At Least They Taste Good

We’re back! Last week we were WAY off our game but I’m happy to report that we still know how to follow a recipe. There were quite a few changes this week; Suzanne was the drunk one for a change, we baked at Tana’s instead of in Suzanne’s sterile kitchen, we had a guest appearance by Eddie, and we didn’t receive one negative comment! It was kind of strange but it felt good to switch it up a little. I’m convinced we are ready to take this show on the road, much like a traveling circus. You can now book us for parties, receptions, wakes, or any random Wednesday as long as you will let us watch Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. You don’t even have to pay us. There is a good chance we will have to pay you for something we broke, we’ll call it even. It was also a lot of fun having a guest in the kitchen. True, this guest was no more of a baker than the two idiots writing this blog but I’m pretty sure having another set of eyes and pair of hands helped. I say that but maybe it was the fact that Suzanne was too sauced to contribute anything more than grabbing a couple of eggs while she was refilling her glass of wine. I’m not trying to draw any conclusions here but I want to point out that when Tana dipped into the wine and stopped helping, the kupkakes were horrible. When Suzanne had a few too many and just sat there and barked out orders, the kupkakes were great. Again, you draw your own conclusions.

This week we made Martha’s Banana-Pecan Cupcakes with Caramel Icing. We passed these off as a hearty breakfast to the people we work with. We figured they couldn’t contain any more sugar than your average bowl of Frosted Flakes (if your average bowl is the size of a kiddy pool). They fell for it because it had a slice of banana on top. But let’s talk about that caramel icing. We did not know you could make melted caramel any other way than to unwrap little Brach’s caramel chews, throw them into a hot pot, hope for the best. We clearly aren’t even sure if that would work. We now know that caramel is just lots of sugar in a tiny bit of water heated until it is burnt and heavy cream. Science!


Tana did that and no one got hurt. It was tasty once it cooled off to a nice simmer.

Here is what they looked like with a slice of banana. We thought they were cute and others said they were delicious. They better say that since they are getting a steady stream of kupkakes brought to them.

But here is where the laughter kicked in:

If you think this looks like anything else but poop on a kupkake you are too mature to read this blog. There is no way around this. I don’t care how old you are, you look at these pictures and see poop. Thanks to Suzanne’s state of mind we even had sound effects while Tana iced them.

Grow up!