Natty Bug (3 ½ yo) and I made cupcakes today. This was her
very first time baking and she loved it. She is allergic to egg and has always
refused to even try to eat cake. Yes, even when she was extremely young. Today
she made the declaration that she loves cupcakes. So being the Grammy that I
am, I started googling egg free cupcakes. Of course I am thinking the whole time;
she is never going to eat these. I find all the allergy free recipes you can
possibly imagine and of course I am missing something from every recipe and I
really don’t want to go grocery shopping. Well, I come across the diet soda and
cake mix recipe. HA! This will work. I happen to have a couple of boxes of cake
mixes left over from Christmas time and my son-in-law drinks soda. Now, he
doesn't exactly drink diet soda, he is a Mountain Dew junkie. But hey, this is
a one time deal for the declaration of the love of cupcakes. So yes, we are now
prepared to make our very first batch of caffeine hyped up, egg free cupcakes.
Natty Bug poured, mixed, dumped, and decorated to her hearts
desire. She licked batter off the spatula and icing off the butter knife.
But no, she still has not eaten her cupcake…..
I will tell you they were very tasty!
Here is our version of the recipe.
1 Box Betty Crocker White Cake Mix
1 Can Mountain Dew
Mix together by hand with a whisk. Fill cupcake liners 2/3’s
full. Bake according to package instructions.
We decorated with Betty Crocker lemon icing and pink sprinkles. I almost forgot, we also used Halloween cupcake liners! Trust me; it was all about what was already in the pantry.
