On Tuesday (Valentine's Day) I got the best pick-me-up when I came home from school:
Beth sent me this book and a cupcake corer for Valentine's Day!
I took some time on Thursday night to look through it, and let me tell you, it gave me baking fever for sure. I am trying to count my calories and I already had a cheat day when we were in Louisville for KSHA on Wednesday but since I am spending my weekend at home, alone, studying and doing homework, I thought I would treat myself. So in order to test out the recipes in the book but not be too bad or too ambitious, I picked a very simple cupcake without frosting (I calculated the calories online -- around 200, and I saved enough to have one...or two). They only have 8 ingredients, and they are supposed to crack and fall in the middle, so I didn't have to worry about them falling! I decided to document the process just in case, by some act of God, they turned out good.
They call them "Fudgy Baby Cakes" (Baby Cakes was a short lived nickname of my mine given to me by Beth)
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| Semi-sweet chocolate squares and lots of butter |
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| Flour, eggs, and a TON of sugar. |
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| The batter smelled delicious! |
So I popped them in the oven and crossed my fingers.
And this is how they looked when I pulled them out of the oven. Perfect, right? Except they are SUPPOSED to crack and fall in the middle. Really?!?
But they just needed to cool a little. Now they look perfect!
I didn't take a picture of the gooey deliciousness in my bowl with a little scoop of Vanilla ice cream, mainly because my scoop of ice cream was sad and a million different pieces, not very photogenic. Icing-less cupcakes does not accurately describe them. I would say they are more like half baked brownies, mmmm. I couldn't have just one, and luckily I saved enough calories for two. Now I have 20 of these bad boys left, just mocking me from the kitchen. So if you are reading this and nearby, please come eat these!
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