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Originally Posted by Beth1231
Also,that sounds like a healthy euphemism for "cake"
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Didn't Marie Antoinette say something about bread and cake being equivalent?
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Originally Posted by Aerynne
definitely. Like the chocolate "muffins" you can buy (the grocery store definition of a muffin is a cupcake without frosting).
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Wait, I thought that was my 10 year old's definition?
Only with her it works both ways - she'll put cream cheese on a healthy muffin in order to make it into a cupcake.
So, I love this recipe out of The Cake Bible:
3.5 T dutch-processed cocoa
3T boiling water
1.5 t vanilla
3 eggs
1.25 c cake flour
.75 c +2 T sugar
.75 t baking powder
.25 t salt
13 T softened butter
This is made using the "Reverse Creaming" method. Essentially you mix the wet ingredients together, add some of that and all the butter to the dry ingredients in a mixer and beat well. Gradually add the rest of the liquid. (You get a better texture that way and are less likely to overmix the batter.)
Bake in a loaf pan at 350 for 50-60 minutes.
No frosting necessary!