Bringing on the cookies!

First of all, let me introduce myself to you. My name is Leopold and my nickname is Poldi. I was supposed to become mascot for the Olympic summer games 2012 to be held in Leipzig. But unfortunately my hometown was not voted Olympic city and BANG, I found myself as one of the unemployed! But not enough with that, someone grabbed me, threw me into a truck and drove me to a dime store in Cologne! A dime store! What a shame! First being booted out as a mascot and then being sold off at that store! I felt worthless! Absolutely worthless! But I decided not to give up, placed myself into the window and shouted for someone to take me home - day and night (but for some reason, no one came across the store at night time!). After a few days, someone picked me up and brought me to my new home here in Cologne! Now I'm living with a guinea pig, whose addicted to attention - all the attention, a young lady and some other stuffed pals.

My life became very lazy and I started to like being unemployed and watch TV all day long! But when my lady person ruined her Christmas dinner, I decided to try cooking and baking too. And guess what - I'm a genius in cupcakes! I started this blog to share my passion for cupcakes with those of you who are interested, everyone who's afraid of gaining weight - better leave now!

The first recipe I want to bring on is an Oreo cupcakes recipe! It is an American recipe, so if you want to try it out and you're American, you're on the safe side! For everybody else, who is used to the metric system and cooking and baking with grams and litres, I tried to convert the volumes and it worked out for me... though I'm not quite sure, if I converted everything absolutely correct!




The recipe yields 15 cupcakes!




For the cupcakes:
15 Oreos, one side twisted off
2/3 cup (150 grams) sugar
1 2/3 cups (200 grams) all-purpose-flour, or whole-wheat-flour, for those of you who don't have all-purpose-flour, like me, since it's not known in Germany!
3/8 cup (50 grams) baking cocoa
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup ( 125 ml) milk
1/4 cup (60 ml) oil
1 tsp vanilla extract




For the frosting:
1/2 cup (100 grams) vegetable shortening
1/4 cup ( 60 ml) warm water
1 1 lb (250 grams) package confectioner's sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup (80 grams) Oreo crumbs made from reserved sides and additional cookies
15 split Oreos




Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C, gas 4)
Place one Oreo with cream side up in each muffin cup.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
In a large bowl combine eggs, milk, oil and vanilla extract and stir until well blended.
Add flour mixture to large bowl and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
Fill each muffin cup 3/4 full with batter and bake 20 - 25 minutes.




For the frosting beat vegetable shortening and warm water together.
Add vanilla extract.
Then gradually beat in confectioner's sugar until frosting is creamy.




Spread frosting on completely cooled cupcakes and place 15 split Oreos a top frosted cupcakes.

Bon appétit!