BACON!

In my never ending quest to determine if there is 

ANYTHING

 you

CAN'T 

put bacon in, I submit my latest concoction.

Food Network Magazine had a version of these in their

June/July issue. I was looking over the ingredient list and when 

I got to "potato starch" I drew the line.

I'm sorry but this magazine has sent me on one too

 many wild goose chases for ingredients. 

I submit my "Japanese Seasoning" at $15 (including shipping cause

you know *that's* not just sitting on the shelf at Meijer's).

So potato starch may not be that exotic and is probably something

you just boil up at home with a couple of potatoes,

but I'm sorry, just not in the mood. 

So let's just say I used their idea as inspiration.

I started with a spice cake mix and substituted the the grease

from the bacon for the oil. 

Yeah, these will kill you.

Get over it.

I substituted about 1/4 cup maple syrup for 1/4 cup of the water.

(Actually could have used more.)

Then I crumbled up about 3/4 pound of bacon into the batter.

Baked those puppies up and then made the cream cheese 

frosting the magazine published.

Now *that* was good!

It's really just a standard cream cheese frosting but instead of vanilla 

and milk you use 1/4 cup maple syrup and 

a couple of teaspoons of cinnamon. 

Then you garnish with what's left over of the bacon.

Yum! 

I think the chocolate bacon cupcakes are still my 

favorite weird way to eat bacon, 

but I'm not tossing these out either!

BTW, did I ever tell you about the company that sells 

Kosher, vegetarian, bacon flavored mayonnaise? 

Yea, scary, huh?