A lovely woman at church, Ethel, is getting married in July, and there was a great big shower for her last night. Since I can now stay up late! and bake! I volunteered for cupcakes.
That cupcake up there is a chocolate-graham cracker cupcake with marshmallow frosting from Martha Stewart. It is an incredible recipe: layers of graham cracker and chocolate and cake. Plus, I used a kitchen torch for the first time ever! Chocolate and open flames. Who could ask for anything more?
The cute little peaks on top disappeared under the cupcakes picks and umbrellas, but at least I knew that they were there.
The recipe made 36 cupcakes, so it only took one more batch of coconut cupcakes with strawberry buttercream frosting to get 24 more.
I'd never tried freezing cupcakes before - I assumed they'd dry out. But Cook's Illustrated said it was okay, so they went into the freezer earlier this week and then unthawed on racks yesterday. They turned out great - moist and fresh. Make-ahead cupcakes are possible!
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