Roll Out!

Well, I was going to work on oatmeal cookies... but then I decided to nerd out a little bit. I decided to knock out two things at once: trying out a new cupcake recipe and working with fondant (small scale.) I've been wanting to do something like this for a while, unfortunately, I'm not very good with fondant. A little practice was in order. Here's how they turned out!

Transformers! Both the Autobots and the Decepticons need some love, chocolate cupcake love.Not too shabby for a first timer, huh? We'll just ignore the ridiculous amount of time these took...

I will keep working on a way to do these in less time. If anyone's got any tips, I'd love to hear them! Oh and here's the cupcake recipe:

Ingredients:
10 tablespoons butter, softened
1 1/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt (only if you use unsalted butter)
2 teaspoons baking powder
3/4 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add eggs one at a time with vanilla extract, beat until smooth.
3. Sift together flour, cocoa powder, salt (only if using unsalted butter) and baking powder and mix half into the butter and eggs, pour in milk and stir until smooth. Add in second half of flour mixture and stir until smooth.
4. set cupcake pan with cupcake liners and use an ice cream scoop to fill liners (scoop size will vary depending on the size of your cupcakes, batter should fill 2/3 of the cupcake liner otherwise it will overflow.)
5. Bake 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.Ice and enjoy!

Sooner or later, I'll post a good icing recipe, but until then, just use your favorite.