I love baking treats in the kitchen. I always look forward to finding a fun recipe for special occasions, but Chris' birthday is always my favorite.
These are the cupcakes I ended up making for last night. They're from a Martha Stewart recipe, which is usually my fail-safe. I love her recipes, but she may go just a little over the top with the crazy details sometimes. (I never thought I'd say that!).
Anyway, they turned out really tasty; especially the marshmallow icing. It was the perfect excuse to use my favorite copper bowl. I don't remember where I read it, but copper bowls are the best thing to use to whip eggs. There is some sort of mystery chemical reaction that happens between copper and egg whites that makes them extra frothy.
Now that I've had my fun in the kitchen, I think it's time for me to get back to work!
You are such an amazing baker! Yum!
ReplyDeletenext time, DONT THROW OUT THE EXTRA MARSHMALLOW ICING!!!!
ReplyDeleteyummmm!
hahaha! Yeah! Sorry about that! I should have kept that whole bowl for you! There was tons left over!
ReplyDeletemarshmallow icing?! that sounds delicious!!
ReplyDeletechris is so lucky! I hope he loved it!
and that is A LOT of icing you whipped up!
I love the last photo melinda!
I know! I should have halved the recipe! When I realized that it said at the top of the page that it made a QUART I laughed at myself. That's a lot of icing. And yes, he was so happy! He thought the baseballs looked hilarious!
ReplyDeleteOh, and those straws! Aren't they fun? They're paper ones by Kikkerland.
I think it has something to do with the copper instrument not allowing the albumen in the egg white to overheat, and that you get some sort of metal-binding protein developing called conalbumin.
ReplyDeleteThose cupcakes look delicious!
Sarah! You're the best! I always wondered what it was! Thank you for telling me! (I think you need a break from school. Go make some cupcakes! I wish I could ship you some! They'd be a bit stale by the time they got to you...).
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