S'mores!
First of all, an update on the stupid headphone situation. And thank you Holly~ I wrote the iFrogz customer service, and it has been confirmed that my headphones, are indeed, IMITATION LEATHER. I'm very happy to not have to be so worried, and I also feel very stupid for stressing over nothing. So, whoo hoo!
Now, for the topic of the post. My first batch of vegan cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World was a hit. I'm not sure how it went with the other boys, but Brady especially loved them. They were peanutbuttery with chocolate drizzle on top, and chopped peanuts. They were subtle enough to eat with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and as a snack. I'd have to say Brady probably had the most of them.
So I had to make another batch of a different kind of cupcake, and test those on him. I definitely have to say that vegan cupcakes are among the tastier cupcakes I've had. They've got healthier ingredients (the peanutbutter ones had flax seed in them) and are lighter and more moist.
So today's cupcake of choice was the S'mores Cupcakes with Vegan Buttercream frosting. I'm not sure how they came out yet, since I kind of screwed up the idea of "graham cracker crumbs." Essentially I was supposed to grind some graham crackers into practically dust, and mix that in with the batter. I got large crumbs, just not bitty pieces of graham dust. Next time, maybe, but I suppose these will be a bit chunky.
The batter was very runny, as I suppose it should be, since the directions said to fill each cupcake to the top of the paper. The buttercream is essentially shortening and margarine, with confectioner's sugar, vanilla, and soy milk. Yummy! It was fluffy enough before I put the soy milk in, and I'm afraid the soy milk may have made it runny, but we shall see. I'll send an update with what Brady thinks as soon as he tastes one.
For the rest of my day, I'm relaxing in bed, in a t-shirt and shorts, in front of a fan and an open window. Today was definitely a hot day. I was running around in jeans, in front of an oven. Blah.
UPDATE: Brady tasted one of the s'mores cupcakes, and they're a hit! "Even better" than the peanutbutter ones, which I thought was hard to do. It seems the pieces of graham cracker that were left over were absorbed by the rest of the mix, and not even noticeable when eating the cupcake. I was a little worried because Bryan, our roommate, got to the cupcakes first. I worry when someone tastes something I make before I do.