Day 9- Cake and Splatter

I love cake...it is probably my favorite dessert of all time. I also probably eat way too much of it when it is in the house and I make cakes and cupcakes on a regular babsis...they are just too yummy not to have in the house. Two things I have been wanting to try are the Paula Dean cake mix recipe and splatter cupcakes. The cupcakes were delicious but they were not as "splattery" as the picture on Pinterest showed...that was disappointing. It was not easy to splatter the cupcakes; according to the directions all you had to do was put blobs in the liner and then drizzle over the top. Sounds easy right...wrong. The blob part was easy, but the drizzle part did not work out so well. The batter wanted to blob not drizzle so as you can see in the picture there are more blobby spots and not so many drizzly spots. Even though it didn't go as planned they tasted good .

Straight out of the oven

Sorry it is blurry but this is the inside

If you are wondering what is on top it's whipped cream. If you have never tried whipped cream on a cupcake instead of frosting you should it is delicious and much easier than making homemade frosting.
The Paula Dean cake mix recipe didn't take a whole lot but it made a big difference. It was richer and tasted more homemade than the regular box recipe. All you need is extra eggs, butter, and milk instead of eggs.

Paula Dean Cake Mix
1 box cake mix
Add 1 extra egg...you can add 2 if you want to
Double the amount of oil but use butter instead
Use milk instead of water

easy enough?!

If you want to try the splatter cupcakes this is the link Rainbow Splatter Cupcakes