tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36571017.post-51352324019889983012008-04-30T05:19:00.001-07:002008-04-30T05:31:10.004-07:00It’s been a month of fun! If you missed the cupcake recipe, it's below. (And scroll further to see all my upcoming covers.)<br /><br />So for the last recipe, I’m going to give you an egg-less cupcake recipe that I use. Yep, there are no eggs in these and they are quick and easy to make. This recipe comes directly from Hershey, my all-time favorite company as they make chocolate, my diet staple. I make these and don’t even frost them. You can using the brownie frosting recipe (on my agent’s blog) but I like them just dusted with powdered sugar or left plain.<br /><br />1 ½ cups all purpose flour<br />¾ cup sugar<br />¼ cup Hershey’s cocoa<br />1 teaspoon baking soda<br />½ teaspoon salt.<br />1 cup water<br />¼ cup vegetable oil<br />1 tablespoon white vinegar<br />1 teaspoon vanilla<br /><br />Heat oven to 375. Line muffin cups (2 ½ inches in diameter) with paper baking cups (I have also used silicon just fine and had them stand alone on a cookie sheet). In medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Add water, oil, vinegar and vanilla, beat with a metal whisk just until batter is smooth and ingredients are well blended. Do not over whisk. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake 16 to 18 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost as desired.<br /><br />And for one last really awesome cookbook that I couldn’t live without, find the Hershey’s 100th Anniversary: 100 Years of Hershey Favorites at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hersheys-100th-Anniversary-Years-Favorites/dp/0785331646">http://www.amazon.com/Hersheys-100th-Anniversary-Years-Favorites/dp/0785331646</a><br /><br />So that’s it! I hope you have fun this month baking with Rachel and that you enjoyed both The Marriage Recipe and the romance. I don’t have any more Harlequin American novels out until January 2009, but don’t forget my two NASCAR books. Out of Line debuts in June.<br />MicheleMichele Dunawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11683297130591848826noreply@blogger.com