Monday, July 23, 2012

Cupcakes for dinner?

Yup, cupcakes for dinner! Corn dog cupcakes to be exact. I was inspired by a couple of Pinterest posts on the subject. I pulled out my favorite cornbread recipe, Amusement Park Cornbread, and went to town. This is a skillet recipe, but I baked it into cupcakes instead.

The recipe made about 18 cupcakes. I inserted a 1/4 of a hot dog into each cup of batter before baking. The batter is nice and thick and the dog stays firmly in place. I checked them after 15 minutes, but ended up leaving them for almost 20.

To finish off the cakes, I drizzled some honey mustard over each warm cake and served each plate with a bacon and blue cheese side salad. A very fun meal. My hubby found the cake to dog ratio too much for his taste, so he threw a couple of hot dogs in the skillet to compliment his meal. The ratio was just perfect for me.

The leftover cupcakes went into the freezer to be pulled out one at a time when I need a quick dinner for my toddler who often gets hungry before I am ready to cook.





1 comment:

  1. Omg Nanette! I really admire your "outside of the box" thinking! I never would have though of this nor had the guts to try! Isaac andI had pizza for dinner. Poor fella. I'm no cook so the best i can do is get my darling boyfriend a plate so he can serve himself a slice of pie. :( Bad girlfriend!

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