the Chocolate Malted Cupcakes. My (future) sister-in-law's birthday is tomorrow so I wanted to give shipping cupcakes a try, so this seemed to be the perfect opportunity. She requested chocolate, so I thought these sounded pretty good. I'm not a HUGE chocolate cake kinda girl, but these were good! VERY good. I used a vanilla buttercream frosting, like Martha recommended, but I think next time I'd do a chocolate ganache or even a peanut butter buttercream. The vanilla just didn't do it for me. But, they were still good. Yummmm, I just thought maybe a chocolate frosting with crushed Whoppers on top or just one Whopper on top would be de-lish. I'll try that next time!

White Cupcakes - #4

For Dacey's Ladybug Party I made Martha's White Cupcakes with my own buttercream frosting. Pretty easy to make, but will not be doubling the recipe again in my Kitchen-Aid mixer. It was FULL. And it was hard getting 10 egg whites to form a stiff peak, even with the help of Brock & Jillian, my little helpers. I thought they were good, not too sweet. TJ thought they were dry, so of course that put me in a panic because I don't want to serve people dry cupcakes, so I resorted to a Betty Crocker white cake mix in a box I had in the pantry. Whipped those up around 11 pm and what do you know... he thought they were dry, too!

A-G-G-R-A-V-A-T-I-N-G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I guess Betty is just as good as Martha in this case. It's hard judging plain, white cupcakes after having such intricate other cupcakes, but oh well. Next time I'll try the swiss meringue buttercream as it may hold the grass up better.