#8: The Cupcake that Didn't Make it to Camp

so maybe you've heard of cupcake camp. it's an annual cupcake festival, if you will, in san francisco. http://www.sfstation.com/cupcake-camp-e336721 my colleague mentioned it to me and i was really excited to check it out! i figured i'd experiment and come up with something to make for the event. i'd been wanting to try out some chai cupcake recipes (http://dessertfirst.typepad.com/dessert_first/). i finally found one from pastry girl and tested it out last night. it's a chai vanilla cupcake with a cinnamon/sugar topping. i modified it slightly from her recipe. i tried out a buttercream frosting that didn't quite turn out, so i opted for the cinnamon/sugar mixture instead. i think it worked out pretty well. it's more like a breakfast cupcake now.

anyways, i wasn't completely satisfied with submitting this cupcake so all day today i was trying to brainstorm cupcakes that i could make for cupcake camp. after a long day of thinking about cupcake flavors - i thought of one that i thought would be pretty interesting. Oreo cupcake. Chocolate cake with vanilla, buttercream frosting mixed with oreo cookie crumbs, and an oreo half sticking out on top. i was very eager to go home and register, as today (sunday) was the last day. when i got home around 9:00pm, i was very disappointed to find out that registration closed at 12pm today! bah. after all of my investment in cupcakes these last couple weeks...now i cannot be a part of cupcake camp. sigh...maybe next year...