Ursula received the Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker for Christmas. She started asking for it before her birthday (too close to her birthday to get it). I spent 5 months trying to dissuade her, to no avail. I do not buy such things, but Santa likes to make little girls’ dreams come true – so we have one.
A couple of nights ago at dinner, Dan all “Why haven’t you made cupcakes, Ursula?” and I was all murderous glare/”why haven’t you made cupcakes with Ursula, Dan?” then Dan said (IN FRONT OF HER) “Well, why did you buy it if you hate it?” Um, I didn’t? Santa did! That doesn’t mean I was hoping she’d forget it and we’d never use it, but still – not from me.
So, today – my time was up. We used the Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker. I want to say that my expectations were low. VERY VERY low. Except that I think they were (in my mind) so low that I sort of expected to be cheerfully surprised because how could it POSSIBLY be that bad? Betty Crocker Warm Delights danced through my head – it is possible to make a moderately tasty dessert in the microwave. Maybe it would be non-disgusting or moderately fun or SOMETHING. Sadly, it did not disappoint. And by that I mean, it did disappoint. It was so wretchedly horrible that i can’t even describe it.
Taking cupcake baker out of microwave. Mmm – microwaved cupcake….
Look at that delicious cupcake!
Strawberry frosting from a packet – what’s not to love?
This is exactly how it worked on TV, right?
Wow. Just wow.
I think I would have enjoyed setting $20 on fire more than I enjoyed using the cupcake maker. I also think a flaming $20 bill would a) last longer and b) taste better. Of course, it was Santa’s $20, not mine, so I guess I really can’t complain. (Except for the taste – I will complain that I was forced to eat half of that “cupcake”)
I was hoping Ursula would at least recognize it sucked, so I could cheer her up and say it was fun or something. But she remained stoic and pretended it was great. Which makes me sad for her. Unless she actually thought it was great, in which case I am scared for our future.
Posted in Ursula-ness by Melissa at 5:55 PM| 4 Comments
There’s a fundraising thing here where you sell cupcakes to raise money for the RSPCA. A woman at work made up a huge batch of cupcakes for it. If you can believe it, I think they looked worse than this does. At least the sprinkle colours look nice, I like that combination of brown, pink & blue.
How many cupcakes can you make with the kit? Do you have to suffer too many more times or is that it?
Katie and I had a similiarly horrid experience with the new “easy bake” oven that is supposed to “bake” the “cupcakes” with ice. Hrm. no that doesn’t really work.
You are a good mom to have even taken a bite, much less eaten 1/2 of that thing. Ick!!
so, so funny! I’ve seen that on the shelves and thought that my DD would love it – then quickly distracted her onto something else. I’m still laughing . . .