A protein cupcake sort of day...

It's Friday. It's dark and rainy. It's one of those curl up with a blanket and read a good book sort of Fridays. It also is one of those "take the afternoon to try to bake protein cupcakes" sort of Fridays. I will do both.


The Book: Completed
Title: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Author: Stephen Chbosky

Since this book had nothing to do with food or fitness this time, I will not review it other than to say that I really liked it.


The Cupcake: Completed
Recipe: Frosted Coconut Protein Cupcakes
Author: Jamie Eason!

So, before I review this, I just want to say that I love Jamie Eason's recipes. And I should probably also say that since I hate coconut, I decided to make these cupcakes...my own way...which probably isn't the greatest thing.

They weren't terrible, but definitely not going to be made again, at least in the way that I did it. First I took out all of the coconut ingredients (coconut milk, coconut extract etc...) I replaced the coconut milk with almond milk which should have been a fine substitution. I also added in 1/4c of PB2 (regular) in hopes of giving them a peanut buttery flavour.

Experiments: Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't!

The good: They didn't taste too bad. They cooked well and the batter smelled really good. Plus, they are quite healthy for you.

The bad: The bottom of the cupcake and some of the sides stuck to the muffin wrappers I used. They didn't really have much of a flavour, in fact I thought they were pretty bland. Ryan thought they were ok-good. They definitely had the consistency of a "protein muffin" instead of a light 'n fluffy cuppy.

Protein Cupcake

Hopefully they will taste a bit better next time. Up next: Protein cookies! Wish me luck :-)