Hell-no, El-mo.

I am absolutely and entirely mortified by this disaster.

My Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake recipe- the recipe which I swear by, and have made more times than is even remotely healthy to admit- let me down in the midst of baking with a friend for her kid’s first birthday party. “Come by- we can bake, have some wine- it’ll be fun!” said my friend- an invitation I swiftly accepted. As you know, I love to bake. I love to bake almost as much as I like to sip on white wine. The cupcake party was on!

So what happened? How did what was supposed to be an adorable batch of Elmo cupcakes turn into a punishment of epic proportions for the few brave enough to try the rejects? I’m flummoxed. It could have been the kind of oil we used… the fact that we used coffee vs. espresso powder… the fact that we used dark cocoa powder vs. regular with a different level of alkalinity… (sorry- I’ll stop boring you with the gory details). The point is that I like to learn from my disasters to generally avoid making them again, and I’m still at a loss. Elmo, how could this have happened?

In the end, I made a separate batch of cupcakes on my own the next night (bummer- without my mom friend to stir or sip with), and no one at the party knew about the chocolate sawdust that was so close to being served to them under a thick layer of buttercream frosting. The kid didn’t have to have his first birthday ruined by biting into an Elmo-turd-cupcake. His relationship with the red monster would have been severed forever. Elmo? Hell no.

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July 11th, 2013 | More Sweets Please | 2 Comments | Tags: Disasters

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Mary Beth 07.11.2013

I know that you already know this, but you are HILARIOUS!! I love your posts and your recipes. So glad that I stumbled upon your blog! :)
More Sweets Please

Well shucks, Mary Beth- thanks for the compliment! You can trust that I will continue to bake up some hefty disasters to keep you amused. (Unfortunately for me, of course.) Happy baking!