With the series finale creeping up, my friends and I found it appropriate to make Breaking Bad cupcakes. If you google Breaking Bad cupcakes, you are likely to only find vanilla cupcakes sprinkled with blue rock candy. We wanted to take things a little further and spent hours deciding on how to relate every element of the cupcakes to the show. We started with a honey cake spiced with a dash of chili p. The cereal milk ice cream filling was infused with Corn Flakes, given how Walt Jr. does nothing but eat breakfast. The ice cream was also made with ric(in)e milk. The frosting was doused in whiskey due to the constant guzzling of WhistlePig. Unfortunately, the closest place to me that sells WhistePig is over 600 miles away, so I went with Maker’s Mark. And, of course, I followed the crowd and garnished my cupcakes with blue rock candy meth. Although all of these elements may not sound like they would mesh together well, I swear it's awesome. Even if you’re not a fan of the show, which by the way crawl out from the rock you're living under, they are still great cupcakes.
Chili P Honey Cake
Ingredients
-1 cup almond milk
-1 tsp apple cider vinegar
-1/2 cup safflower oil (or any light oil)
-3/4 cup sugar
-2 tsp vanilla extract
-1 1/2 cups flour
-1/2 tsp baking soda
-3/4 tsp baking powder
-1/4 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp nutmeg
-1 tsp chili powder
-1 tsp cayenne pepper
-2 tbs cornstarch
-1/2 cup honey
Instructions
1. Preheat your oven to 350°
2. Combine the 1 cup almond milk and 1 tsp apple cider vinegar and set aside for a few minutes until it starts to curdle.
3. Mix the almond milk and vinegar mixture, 1/2 cup oil, 3/4 cup sugar and 2 tsp vanilla extract.
4. Add in 1 1/4 cups flour, 1/2 tsp baking soda, 3/4 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tbs cornstarch.
5. Add 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp chili powder and 1 tsp cayenne pepper. Despite its name chili powder isn't actually very spicy, so I decided to add in some cayenne pepper. If you don't want your cupcakes to have a kick then skip this step.
6. Stir in 1/2 cup honey. If you are a non-honey eating vegan this could be substituted for agave or molasses.
7. Fill your cupcake liners about half full. Usually I recommended filling them 3/4 of the way, but something in the honey makes these rise more than other cupcakes I've made. Bake for 20 minutes.
Cereal Milk Ice Cream
This ice cream was again created by Collin Miranda. His idea was to create a vegan rice milk adaptation of the cereal milk made by Momofuku. It ended up tasting like cornflake ice cream. Maybe if enough people bother him about it I can get him to post his recipe. If your friends aren't ice cream masters, you could always use any store bought ice cream. I think these cupcakes may be good with out a filling as well.
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| Kitchen decorations my friend Ally made for the occasion |
Whiskey Frosting
I have actually made whiskey frosting on the blog before so excuse the repost of this recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine (I used soy free earth balance)
- 1 cup Crisco
- 7 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 tbsp almond milk
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tbsp whiskey
Instructions
1. Start by beating together the 1 cup Crisco and1 cup margarine.
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| Feel free to make butter snowmen |
2. Once the mixture starts to get fluffy add in the sugar one cup at a time and beat for a few more minutes. You may end up wanting to add more sugar depending on the texture of the frosting.
3. Add in the 1 1/2 tbs almond milk, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla, and 4 tbsp whiskey. Feel free to add more or less whiskey depending on your preference.
Assembly
Empty the middle of each of the cupcakes with a small knife.
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| Make sure Richard Simmons is watching. |
Fill each cake with a generous amount of ice cream.
I pipe my cupcakes with a piping tube but filling a plastic bag with frosting and cutting off the tip works if you don't have anything else. I used store bought blue rock candy to garnish.
