http://bakingmonster.com Experiments in Culinary Rocketry Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:03:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes, originally uploaded by bakingmonster. Allright, let's get it out of the way: these cupcakes were made of fail. Sure, they look good. But as for actually tasting anything like cookie dough, not so much. It all started when Mr. Monster and I went to the ... http://bakingmonster.com/?p=14 Okay, so we started a blog and then promptly abandoned it for, oh, about a year.  We are naughty monsters! But, we have been baking! And we have proof.  Behold, a retrospective of what we have been too lazy to post: I made miniature s'mores cupcakes: (Recipe from Trophy Cupcakes, via Martha Stewart) For Christmas ... http://bakingmonster.com/?p=9 This sandwich is my favorite thing to eat for breakfast on those days when I want something so sweet that my foot might fall off.  This might even be better than a donut.  Here is what you need: Bread A Banana - sliced Honey Granola (I like maple flavored) Fresh Raspberries Thin slices of a granny ... http://bakingmonster.com/?p=11 So, I figure if I put my list out there, it will encourage me to try to finish some of it.  Maybe, as a treat, I might even put my business plan up. Easter bunny pot-pie Work out some of ... http://bakingmonster.com/?p=10 Knowing I am a chronic cupcake baker, the co-workers of both myself and Mr. Monster have become accustomed to being taste-testers of my attempts (experiments, failures). Thus, one day in January, Mr. Monster's co-worker asked if I would be willing to make red velvet cupcakes for her son's birthday. And ... http://bakingmonster.com/?p=6 I stumbled upon this video a few days ago and it cracked me up. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if cupcakes were imbued with the breath of life? Have you ever imagined them in their little cake houses, coming home from a long day at work ... http://bakingmonster.com/?p=7   It was on my very first trip to Trophy Cupcakes in Wallingford a few days before Christmas 2007 that I had their snickerdoodle cupcake...and their red velvet, and their candy cane, and their snowball. Yes, that's right, I had four cupcakes. It was all in the name of ... http://bakingmonster.com/?p=4