carrot pineapple cupcakes
Have you ever tried any of the tips and hints on the back of a cake mix packet? Me neither. Until last Sunday. I'd had this in the back of the cupboard for quite some time, I usually make my cakes from scratch and they're almost always chocolate, or a sponge with jam and cream filling. As I read the ingredients I'd need to add, I saw this near the bottom of the packet. Now I do like me some pineapple and I just happened to have a can of crushed pineapple left over from making the pineapple meringue pies a few months ago. So in went the pineapple..... and the mixture got thoroughly blended. Now the packet says this should be baked as a loaf cake, but I thought it would be nice as cupcakes . so I put patty cases in my 12 cup muffin pan, spooned in the mixture (it made 18 cakes) and into the oven they went. They didn't rise as much as I'd hoped, next time I'll put more mix into each patty case. You can see the oil soaked into...