Lesson learned #1: Let chopped nuts get in contact with frosting only shortly before serving unless you like munching on soggy nuts.
Lesson learned #2: Wet chopped pistachios look like mold.
Lesson learned #3: Too small eggs make dry cupcakes.
Lesson learned #4: My friends are so sweet they finished all these dry, moldy looking, soggy-nuts topping cupcakes without any complaint.
I got a request for some cupcakes with white chocolate and pistachio for a birthday party this past weekend - from the birthday girl herself. Although I'm not a fan of both white chocolate and pistachio, I agreed. I made vanilla cupcakes topped with white chocolate cream cheese frosting and dipped in chopped salted roasted pistachios.
Sounds good, no? Except things went wrong somewhere in the process and I learned four valuable lessons.
