Whopper of a week….
You might have noticed me not leaving comments on your blogs the last week or so. Sorry about that. See, it started with a cold. Then stomach flu. But not how I normally get stomach flu. Normally when I get it, it attacks my body in a violent way expelling everything out my mouth and is gone in about 24 hours. Not this time. It was mild this time around but dragged on and on and on.
I missed dinner with a friend, a baby shower and my week off from score keeping(I guess it was good I had time to rest). I did however still make it to my dinner at the Herbfarm.
The stomach part has past but the cold seems to be sticking around, so kind of it. But since I seem to be getting better you should see my more in the blog world.
This weeks TWD pick, chosen by Rachel of Confessions of a Tangerine Tart, was Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops. Once again though, I was not in the cookie mood. I know, not in a cookie mood? You think I would just do the cookies as they are simple. Not that my version in cupcake form was all that hard. These are basic chocolate cupcakes with some malted milk added to them. I made a chocolate malt whipped cream frosting because I wanted the topping to be light so that the crushed Whoppers would stand out.
You can pretty much pop about 5 of these at a time without blinking an eye…or at least I can. 
P.S. Thanks again for all your support for the candidates, as requested by some, their bios will be up this week. 
UPDATE: To make the week even more of a Whopper, poor Little Fuzzy Bunny(LFB) got a puncture in her eye (from a piece of hay). It got bacteria in it and she now has a 50% chance of losing her eye. We will know more on Monday. Right now she is undergoing treatment. So if you are the praying type could you say a little one for her please. 
Chocolate Whopper Malted Cupcakes
Chocolate Malted Cupcakes
1 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ cup malted milk powder
½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 ½ cups sugar
2 eggs
1 ½ cups whole milk
1 tsp vanilla extra
Preheat oven to 325F
Mix flour, baking powder, salt, malt powder, and cocoa together and set aside.
Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and milk. Add vanilla a beat well.
Spoon batter into cupcake papers, filling cups about 2/3 full. Bake for 25(15 minutes for mini) minutes or until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool.
Chocolate Malted Milk Whipped Cream Frosting
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup powdered sugar
4 TBSP malted milk powder
2 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
In a large bowl, whip the cream until it forms soft peaks. Add sugar, malt powder, and cocoa powder. Beat until stiff.
Frost cooled cupcakes with whipped cream frosting. Top with crushed Whopper(malted milk balls) pieces.
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September 9th, 2008 at 12:57 am
sorry to hear about your cold and illness – i did miss you! AAAHHH! and what a whopper you come back with! hope you are feeling better now!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:13 am
I was drooling over the cooky (er, cookie) form but these just sent me over the edge!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:14 am
ooh glad ur feeling better. that sounds like a beast of a sick hit
i’m totally loving these cakes! utter goodness!
September 9th, 2008 at 2:01 am
Those cupcakes look very dainty and beautiful! They sound highly tempting too!
Cheers,
Rosa
September 9th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Sorry to hear you weren’t feeling well! Glad your back on the healthier track…
The cupcake and especially that frosting….yum!
September 9th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I hope you feel better soon! Those cupcakes will help you for sure! I love the last pic!
September 9th, 2008 at 3:58 am
Sorry you were sick; however, these cupcakes look like a great way to fortify your depleted self as you recover.
I’ve never looked for malted milk powder at the store. Is it easy to find?
September 9th, 2008 at 4:11 am
No worries for not commenting, Peabody – I hope you’re feeling 100% better!!!
I’m glad that you WEREN’T in a “cookie mood,” since those Whopper Cupcakes are absolutely fantastic – yum!!
September 9th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Hope you are feeling better, Peabody! These little cupcakes look fabulous! You have such great ideas.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:26 am
Those look adorably delicious. I hope you’re feeling better or do soon – being sick is no fun.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:34 am
These are the cutest things that I have ever seen.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:59 am
These look so yummy. I love the cupcake version. I hope you feel better. It seems as if a lot of people get sick this time of year, and being sick is no fun!
September 9th, 2008 at 5:49 am
These look so amazingly good! I may have to give them a shot!
September 9th, 2008 at 5:52 am
Hope you are feeling better! That sounds like the most miserable combination of illnesses. At least now you have those delicious cupcakes to speed up your recovery!
September 9th, 2008 at 6:27 am
i just licked my screen. the cupcakes look delish!
September 9th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Glad to hear you’re feeling better… Those mild and lingering colds/flus are the worst to endure! Your Chocolate Malted Whopper Cupcakes look amazing and I bet the texture of the soft cake, creamy frosting and crunchy bits of Whoppers are out of this world!
September 9th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Hope you feel better. I hate getting bad colds, and winter is just around the corner.
I love the picture with a bite taken out. How do you take such a clean bite? LOL My picture bites never come out that clean.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Glad you’re feeling well enough to get back to baking! These lingering cold/flu things are so debilitating, both physically and to the spirit.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:50 am
so sorry you weren’t feeling well but glad you are feeling better. Stomach issues are the worse. These malt cupcakes look fantastic!
September 9th, 2008 at 7:12 am
So sorry you aren’t feeling well! I hope that those bugs hit the road soon!
The cookies were good, but I think your cupcakes look ridiculously wonderful! I want to run into the kitchen and make them right now (and just probably will)!
September 9th, 2008 at 7:23 am
I am always in the mood for cookies, Pea, but all the TWD has put me off using the book… I prefer your take on it.
Hope you get better soon, darling!
September 9th, 2008 at 7:47 am
I hope you’re feeling better! Can’t wait to try these. My husband LOVES Whoppers. I still adore the Snickerdoodle Muffins though. Although, you never did refund me my money…
September 9th, 2008 at 7:58 am
Hope you get better soon! There are many people here who are coming down with it as well – Chicken soup does wonders.
This creation is amazing – Your last photo says it all without words!! YUM amazing
September 9th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Wow, those are stunning Peabody! Great job. I hope you feel better soon!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:09 am
That whipped cream of yours sounds incredible. Very nice.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:28 am
c’est complètement décadent ! quelle bonne idée, cette crème fouettée maltée
September 9th, 2008 at 8:28 am
LOVE THOSE CUPCAKES! Now THAT is a chocolate whopper creation I could enjoy!!!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Glad you’re feeling better now…this whopper is stunning. Gorgeous cupcakes!!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:56 am
Glad you have recovered! This is a great way to celebrate your recovery too – malt balls, yum!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:02 am
yikes, glad you are feeling a bit better! these look so tasty!
September 9th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Oooh! You did cupcakes! I love them. They are so cute! Glad you are feeling better.
September 9th, 2008 at 10:29 am
So glad that you are feeling better. Your cupcakes are a wonderful idea and so pretty!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:00 am
I wasn’t very tempted by the cookies, but these look wonderful. Very creative!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Delicious! I love Whoppers!! I love that you made this into a cupcake, great idea using malted milk in the icing!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:12 am
looks amazing.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:18 am
Yum! That frosting looks so fluffy and delicious.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am
Speechless. I want one right now!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:24 am
That looks delicious! Hope you feel better soon!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:25 am
Hope you feel 100% better soon! I have joined the ranks of the ghost commenters..I need two more hours in the day!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:34 am
I just said a little prayer for your sweet bunny.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:46 am
I hope you start feeling better soon — I hate being sick!
Your cupcakes look sooo good. What a cool twist for the cookie recipe.
I really hope your Little Fuzzy Bunny is okay. I know I would be a wreck if anything like that was happening to my little kitty. Hang in there!!
-Amy
September 9th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
The malted whipped cream frosting looks fantastic! I am glad you were recovered enough to make it to the Herbfarm. I bet that was a treat.
September 9th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Oooooo…sorry to hear about that nasty bug you had-man those things are the worst-especially when they don’t know enough to leave.
Hope your precious little bunny doesn’t lose an eye….that’s so sad.
The cupcakes…well now-those look amazing! Especially that frosting….WOW!!!!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:00 pm
yum, that frosting looks so good! Hope you are feeling better!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:14 pm
The cupcakes look amazing, and I’m sure 5 would only be the start for me! We will definitely keep LFB in our prayers! I’m so sorry to hear that that happened. As a pet person, I totally understand how heartbreaking it can be when something happens to your little one.
September 9th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I like your version better! What gorgeous looking cupcakes! I hope you and LFB feel better real soon!
September 9th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Once again you have come up with a creative twist on a cookie!
The whipped cream with crushed whopper looks absolutely delicious.
September 9th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Oh poor Fuzzy Bunny! I hope everything turns out okay.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
Oh no! I hope your bunny is okay.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I’ll say a prayer for your bunny.
This is such an interesting twist on the recipe, what a great idea! I love your interpretations of the recipes.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:21 pm
gorgeous whopping cupcakes- i could eat all three of them there! and good luck for LFB, hope the treatment works!
September 9th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
wow, those look good, esp the whipped cream frosting! sorry to hear about all this crappy stuff. hope you are feeling better, and poor LFB! that’s awful.
September 9th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
well aren’t we fancy? I am also sick of cookies, but it didn’t occur to me to change it up. nice job. hope you are on the mend.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
a whopper of a week indeed. I’m glad you’re feeling better and I will prey for LFB.
September 9th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
oops, *pray* not prey- tee hee!
September 9th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
Sorry to hear about your week and I’m thinking about LFB and your family.
And what fantastic cupcakes you made in the midst of it all.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
What a yummy looking whopper of a cupcake! So sorry to hear about your bunny. I will definitely be thinking good healing thoughts for her eye. My bunny had an cheek abcess a month ago and I was so worried about her but she’s doing great! I’ll tell my 2 bunnies to think good thoughts for LBF. Definitely update on her progress, k?
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
September 9th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
So cute! At first, I thought the icing was ice cream!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Loving this! Great job!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Okay, so all is not lost yet. Can they do a third eyelid surgery with rabbits? We did that with our dog and it saved his eye. I’ll be thinking happy bunny thoughts for you.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I hope fuzzy bunny will be seeing well come Monday.
Love that great pile of icing, that’s what a cup cake should be!
September 9th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Good call on the cupcakes. Sorry to hear about the rough time you’ve been having. Stay strong Fuzzy Bunny!
September 9th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
Whoah, great looking cupcakes! Fuzzy Bunny gets my prayers.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
those cupcakes have to be the cure to just about anything!! They look perfect!!
get better soon!
I hope you and LFB
September 9th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
Oh no! I’ll be thinking of you and LFB… Maybe you should have made her some carrot cupcakes, although these do look really tasty…
September 10th, 2008 at 12:21 am
oh no, poor bunny! i really hope it works out for the best!
oh, and cupcakes trump cookies any day of any week.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:09 am
Your Whopper cupcake looks absolutely devine! How do you come up with these things? Hope you are feeling better now!
Had some technical difficulties with the Internet at home….Hopefully my post will be up today.
September 10th, 2008 at 2:29 am
I hope you are feeling better. It stinks to be knocked out by the flu like that.
These cupcakes look like a great way to recover
September 10th, 2008 at 5:07 am
Sorry to hear you’ve been sick! I’ve been thinking of poor LFB so I hope the news is good. As always, these look great.I am a sucker for Whoppers in any form.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:07 am
Oh those cupcakes are looking WAY TOO GOOD! Love your creative take on this weeks recipe, you’re always pushing the envelope and I love it!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:10 am
Wow, those look great! I am excited to start experimenting with malted milk powder as I never baked with it before. Thanks for the inspiration.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:17 am
oo no! so glad you’re feeling better…stomach flus are the worst—glad you’re well enough again to eat cupcakes again! this looks delicious…
September 10th, 2008 at 5:29 am
Glad you’re feeling better, and sending good thoughts for LFB! Your cupcakes look DIVINE!!!
September 10th, 2008 at 8:18 am
Wow, love the swirly top on these!
Sorry to hear you’ve not been well, and I’ll send some good vibes for your little LFB.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
those cupcakes look soooo good!
Hope you are feelign better
September 10th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
sorry to hear about your cold and flu… hope you are on the mend! also, hope that the eye injury heals well and no eyesight is lost for LFB.
I love the sound of your cupcakes (can’t see the pic’s on my work computer so I’ll check them out from home later).
September 10th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
These look absolutely fabulous!!! Will have to try them! Hope you feel better soon. I also am ill at the moment with bronchitis and NO VOICE!!! Thats a turnup for the books
Poor li’l LFB. I will definitely pray….xxx
September 10th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
i hope you feel better soon pea!
September 10th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
So sorry about the sickness! Hope you’re feeling better now. The cupcakes look wonderful. I love how fluffy the frosting looks – like I could dive into it. Hugs and prayers for your bunny!
September 10th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Wow, you’ve pushed the envelope on this one. The frosting looks lucious. Glad your feeling better
September 10th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Wow, you’ve pushed the envelope on this one. The frosting looks lucious. Feel better,
September 10th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Get ok soon! And they look d-e-l-i-s-h!
September 11th, 2008 at 6:26 am
Wow, that frosting looks delicious! Love the picture with the bite taken out of it. Hope you’re feeling better!
September 11th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
love your adaptation, as always. that frosting looks so light and yummy!
i’m sorry to hear about LFB
i hope she doesn’t lose her eye! make sure you do the eye drops four times a day if you can!
September 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Wow so much creativity here. I can almost taste the malted milk frosting.
September 12th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
I’ve looked at these pictures a million times this week and it keeps making me desiring it more! And..ooohh..that frosting!!
September 12th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Hope your bunny is getting better and kept the eye…we need a healthy candidate after all!
Glad you are feeling better, too!
The whopper cupcakes look delish and toooo easy to eat one after the other after the other….
September 13th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
These look amazing. It’s like you read my mind, I was just thinking last week about a malted milk cupcake. I’m so making these tomorrow.
September 13th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
That looks divine!
I just did my own take on the TWD Whopper Drops. I recently posted it on my blog. So addictively good!
June 27th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
These look SO GOOD!!
I actually found this post while looking for a white chocolate whipped cream frosting recipe. Or a white chocolate coconut. Do you happen to have any ideas? :O)
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