The Shuck garden is overflowing with green tomatoes that will never ripen since the temperature is 50-60 now. What to do? Make them into cupcakes. I used Paula Deen’s Green Tomato Cake Recipe and a less sweet cream cheese icing recipe that I got here. It was a little thick, so I thinned it out with a bit of yogurt. They weren’t very pretty, but I think turned out tasty!
♥♥♥ by me and Mr Shuck
There’s a mystery flavor in the oven. 2 flavors WAS overly ambitious since the day passed so quickly. All of a sudden, it was 6pm! Not a time to start 2 flavors. So there is something baking right now….
Mrs Shuck hasn’t had a cupcake in 2 weeks and she’s not very happy about it. I’ve had the ingredients on my counter all that time and haven’t been able to bake for one reason or another. It may be ambitious, but I’m planning 2 flavors for baking Sunday and serving Monday.
photo credit to Mrs Cram
For Mr Shuck’s birthday, I made Mocha Truffle Cupcakes: Mocha cupcake with whipped chocolate ganache filling and ganache icing. Yum, if I say so myself! My rating: ♥♥♥♥
Mocha Truffle by Mrs Shuck
Banana pudding is a Southern delicacy. I guess it’s like a trifle: layers of Nilla® wafers, sliced banana, and vanilla custard (or pudding). My grandmother normally topped it with meringue. For the record, I do not like meringue.
Today, I attempted a banana pudding cupcake. It started with a vanilla wafer (Fred Meyer brand…not nearly as good as the brand, but $3 a box cheaper) placed in the bottom of the cupcake liner. On top of that, I layered banana cake batter, then vanilla custard (homemade), then more batter. Before popping them in the oven, I sprinkled on some crushed vanilla wafers. After baking and cooling, I topped them with a dab of meringue and a dried banana.
The verdict from home: Cupcake is good. The custard stayed separate and resulted in a filled cupcake. Neither James nor I like the meringue. I don’t know if it’s because neither of us like meringue or because I can’t make a decent meringue. We’ll see what the public thinks tomorrow….
My rating: ♥♥♥(without the meringue)
So the carrot ginger cupcakes seemed to be popular at work today. I had reports that the cream cheese icing was a bit too sweet. I can adjust that. The candied carrot strips were a hit. YAY! The ones that sat overnight on the silicone mat on my counter actually dried quite nicely and were tasty by themselves today. I need to get a screen or something to dry them on for better air circulation.
Tonight I made a carrot ginger cupcake with cream cheese icing. I attempted to candy some carrot strips for decoration, but don’t think I cooked them long enough. I’ve never made candy before, so I’m not sure about how to do that….
So, today I used my Williams Sonoma gift card and purchased a kitchen torch and a pastry bag. Goal: Cupcake perfection. We had a test cupcake at Trophy for comparison. I made the cupcakes and icing. James operated the kitchen torch as it made me a bit nervous.
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