The cake is in...

The most recent update was a solo mission. I (Chrissy) was down for the weekend so Rebecca and I did not do much blundering on Sunday. Instead, while I was at home I decided to whip up a new cupcake idea. This had some good experimenting going on. I made a devil food cake into cupcakes. Easy enough. But for a new little kick I added red cayenne pepper. Yes, I added pepper into a chocolate cupcake. Let me just say the better was tasty :) I popped those into the oven and 20 minutes later they came out smelling delicious, and looking perfect. For the frosting I decided to change it up and make a chocolate ganache. I've never made one before so it was super interesting....and it comes to find out, super easy! I melted one cup semi-sweet chocolate chips with one cup heavy whipping cream. Once that is smooth and creamy I added two tablespoons of butter, stirred, and let it cool in the fridge for 45 minutes. No problem. I then had to whip the mixture into frosting form so I pulled out my handy-dandy mixer and beat the mixture on a medium speed until it came out to the consistency I wanted. Finally I had to put it into the piping bag. (I'm kind of a freak about decorating stuff. I like to make it super fancy :)) 

Here is where my funny came into play. Somehow, the ganache frosting tumbled out of the top of the piping bag and landed everywhere but the bag, bowl, or cupcakes. It hit four different spots on the counter, my arm, and the floor. How does that even happened?! Laughing, I scoop more into the bag (successfully this time) and start frosting the cupcakes. They came out really well. Nothing spectacular because I think I whipped the frosting too long. O dear, I'll just have to try making it again. Whoever will eat all this chocolate? ;) 

I started to run low of frosting (since my first five were heaped with it lol) so I tried to make it a little more even.   Top them off with a little cayenne for a dash of color and done! They looked beautiful! Unfortunately, I am unable to eat them due to oral surgery several days ago. So tomorrow my unsuspecting victims....I mean friends....will have to try them out and tell me what they think. I'll make sure to post an update on what everyone thought of my hot devil cupcakes :)