Saturday, October 17, 2009

National Chocolate Cupcake Day

Even though I had an eggplant waiting in the wings, I decided that today had to be recognized. I would have made these this morning and brought them in for my coworkers, and a late Boss's Day gift (ha), but I can't peel myself off the sheets before 11:00am. It was a dead sprint to midnight to get these puppies done.



So, besides the obvious cheating by using food coloring for the frosting, where is the violet? Well, mixed right into the batter is a handful of culinary lavender that I picked up a few months ago. I'm a little worried that my cupcakes are going to make my coworkers sleepy. Or suddenly want a bubble bath and a glass of wine.



In case you're wondering, that's a Skittle on top.

5 comments:

Jen Treehugger said...

Cupcakes deserve a day all to themselves. These look wonderful.
:)

Michelle (Red Headed Book Child) said...

Hey Megan,
It's Michelle Wermerskirchen, if ya didn't know!

Those cupcakes look fantastic. I kinda want to marry them.
:)

Great blog. Mine's all about books.

Debra said...

Oh my goodness, they look sooo good!
Debra @ Vegan Family Style

Embee Breedlove said...

Wow! Those look faaaabulous! Lavender frosting - can you believe I've never thought of that? Like ever, not even when I was nine and wanted everything to be lavender. And lavender right in the cupcake! Double wow! Mail me one? Yeah, I'm sure that would work out great, what with all that gorgeous icing piped on top... ;)

Gauri Radha गौरी राधा said...

Those look like some amazing cupcakes :-)