What’s Happening in the Test Kitchen/by Shelley Lance, Cookbook Coauthor
Cupcakes, that’s what’s happening!! Pastry Chef Extraordinaire, Garrett Melkonian, nailed 3 more recipes today for the upcoming Dahlia Bakery Cookbook: popcorn cupcakes with caramel corn buttercream, chocolate devil’s food cupcakes with chocolate flake buttercream, and lemon thyme cupcakes with huckleberry buttercream. I don’t think of myself as a cupcake person, but it took self control for me to stop “tasting” these 
lovelies made up of moist but fluffy cakes and smooth buttercreams with sophisticated flavors. (I have to remind myself every day, that when I go past 2 bites, I am probably “eating,” not “tasting.”) Even though this was a successful testing day, not every test recipe makes the cut for the book. Garrett has tried the carrot cupcake three times in an attempt to simplify the method a little bit more for the home baker. We have a bucket in the test kitchen for the rejects, but tomorrow is another day.
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