My friends are awesome. Every month we have a potluck. We rotate houses, and the hosts cook the main course & choose the theme. In February, the hostess wavered between Mardi Gras (ultimately the holiday fell too early this year) and Oscar Movies, but ended up going Italian. Although I was dying to sign up for salad-in-a-bag or garlic bread (something easy since I was working on a huge conference for my day job and needed something easy), I got stuck with dessert. Well, I wasn't going to make tiramisu!!! So I started looking for an Italian Cupcake recipe. I'm always willing to try something new, something different. :)
I found
this recipe from food network, and Giada*. I don't watch Food Network (except for Cupcake Wars of course) nor am I a huge fan of cooking shows (only Martha Bakes). But I watched this little video and made these little cupcakes, and if I do say so myself, they turned out AMAZING. Super delish! A must-try!!!
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| Delicious Chocolate Chip Mascarpone Cupcakes! |
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| Ran out of mini choc chips for the tops, so I used pretty, pretty sprinkles. |
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| Amazingly delish! |
*There is a great food podcast out there called "
Dining with Doug & Karen." One of those hosts,
Doug Benson, is my favorite comic of all time. But I am quickly falling in love with
Karen Anderson, the other host. On a recent episode, she asked a guest if they liked Giada. Karen said that she didn't like Giada, and it was because she always tries to make words "all Italianey." I laughed out loud because in the video for this cupcake recipe, she pronounces mascarpone "all Italianey." It's hilarious. I <3 you, Karen! Thanks for making me laugh on my drive to and from work. And you, too, Doug.
well, she is italian. although i heard a moth podcast today with hilarious comedienne Lisa Lampanelli talking about how all italian girls have food addictions. perhaps giada is an impostor.
ReplyDeleteand, i think you should have included the star wars version as well. it's a pretty hot theme, you never know!
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