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      • Divine Bites revisited

        Posted at 5:11 pm by MLea
        Oct 27th

        Back in May, we made a little side trip to Divine Bites on the way to Portland.  When we went  south again last month for VegFest, we stopped back in.

        I loaded up with a five pack of minis:  Butterfinger, The King’s Favorite, Nestle Crunch, Peanut Butter Dream, and Orange Cream.

        Butterfinger

        The Butterfinger was my favorite: a moist vanilla cake with a tiny bit of chocolate filling topped with vanilla icing coated in crushed up Butterfinger bars.  YUM!

        Nestle Crunch

        The other candy bar themed cupcake, the Nestle Crunch, wasn’t as delightful.  The chocolate cake was a little dry and crumbly.

        The King's Favorite

        The King’s Favorite is a banana cake with peanut butter icing and a tiny chocolate center.   The peanut butter icing was a little sweet, but the cake was moist and flavorful.

        Peanut Butter Dream

        The Peanut Butter dream consisted of a peanut butter cake filled with a bit of chocolate pudding and topped with peanut butter icing.  This one was a little too sweet for me.  It was moist and filled with peanut butter goodness, but also a bit too much sugar.  I’m not exactly sure what the chocolate ball on top was, but it didn’t add anything.

        Orange Cream

        The Orange Cream was not good.  The orange flavor in the cake seemed very strong and artificial.  The icing had flecks of vanilla bean in it and was probably good on its own, but I couldn’t get past the overly orange-ness of it all.  This did inspire me for a potential for “O” however.  If I decide on Orange Creamsicle, I’m hoping I can make it seem a little more light and natural.

        If I lived closer to Vancouver, I’d probably be in Divine Consign frequently, looking for household goods and having a little cupcake treat.    For now, I’ll be happy stopping in every now and then on my way to Portland.

        Posted in Miscellaneous Bakeries | Tagged banana, butterfinger, chocolate, Elvis, Nestle Crunch, orange, peanut butter

      • Elvis has entered the building

        Posted at 9:34 pm by MLea
        Feb 23rd

        So, there appears to be lots of debate on the internet about what constitutes an Elvis Sandwich.  In my mind, it’s a banana, peanut butter and bacon sandwich that’s been fried like a grilled cheese, so that’s what I based this cupcake on.  I know! I know!  Bacon on a cupcake?

        Mise en place: click to enlarge

        I originally got the banana baby food because there were no ripe bananas.  After Mr Shuck tasted the baby food, it was decided that we would use almost ripe bananas.  I didn’t want to just dump the bacon on top, so I made little rings of bacon and put them in the oven to cook while it was preheating.  Some of them turned out to look like little pork roses.

        Bacon curls: click to enlarge

        I used Martha Stewart’s Banana cupake recipe.  Found here. I liked the recipe because it was pretty plain…sometimes banana cake turns into spice cake.   I replaced 1 ounce of the butter with rendered bacon fat and baked the minis for about 16 minutes.

        Banana Cupcakes: click to enlarge

        I imagined that Elvis probably fried his sandwiches, so I browned the tops just a little bit.

        Frying cupcakes: click to enlarge

        I don’t know if it really added anything beyond another step and more photos, but you could see the little ring peeking out from below the frosting.

        Fried Banana Cupcakes: click to enlarge

        I used another Martha Stewart recipe for the peanut butter frosting.  The recipe specified to not use “natural” peanut butter, but that’s all I had on hand.  I imagine this is because it’s not very sweet.  I ended up adding a bit of corn syrup to sweeten the icing up a bit.

        Banana Peanut Butter cupcakes: click to enlarge

        The frosting was piped on and topped with a bacon rosette.

        Elvis Cupcakes: click to enlarge

        It think these cupcakes were a success.  I took around 40 mini cupcakes to work and came home with an empty container.  If I were to make them over again, I’d incorporate more bacon and use Skippy or Jif instead of Whole Foods’ peanut butter.

        Photo credits to Mr Shuck

        Posted in Mrs Shuck's Creations | Tagged bacon, banana, Elvis, peanut butter

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