Cupcakes

Did you know that Europe doesn't have cupcakes? Well, I'm sure somewhere out there they do and everyone has some story about cupcakes on the continent, but if you used my European Housemates as an example-no cupcakes for the EU.

One of my French housemates Irene got a cupcake book for her birthday and had never made or eaten one. They had tons of designs from Valentine's to creme brulee. Each recipe had a picture next to it to show you what it is supposed to look like and compare how much yours does not well compare. We decided to make an Oreo one. The first obstacle was the book was American and the measuring cups I have are English. Ahhh the distinction between the two is now clear. They say Mum we say Mom and they went metric. Also, England doesn't really do vanilla or baking soda. They are pretty important to the whole cake baking thing. We also attempted to use a blender for a mixer. Oh college-what it does to your sense of normalcy and hygiene.

The turned out...interesting. Most instead of rising kinda dipped down in the middle maybe half an inch. It kind of looked like the movie moment when the new daughter in law is supposed to bring the cake to the Thanksgiving dinner of her new husband's family and it coincidentally is the most important and favorite item on the table. Then right as she is about to take it out it just falls. Why they entrusted the new kid with the best item and who puts that much emphasis on desert is beyond me, but point being it wasn't pretty. The icing was supposed to be kind of like the filling of an Oreo, so its fluffiness did little to cover up the crater in each cupcake.

However, they were tasty and since the French people had no other cupcakes to compare it to they LOVED them. Who knew-what's more American that hot dogs and cupcakes?