Martha Stewart Cupcake Club: Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes

Whew! I barely made the deadline, but I finally finished my first Martha Stewart Cupcake Club project, pumpkin patch cupcakes. I just found out late last week that I was accepted into the online club, which I found out about through the Martha and Me Web site. I was thrilled to become a member. But I had less than a week to meet the first deadline, and I've been traveling a lot this past week - three 8-hour-plus drives across the state in the past five days. I barely had time to go grocery shopping, let alone bake. I was baking until 10 p.m. last night, and then finished the frosting tonight when I got back home tonight at 9 p.m. So I apologize for the typos and bad pictures.

Anyhow, here are my results for the pumpkin patch cupcakes from the Martha Stewart Cupcake book.
When I came home tonight, I found that my husband had already dug into the cupcakes, before I had a chance to frost them. He ate three more after I put the frosting on. I had a couple bites, too. But for me, these cupcakes are just OK. I wish they tasted a little more like pumpkin pie, instead of a gingerbread with some pumpkin added in. I thought they were a little dry, too, but that might be because I overbaked them.

Didn't make the marzipan pumpkins (I'm not even sure where to find marzipan), so I used candy pumpkins instead.

I'm excited to have reason to bake more of the beautiful cupcakes in Martha's new book. Next time, I'll try to be more prepared!