hello, cupcake!

If you're anything like me, you have cupcake drama. I imagine that I make these amazing cupcakes that look like the ones on TV. Alas, they usually end up looking like lopsided alien pastries.

And then, I learned the trick to making consistent sized cupcakes. Use an ice cream scoop. Not the bitchin Pampered Chef one with the antifreeze in the handle. You need one of the old trigger-release kind that you get at the dollar store. Put a scoop of batter in each cup, bang the filled pans on the counter to get rid of air bubbles / even them out, and bake.

Here's a pic of my efforts this weekend. I feel wretched with a nasty head cold, but still managed to keep my habitat unfucked and my family fed. I consider that a win.