Monday, March 11, 2013

The Cupcake Bake-Off!

Little One's cousin decided to challenge her to a duel.  A cupcake duel.
Her response? "He thinks he can beat me? That's cute."

Ha! Oh my goodness. That is what we call cupcake confidence folks.

Lucky for her, she is a girl scout.... and you know what that means? THIN MINTS!

 The DC Cupcake crew have a cupcake for that! Of course they do. It would be the only way to improve a thin mint. Put it in a cupcake.

We employed the help of lil' bro and fellow girl scout friend, Little G. First up - a photo of the competition. He has his game face on.

 

 Next up, the "help"

 

 Do you see why "help" is in quotations?

 

 And lastly, the noble, trusty girl scouts:

 

 The girls loved crushing the cookies and adding the "dirt" to the batter.

 

 The came out smelling delicious - even before the frosting!

 

The ganache frosting looked good enough - then they added more crushed thin mints on top.

 

 A little mint for appearance.

 

It was such a fun day, and after the (un-biased... I swear!) judges were lined up. The winner was........

The Thin Mint Cupcake. DC recipes came through again!

 Good Job to both Little One (her girl scout friend, and "helpful" lil bro) and her brave competition!