So, let's start with yesterday's cupcakes, which I made for this month's Cupcake Hero contest. As soon as I heard that this month's special ingredient was marshmallow, my mind began to whir. I had no desire to do a rocky road or some sort of spring themed marshmallow-y cupcake. I wanted to do something different. And then I thought,"What flavors go well with marshmallow?" The answer? sweet potato. The result of an afternoon of experimenting in my kitchen was an extremely sticky, absolutely sinful, spiced Sweet Potato Cupcake with Marshmallow Creme Filling. Oh god. The responses from my friends ranged from "Oh my god, this is by far your best recipe ever" to contented silence because their mouths were full of cupcake. I'm SO happy with this one. The marshmallow creme was a pain in the rear end to work with, but the end result was worth the sticky hands and the insane clean up.
Say hello to my sticky little friends...
Today's kitchen adventure was even more rewarding than yesterday's, and that's saying something. I finished the first draft of my thesis at 3:30 this afternoon--and I was in the need of a little catharsis. I ran to my kitchen and flung open the refrigerator door. I was confronted by a carton of strawberries, which were so gorgeous and ripe and waiting to be baked into a cookie. Thus was the Strawberry Shortcake Cookie born. A regular strawberry shortcake is made by putting whipped cream and fresh strawberries between a pastry or a scone. My cookie is a very soft sugar cookie filled with a whipped pastry cream and fresh strawberries.
I had a hell of a time making the whipped cream, mainly because I don't have a mixer and have to whip the cream by hand. But it was so worth the effort. When I brought the cookies to rehearsal this evening, I watched my friends' eyes grow big and bright as they took their first bites. These are the best cookies I've made to date, I think. And I still have a ton of whipped cream left. I'm thinking that I'll have to make at least another batch. At least.
Strawberry cookies forever!
I'm contributing these amazing little morsels of strawberry goodness to the Strawberry Seduction roundup. Check it out after April 4th!
I'm so happy with these two recipes. Now the question is: will I be able to top them?
Kay
8 comments:
These look fantastic!
P.S: send me your mailing address so I can get the book on its way to you!
they look fantastic~ thanks for the great entry! I'm such a sucker for sweet potato...
those cookies look sooo delicious! I can't wait to make them!
Omg!! Both of those look amazing, and hmm can I get that little Cookie recipe?? I am sooo intrigued!!
What an awesome idea! Love the strawberry cookies!
oh wait! what is this elusive recipe?!?! :-D
puh-LEASE can you send me the recipe for your sweet potato cupcakes?!?!
(miss.jen.phillips@gmail.com)
Hi! Are you sharing your recipe for the strawberry shortcake cookies now? I would love to try..have been searching all over for one after having the Otis Spunkmeyer version!
Thank you!
wildcatcara@hotmail.com if you can share!
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