One of the managers at work was unfortunately in a car accident. To assist with the family’s financials, we hosted cupcake wars in the office. The cupcakes were baked and donated and sold at $.50 a piece. There were prizes for the Best Decoration, Most Creative, and Best Tasting cupcakes, as voted by someone in another portion of the business who knew no one participating.
I know that there are a few people in the office who decorate cakes as a hobby/side job. For this reason, I did not think it wise to take them on in the best decoration category. Aside from that, I know that taste is completely subjective, and I didn’t care about adding more butter to a recipe to win. Further, I’m all about creating innovating recipes and I already won most original recipe for my red wine cupcake with chocolate balsamic frosting last year.
After some deliberation and kitchen experimentation, I determined to go with a French Toast cupcake with a Maple Glaze and a candied bacon topping. Breakfast in a cupcake. The recipe is as follows.
Cake
Take a standard box of yellow cake mix cake mix
Make as directed except:
The total liquid portion should be half oil and half water (ex. if the recipe calls for 1 cup water and 1/2 cup oil, instead use 3/4 water and 3/4 oil)
Add an egg, spiced rum, cinnamon, nutmeg, vanilla
Taste and add more of the above as needed.
Glaze
Maple syrup, butter, and powder sugar, melt all over small flame until desired consistency
Bacon
Cook bacon in pan until about 75% finished (should still be flimsy, but most of the fat is off)
Mix in bowl with brown sugar, bake in lined baking sheet at 350 until crispy
And the winners are…..
Most Creative – Chrissy (whose cupcakes were topped with fondant in the shape of an ice cream cone)
Best Decoration – Chrissy (who submitted two kinds of cupcakes. These were topped with fondant in the shape of flowers)
Best Tasting – Mine
Go figure! I had a ton of fun doing it and have still solidified my baking dominance within the office. Woo Hoo.
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