Comments on: Brown Sugar Cupcakes. Sacred Soothers of My Profanity.

By: Buttercreme Bliss

Buttercreme Bliss — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 20:33:57 +0000

How wonderful to find kill 2 birds with one stone:
1) I'm relieved to find that I'm not the only person acquainted with the horrors of trying to bake a King cake! I had 2 total flops recently that I tried to bake at the request of a friend. NEVER AGAIN! LOL
2) I've been searching for a brown sugar cake recipe and can't wait to try this one! Thanks for helping me with 2 things. Thanks to you I won't have to join a King Cake's anonymous support group!

By: Misa

Misa — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:13:51 +0000

I made these for a friend's birthday and they were a big hit! Thank you for the recipe!

By: Kayte

Kayte — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:16:23 +0000

Oh, this is too funny…I cannot imagine sticking with something to make FIVE of them after the disasters of ONE and TWO and THREE and FOUR. One or possibly two would have been my limit. I am long on patience like that. Your little cupcakes are darling…I love those and that is definitely something I could tackle for next year…and everyone gets a baby! Very cute idea.

By: Carol Peterman

Carol Peterman — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:02:16 +0000

We have all had the inevitable baking disasters, but the whole dough-proofing investment of time with this one is painful! I have had King Cake once and I would choose a cupcake over it in a heartbeat, so it really sounds like it worked out for the best to me!

By: Trufflesteph

Trufflesteph — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:09:57 +0000

I just had what I thought was a “bad” day in my commercial kitchen. Wow! Thank you for putting me so delightfully in my place, I will now get over my minor disaster and move on! Thanks for sharing both the good and the bad!

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:14:10 +0000

Ellen: I probably should have taken photos! I just wanted the mess gone ASAP.

pinkstripes: Maybe it had a little something to do with the crazy weather? One day, it took forever to rise. The next day, it rose and I beat it down for over four hours. Craziness.

Amy: Another thing to cross off the Bucket List. Go, Team!

Cat: It wasn’t pretty, but it’s pretty funny.

Hillary: OH! You must be a distant relative.

By: Hillary

Hillary — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:47:58 +0000

Haha, your mom was right! Recipe disasters are even better to read than recipe successes :) And hey, they ended up looking great!

By: Delta Whiskey (Cat)

Delta Whiskey (Cat) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:31:34 +0000

Oh my. I’m sorry to hear about it! I must admit… last week as you were twittering your bad luck I was quite concerned (in a funny way). Glad you found something to get your mojo back though.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:01:46 +0000

You know my thoughts on plastic babies being near/in my baked goods. No biting into baby Jesus for me.

Did you ever think you would type the phrase “plastic baggie full of plastic babies?”

By: pinkstripes

pinkstripes — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:50:23 +0000

How funny. I had brioche problems last week too. Must be something in the air. The brown sugar muffins sound delicious.