Confectionately Yours, Save the Cupcake!: Heartsick Puppies

        Okay, I know what it says in the heading, but we are NOT going to bake sick puppies today. Its just the name of the cupcake. Guaranteed to be puppy-licious! Wait, wait, wait. No it won't taste like puppies, just like a normal cupcake.

There's nothing a Cupcake and Coffee can't solve.
~ Marie Williams Johnstone

Heartsick Puppies

Ingredients:
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup pine nuts, finely ground
(just put them in the blender or food processor)
 1/4 cup chopped pine nuts
1/2 cup minced candied citrus peel
(orange and lemon)

How to Make

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners. Whisk the milk and vinegar in a small bowl, and set aside for a few minutes to get good and curdled. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and mix. In a separate large bowl, mix the curdled milk with the sugar. Add in the vanilla extract, almond extract, oil, and ground pine nuts. Then, blend with a whisk or hand-held mixer. Add the dry ingredients a little bit at a time, stopping occasionally to scrape the sides of the bowl, and mix until no lumps remain. Fold in the chopped pine nuts and candied citrus peel. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 of the way and bake for 20-22 minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack, and let cool completely before frosting with vanilla frosting (see recipe two posts before). Makes about 12.

 You're the frosting to my cupcake.

 ~ Unknown

      Just to remind you, no puppies were harmed in the making of these cupcakes. You  might've noticed the change in videos. You can learn how to BAKE cakes from this blog, but you can't learn how to frost and decorate them. From now on, you can! Just watch the videos on your right, to make your cakes look even more fantastic! Next time, gluten free cupcakes for those of you who are allergic to gluten. There's always something for everyone!