4:00pm vanilla cupcakes

As a non-sweet sweet eater, I always find baking from non-tested sources a total shot in the dark. This weekend I tried a Mark Bittman yellow cake recipe only to discover, 4 trays of cupcakes too late, that his tastes were way too sweet for me. The only dessert recipes which I trust with 100% certainty are ones by Maida Heatter. She never fails me. And M. has been producing some rather remarkable desserts from Cook's Illustrated so I might go there there next time I'm looking for the perfect cupcake recipe.