Ice Cream Cupcakes and The Doughboy Diaries Part II

This month, Stef from Cupcake Project is hosting an Ice Cream Cupcake Roundup with Scoopalicious. Yum! I plan on using a dairy-free ice cream, I'm still not sure if I should use soy or rice ice cream...and I still haven't figured out where to get ahold of some oatscreme! Whatever I decide to do, I have a feeling that these cupcakes will be delicious...even if I manage to mess them up somehow, I'm sure a cupcake topped with ice cream AND frosting will taste heavenly -- so long as meatloaf isn't a part of the mix :)!

Speaking of dairy-free ice cream, we've got a treat for you...it's part two of The Doughboy Diaries! My husband puts these short 'stories' together as I sit back and laugh myself to tears while I read each witty line over his shoulder. Being married to someone with a sense of humor and a big heart gives me a warm, gooey feeling inside that not even éclairs can experience!

So here's part II, enjoy! (And if you'd like to read part I...click here)

As the economy slows, the cost of food rises, and gasoline prices reach unheard of levels, the Pillsbury Doughboy continues to suffer with his much-publicized financial hardship. An amateur photo journalist shot this footage of Doughboy working a part-time job as a cupcake taster -- vegan cupcakes to be exact. Some sources have speculated that throughout his career, Doughboy may have suffered from a severe lactose intolerance, which he’s been forced to hide from his adoring fans out of a fear that it might compromise his position as a spokesperson for delectable milk and butter based morsels. It may just be that all those ‘hoo hoo’s’ weren’t innocent exclamations of joy, but cries for help from a bloated, ashamed little fella. He was too afraid to tell the world that over all the biscuits, cookies, and cinnamon rolls, he’d really just prefer a vegan cupcake.

These are the first Cupcakes I made from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. They were delicious, apart from the fact that I forgot the include the SUGAR! Sheesh! It's so funny, I was actually making it a point to pay attention to every little step in the instructions, because I wanted to see if their lowfat vanilla cupcakes have that perfect cupcakey texture I've been looking for in a recipe. (This reminds me of the many times I make it a point to put my keys in an easy-to-locate spot in my purse, but then, later, I spend even more time looking for them than I do when I just throw them into my mary poppin's-like bottomless bag!) Never a dull moment! And guess what...at the last minute I thought I'd come up with a simple but light frosting; I threw a few ingredients together, like cinnamon, pumpkin spice, vanilla soymilk, a tad bit of butter and, to my surprise, it was yummy! I didn't even notice that the cupcakes were missing sugar! Funny how this turned into a happy accident. From now on, I think I might just start using less sugar in any cupcakes I put together; the frosting provides enough sweetness for me :).