Wino Wednesday: Suicide Cupcakes

This is not a recipe, but a misadventure. I haven't had one in awhile. Today, I tried to veganize an absinthe cupcake recipe, with somewhat disasterous results. Have you ever seen a cupcake explode before? Well, now I have. Yes, one of my cupcakes actually exploded. I'm not overreacting. I mean there was a loud *poof!* and a bang as the oven door was forced open a few inches. Then the oven temporarily filled with flames. It was frightening. Look. The darned thing looks HAPPY that it tried to kill me.

Thus, I have removed the recipe from my blog until I figure out what in the heck happened. I'm guessing that I had an air bubble in the cupcake, as none of the other ones exploded, and that my oven temperature runs high. If I can make the recipe without causing another conflagration, I'll post it. Until then, I'm still alive!

(If you're interested, the original recipe is on Coconut and Lime. I've followed it before and not had any ignition. The cupcakes were a huge hit. I suspect that my oven is running a bit high and that I probably had a little chunk of baking powder in there. The flames were undoubtedly due to a direct hit on an element.)