FOOD: "Ding dong! Another bright idea from the people who brought you Beer Milkshakes!"

[daiseechain]

Never has this icon been more apropos.

Okay. So these started out life a very long time ago as an increasingly crazy series of Concept Cupcakes. You know. Like Concept Cars. The sort someone draws on paper before a bunch of
imagination-challenged paper-pushers level-headed executives point out the production-line model couldn't possibly make any

Comments

[thismaz]

I'm sorry for your loss.

But the cup cakes? *laughs* They look great with their shiny yokes.

[daiseechain]

Thank you.

And thank you! :-D *sends you a perfectly normal chocolate cupcake*

[ningloreth]

I read this post in the middle of the night (as you do) and for *no apparent reason* felt really nauseous.

Those big egg eyes staring up at me...

[daiseechain]

I often find the middle of the night is the best time for reading people's posts, although not necessarily for responding to them - If you get a very strange response from me always check the time stamp!

:-DD I'm so sorry. Didn't mean to make you feel nauseous. *sends you a perfectly normal chocolate cupcake instead*

[kazzy_cee]

Oooo - how interesting! I suppose pureed baked beans is just like using flour made from pulses (like soya flour is anyway), so it should work fine. I think I'd personally make them savoury with cheese (and probably panchetta or bacon) as I'm not veggie.

Yum!

Completely forgot to add that I'm sorry for your loss too. *hugs*

[daiseechain]

Thank you! They did indeed come out much like a pulse flour, except they had the tomato sauce with them but that just melded into the mix as another liquid and really didn't change the flavour as much as I had expected. In order to really be baked beany, I think I'd have to boost the tomato flavour somehow.

Cheese is a great idea for them! That actually is real bacon sticking out the top of them. I'm not actually veggie either; I just like playing with my food :-D The vegan cupcake book has some fantastic ideas, and I tend to mix and match concepts and recipes from a number of sources, adapting them to my own, uh, inspiration.

And thank you. It's strange how shocking a death can be even when you've been anticipating it for months.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Good Lord... Your adventurous and experimental nature astounds me. Baked bean cupcakes would have been plenty exciting enough without the extra thrill of the icing.

I am sorry about your uncle. It hasn't sounded good since you first described the situation, but it's still painful when the end comes. Therapeutic baking sounds like a good response though.

[daiseechain]

Hee. Well I do live a very chaste and boring kind of life these days, so my risk-seeking nature has to find an outlet somewhere...

Thanks. No, it was never a good situation, and it was never going to have a happy ending, so it's a shame his death was so drawn out.

I'll have to see if I can think of a brass-band related cupcake flavour, as he was heavily involved in brass bands all his life.

[quizlings]

Oh no. I'll take the blame for the prawn, although I still maintain it is not my fault the brits have a thing for prawn. But you came up with the salt & vinegar all on your own. Although, if you can make them, those I might be willing to taste test.

[daiseechain]

You're on!

It'll have to wait till after the 1/2 marathon though. Possibly even till later in the year. Salt & vinegar cupcakes seem like a more sort of winter flavour, don't you think? Or they perhaps be eaten during summer with a pint? Ooh! Lager frosting...

[quizlings]

See! See! I didn't have to do anything and you've already come up with a frosting. Totally not my fault.

[daiseechain]

Yes, but I've been conditioned into coming up with creative ideas whenever we have discussions online, therefore totally your fault.