Go ahead and take a minute to examine the photo above. It's obvious that that isn't a normal bratwurst on a traditional hot dog bun, but can you tell what it really is?
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you filled a sausage casing with cupcake batter? No? Well even if you haven't I'm glad someone has! Over at The Cupcake Project they've been busy making cupcakewursts. That's right, these are cupcake sausages.
They filled unflavored sausage casings with cupcake batter, using a piping bag, and baked these "cupcake sausages." Then they tossed them on the grill for a few moments to give them traditional grill marks and heat the innards up. Served on half a donut with some jelly they look fascinatingly delicious — and uncomfortably just like a sausage.
It might be a bit too out there for you, but even if they aren't your bag you have to admit you totally want to try one. You can check out all the details on how to make them yourself (you are of course obligated to send us photos) at The Cupcake Project.
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These are horrifying, but I would eat the hell out of them despite the fact that they look like poops.
Gross!
i don't think I could eat this.
It's a clever idea, but I couldn't eat it even though I have an enormous sweet tooth. Maybe if the sausage looked a little more cartoon-ish and a little less fecal.
Disgusting.
I can't decide if this is clever or revolting. I mean I love the idea of the warmed up cake and the grilling idea is cute. On the other hand, eww, it's still eating a casing with cake in it and it just turns me off. I have to also agree with Just Erin - too fecal looking.
I'd try it. It does look a bit like poop, but so does brownie batter.
Sorry, but sausage casings mixed with chocolate cake makes my stomach turn.
Ugh, why would you want to ruin perfectly good chocolate cake batter by letting it touch a sausage casing? I think I might be sick.
I totally do NOT want to try one. gross.
yep, agree with most commenters-- pretty revolting. cake in a SAUSAGE CASING? wtf. also ew.
This sounds like a good way to spend extra time turning a perfectly good cupcake into something totally disgusting. No thanks.
That doesn't even look good. Not that I wouldn't try it-it just doesn't look all that appetizing.
Maybe in a flavor other than chocolate? Although red velvet could also look bad, carrot should also be avoided...
Sometimes cleverness turns out to be awesome. Other times, cleverness presents something resembling a poo log on half a doughnut.
Nope, sorry. I'm a vegetarian but even if I wasn't this is still pretty gross.
It's looks like a turd. Or, to give it the least bit of credit, it looks like black pudding. Both are equally bad.
Ick. Plus, what's a cupcake with no frosting? Much less revolting to pipe a thick line of chocolate frosting directly onto the donut. It would still look like a turd though.
I assume these are synthetic (cellulose) sausage casings, and not hog casings?
Um, no.
Yep, I looked over on the Cupcake Project site and those are definitely hog casings--not very appetizing!
Entertaining and intriguing. Thanks! Almost unamously rejected by commenters (who might be better served by a little imagination - or... a bag of Oreo's.)
But how does it taste???
Yeah, nope. Cupcakes should not go inside of pig intestines. This isn't even cute.
This should either be an April Fool's Day post, or a Portlandia sketch. I suppose it's at least amusing to imagine the editorial thought process: "Hmmm, what HAVEN'T we done in the realm of cupcakes yet...let's take a literal piece of intestine, fill it with cake batter, and squeeze out a chocolate dog poober on a dry old doughnut, with a sickening red 'ketchup' trail on top!!" Congrats on being the very first, and last, on this hot trend.
Looks terrible and would be a huge hassle. I have no fear of sausage casing but that would be a huge PITA.
Lacking imagination? Heck no!
We eat with our eyes first, right? Food should look good as well as taste good. This simply does not look good/appealing/appetizing. And no, I don't eat Oreos, unless they're homemade.