I had an ulterior motive for making the BabyCakes Red Velvet Cupcakes. Turns out this other recipe, the Volcanoes, is one of those "make three things before you get here" recipes and I knew that by knocking out the cupcakes I'd have the starter (i.e. cupcake crumbs), to make two more recipes, the Red Velvet Crumb Base and the Volcanoes.
How do you make Volcanoes? Step one, make Red Velvet Cupcakes. Step two, crumble cupcakes and add oil and agave to make the Red Red Velvet Crumb Base. Step three, shape crumb base into balls, create an indentation for frosting, and bake. Step four, fill with frosting.
Mind you that the cupcakes have already been baked, and I think I've made it clear they were rather dry. So imagine how much they were improved by being baked again.
That's right - they weren't.
They had a certain burned quality to them, even though I took them out of the oven early. They were hard and not really tasty at all... even after piling as much frosting as possible on top.
Oh well - I am now TWO recipes closer to the end of the book!
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