Since I had such good luck with box mixes from Jacques Torres, I thought I would try this one that I got on sale at the grocery store for like $1.50 or something ridiculous like that. They are called Jo Cupcake, and these were carrot cake.
At first, I thought I’d have to make my own frosting until I read the box and found a frosting packet included. Here is the dry mix:
Now, all I had to add was 1/4 cup oil, 1/4 cup water and 2 eggs. I added egg whites instead of yolks. I also substituted buttermilk for the water because I had read that that makes a firmer cupcake, and indeed it does. I also used olive oil for the oil. The cupcakes themselves were beautiful.
The instructions for the frosting packet included “kneading” the frosting before opening, which I did, and then frosted. I adorned with the accompanying white sprinkles and voila!
These cupcakes were very yummy!
Delicious looking carrot cake cupcakes!
Those are very cute! I’ll have to look out for that brand. Nothing wrong with taking a shortcut now and then!!