Brownies are not cupcakes.

So I decided today that if I ever go into the cupcake decorating business, I would call it "Once Upon a Cupcake" -or- "Cuppycakes" -or- "Cupcakes two point OH!"

Lets not put the horse before the cart, though.

Last night I made Kaluha double fudge brownies. I know, I know, NOT cupcakes...not even cakes for that matter. But the one thing Im most nervous about is not frosting these little beauties, rather, I am worried about how the actual "cake" is going to turn out. Not having gone to culinary school of any sort, all of this "folding" and "forming soft peaks" nonsense makes me a bit jittery..rightfully so. I got ahold of a magazine the other day with some interesting tips for the "novice" baker to improve the quality of their cakey goods. I figured that I would try my hand at something fairly simple that would still be edible if I screwed it all up: Brownies. Now, Ive never met a brownie I didnt like, so Im thinking that regardless of how this turns out, I can still stuff my face with some brownies and milk when the task is complete.

This was the first time in my life that I have made a brownie that did not come from a box. This is also the first time in my life that I made FROSTING that didnt come from a can or squeezetube.

...and

THEY TURNED OUT FABULOUS!!!!! Everyone loved them; I took them to a family supper and my "guinea pigs" were super impressed. Yes!

Motivational Ego-boost to get going? : CHECK!