Cup Cakes

Sometimes you just need a cupcake.  And you don't want to deal with making fancy/ cute ones...

I admit it.  I love using boxed mixes and canned frosting~ I know that's lame for a cooking blog, but it's true.
It's just so quick and easy.  There really is something to be said for convince.  And sometimes I don't feel like spending 2 hours making cupcakes that, I'm going to eat 6 of in 2 minutes.  Sshhh, don't tell.

I basically follow the instructions on the box, but I cut down about half the oil and replace
 it with my homemade apple-butter {if you don't have any applesauce is okay too}.  

I also like to add vanilla extract or other flavors depending on what I'm going for.

Favorite combos- Chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting or yellow cake with chocolate frosting and of course chocolate with chocolate...

*Also living at a higher altitude I will add 2-3 tablespoons of flour.

I panicked half way through when I realized I didn't have any cup cake liners. 

>Bad day getting worse here<  

So I sprayed my cupcake tins with Pam and coated with flour... and they came out okay.
UPDATE: I HAVE LEARNED YOU CAN USE COCO POWDER FOR THIS TOO!!! 

Actually it worked better this way, because I didn't have to go around picking up little cupcake wrappers from "little cupcake eaters" who leave them laying around. 

So if you're having a bad day.  Just keep calm and eat a cupcake.  And everything will be okay.

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