Tuesday, June 15, 2010

MSC: Strawberry Cupcakes....FAIL

This month for our Martha Stewart Cupcake Challenge, Sherry from Sherry Starts Cooking chose the Strawberry Cupcakes on page 146 of the Martha Stewart Cupcakes book.  I love strawberries, so I was excited to make these.

Hmmm...I'm not even going to share a picture on this one.  The cake was just mildy strawberry-ish, and my darn Strawberry Meringue Buttercream was liquid, I never could get it to set up.  I know I probably did something wrong to cause this.  I don't think my heart was in this recipe.   I wanted it to be good, but somehow I failed.  I think the relationship between me and meringue is just not meant to be!  Oh well, there is always the Flourless Chocolate Cupcakes next month!

6 comments:

Rebecca said...

Sorry yours didn't work out. The meringue didn't work for me either (it was only about 110 in my house), but I thought they were really good. You should try them again if you are motivated.

Sherry G said...

Aww I'm sorry these didn't turn out for you! It's best to stay optimistic and look forward to next month=)

Anonymous said...

Aw I hate kitchen fails. It makes you feel like a tiny bit of a failure but then you realize that there are a million things you can blame it on from expired baking powder to your hubby bugging you ;) Not that that's the case, mind you... but you remember all these instances and you feel the tiniest bit better :)

I can't wait for the flourless cuppies either!!!

Paige said...

The italian meringue buttercream is tough. It either works or it doesn't. And you rarely know why.

Shannon said...

Boo! I love strawberry cake so I would assume that I would have loved those too...guess not!

Unknown said...

:( I wish these would have came out! Strawberry has always been one of my favs.