Sweet Eats :: Martha's "Bake Sale Cookie" Cupcakes

Is it really that time of the month we asked?? Thanks to our Tokyo trip earlier in the month, September seemed to have slipped away from us & we were like...Oh no, we haven't done the Martha cake yet!! September's "cake" was actually three..."Bake Sale Cookie" Cupcakes consisting of Chocolate Chunk, Peanut Butter and Oatmeal-Raisin. Due to time constraints & the fact we didn't know how we'd get rid of approx. 80+ cupcakes (Martha doesn't do things by halves does she?), we decided to make just the one type. We chose the Oatmeal-Raisin ones since the others didn't really appeal to us. We even halved the quantity since we still didn't know how we'd get rid of the full quantity of 30!

The cupcakes were pretty straightforward to make, although there were a lot of ingredients involved, so it was a bit more work than your average cupcake/muffin. We basically needed to make 2 batters. The main batter consisted of whisking the dry ingredients and then adding them to the beaten butter/sugar/egg mixture. Sour cream was added followed by the raisins. Some of this mixture was set aside, in which we made the second chunkier batter by mixing in flaked coconut and some more rolled oats.

The main batter was spooned into the paper cups and then the chunkier batter was spooned on top of that. And into the oven they went for about 20 minutes.

So here are all 3 of Martha's Cookie Cupcakes:

And here are our Oatmeal-Raisin Cookie Cupcakes:

And the taste? The cupcakes were hearty, moist, quite sweet and they definitely benefited from the raisins. The coconut in the top batter was also a nice touch, cos it had a nice toasted flavour. They had a healthy texture to them, thanks to the rolled oats and oat bran...but we know they weren't that healthy cos as with all Martha cakes this year, there was lots of butter involved! Unlike us lazy bakers, some people actually made all three cupcakes...check out their efforts here.

Next up for October...the amazingly decadent-looking Darkest Chocolate Crepe Cake. Our hubbies' birthdays are 2 weeks apart this month...so they have this special treat in store! It's not too late to join in Martha's Year of Cakes (don't forget to post your pics here), so tie up those apron strings & bake your hearts out...there are only 3 months to go! N