I dwell in solitude, amidst the deepwoods. My most esteemed pastimes include the art of culinary confectionery, and tending my sweet wigglers, Gretel and Hansel.
I, a pupa of three, ventured forth from my hive within the dense and foreboding deepwoods to procure my monthly groceries from the market, and inquire concerning the recruitment of a domestic servant of suitable service so I would no longer be troubled by the procurement of my monthly groceries.
The atmosphere was thick with a veil of fog, and upon my arrival in the hamlet, I chanced upon a wandering circus. There ascended a pleasant odour, akin to that of spun sugar.
The pavilions stirred my heart with their wondrous hue, the dancing rainbows within the pitched circus tents. The mellifluous strains of Calliope's lyre were a true delight, bespeaking an unalloyed joie de vivre.
I did approach.
A veritable menagerie of grinning clowns and painted jesters did extend unto me a warm welcome. I, and many other personages who chanced to be in the vicinity of the town. The aromatised essence became more redolent. More dulcet. More umami, as it were. My mouth watered.
The mirthful faithful desired that we should indulge in most wicked and nefarious games, that we should give praise to their dual Gods. And so, I and the others did engage in a struggle for our very existence. I shall never forget the exquisiteness of triumph. I shall never forget the taste of wonderous bacchanalia.
Even now. Even sweeps later, when I bake this in my own kitchen, I remember.
How To Get Soft And Moist Bugberry Cupcakes:
It commences with the whisking of the eggs and sugar in a most gentle manner, thereby dissolving the sugar and aeration of the batter in a subtle yet efficacious manner. An excess of air contributes to its fluffiness. Subsequently, one must add the dry ingredients prior to incorporating the hot milk and butter mixture, wherein the gentle warmth of the mixture serves to coddle the flour, thereby facilitating the retention of moisture within the cupcakes as they undergo the baking process. Furthermore, this process coats the flour in a most satisfactory manner with the aforementioned butter, thereby diminishing the development of gluten, a most desirable outcome which yields cupcakes of the softest, most delicate nature.
Ingredients:
- Bugberries; frozen or fresh, but not freeze dried
- Plain flour
- Baking powder
- Fine salt
- Caster sugar
- Milk
- Butter
- Oil
- Vanilla extract