Comments on: Cupcake Catastrophe

By: CB

CB — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:42:47 +0000

MISSMAIMAI, Thank you for your sweet compliments! So glad you are enjoying my blog. :)

By: missmaimai

missmaimai — Sun, 31 May 2009 15:04:16 +0000

Hi, I chanced upon your blog while surfing and haven’t left your site in 2 hours! Your cupcake creations are so inspiring, you make me wanna bake at 11pm. Reading this entry, I feel comforted that someone as adept in the kitchen as yourself encounters kitchen mishaps too :)

Keep on blogging!

By: CB

CB — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:28:40 +0000

FAIRYCAKES, haha. I think thats why these are called the “cupcake catastrophe”. I did something wrong with this recipe so they didn’t really “rise” and fill up the cup all the way so they slid out very easily. This is NOT what you want to happen. LOL.

By: Fairycakes

Fairycakes — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:52:23 +0000

Hi, Love the blog! Just started using the little paper pots as cases, how on earth did you get them to come out like that without destroying the cases or the cake??????? Whats the secret????

By: CB

CB — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:45:03 +0000

TW, no worries hun! I am still learning the science of baking myself. I’ll make it work one of these days… :)

By: Tempered Woman

Tempered Woman — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:35:12 +0000

Hy CB- I suck. I got those turned around. It should be baking soda needs an acid to react with. Been out of school too long I guess. And since your original recipe didn’t have any, then there goes the whole apple juice acid hypothesis. Sorry about that.

By: CB

CB — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 18:20:38 +0000

CAKESPY, serious! I need ballad complete with melancholy violins playing…

By: Cakespy

Cakespy — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:42:46 +0000

I feel like this warrants a sad ballad to be written: the ballad of the cupcake catastrophe. So sad!

By: CB

CB — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:50:21 +0000

TW, ohhhhh ok! there was no vanilla or baking soda in the original recipe. I just replaced the apple juice liquid with the vodka. I definitely need to go back and try this one again. Thanks for the advice!

By: Tempered Woman

Tempered Woman — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:40:50 +0000

Hey there- vodka is an alcohol and needs to having something to react with. Baking powder reacts with acid. Alcohol reacts with baking soda. Did you replace the vanilla with alcohol- this is what I usually do as vanilla is an alcohol. Also- you might want to try adding baking soda to get your chemical reaction if it wasn’t in your original recipe to get the rise. The usual ratio is 3:2:2. So 3/4 t of baking powder means 1/2 t baking soda and 1/2 t salt.