Procrastinator that I am, I baked these early this afternoon and "frosted" and photographed them immediately before sitting down to type this post. I baked about a third of the recipe and came up with 6 cupcakes. I need to not have so many sweets in the house! It's killing me!
I taste-tested half of one (they are VERY rich) and plan to send the rest home with my mom tomorrow since my younger sis and brother have moved back home from their respective dorm/college town and they are young and skinny ;)
I thought these were pretty good...not out of this world. The cake seemed a bit too eggy to me, and I should have only used a fourth of the "tres leches" mixture b/c they were so wet that they basically needed to be eaten with a spoon! I was worried that I would not have enough cream to top all the cupcakes but I had the exact right amount :)
Thanks for the pick Lisa, and don't forget to check out the MSC blogroll to see how the other members did!
Yes, we thought they were a little wet also. They were a lot better once I loaded them with the whipped cream and threw a bunch of strawberries on them...shhhh, don't tell anyone that's the only way they wanted to eat them. Yours look much nicer, less wet than mine. We can procrastinate and cook together any time! LOL...Tracey at Tracey's Culinary Adventures and I are always making TWD desserts on Mondays and saying, "can you believe we put this off again this week???" Yep.
ReplyDeleteI didn't use all of the mixture. I quit when I thought they were "full". Your whipped cream looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGreat pics of some beautiful cupcakes! And kudos to you for sending the rest away and not eating them.
ReplyDeleteI also thought they were eggy...so not my fave but still good
Hmm. I've wanted to make these for a while now, but I'm not part of the club, so I haven't gotten around to it! I'll have to try it out someday, because I really liked the whole Tres Leches cake I made before.. even though I put way too much milk mixture on mine too..
ReplyDeleteLove your pics! I confess I am a fellow procrastinor. I'm not as bad with my MSC cupcakes, but for Tuesdays with Dorie I am always scrambling around on Tueday trying to get it done, lol. I really want to get things baked ahead of time, but life always seems to get in the way.
ReplyDeleteWell, they look delicious. This was the second time for me and they are a fave at the house. And yes, they are better eaten with a fork/spoon.
ReplyDeleteYes--it was very "different"--that's what everyone basically told me when they tried it. I didn't use all of the milk mixture though. Yours look so dainty ;-)
ReplyDeleteLooks Great!
ReplyDeleteThey look super nice!
My milks got soaked up by the next day, but I only used half. Your cupcakes look delicious!
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