jammin' on the one

a riddle: what do you get when best intentions and poor execution collide?

answer: about 30 strawberry jam cupcakes, a mega mess in a mini mess hall, sugar shock and not much else...

let's just say there's been a lot of bag building but not much baking going on around here. and yesterday's strawberry jam cupcake creation was a comedy of errors indeed. this chickadee is much better at hand stitching then handling a hand mixer. it is probably safe to say that bits of sugar covered butter are still lurking in the far reaches of my tiny kitchen. along with some splashes of icing (the white chocolate cream cheese variety). and somewhere amid the silverware and small appliances still shaking off their light dusting of flour, lie the misplaced measuring spoons that would have come in really handy.

click here to get a pictorial play-by-play of this five hour misadventure. ok, maybe five hours is an exaggeration. but the 55 minute batter to bake time the cookbook advertised has to be an understatement.

p.s. even with all of the mishaps, they've managed to get a yum's up from testers. i've personally volunteered several times and have so far confirmed these findings, but it is better to be safe then sorry so more extensive testing will have to be carried out.