Hazelnut Cupcake with Mochanut Mousse
Hazelnut Cupcake with Mochanut Mousse
Originally uploaded by moria.
Mmmmm! From Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero’s Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, with a couple of lazy modifications — mainly, I used the filling as a topping and didn’t make the ganache.
Still extremely good, I think. If you don’t have your copy yet, go get one — regardless of whether you’re vegan, omni, or photosynthesize your own energy from pure sunlight. Cupcakes are cupcakes, and these are good little buggers. In my experience, Isa’s recipes are generally worth your blind trust anyway, but particularly when it comes to baked goods.
If you’re local and extremely lucky, you might get to taste one if I decide to bring the leftovers into the office on Monday. If.
(Oh, yeah — I think I solved the collapsing cupcake mystery: it’s the conductivity, stupid! I lined the pans for the hazelnut cupcakes with tinfoil before I inserted the liners, and everything rose and was all three-dimensional and proud and generally happy with its cupcakey little self. Apparently it’s not the rigidity that silicone pans lack, it’s the conductivity — which seems obvious, given how baking powder is so dependent on heat for its leavening. Duh.)
Conductivity, huh? Well, we’re just going to have to get you a little ASHRAE pocket protector and short-sleeved shirt if you keep up this HVAC&R geekosity. :)
And if you DON’T bring a sample to work, it will go on your PERMANENT RECORD.
October 16th, 2006 | #
ASH . . . RAE? What is this thing of which you speak? (Quick Google.) Ah, yes. They seem like a wonderful and wise society, engaged in much good work, with no quirks or peculiarities that anyone would ever mock. I am sure they are a gentle and benevolent group, tolerant of employees’ foibles and senses of humor. :)
And yes, I did bring the remaining five cupcakes to share. They’re in the fridge at the moment. I might even let you have one. :)
October 16th, 2006 | #