The Mailing Experiment: Part 2

They arrived! They arrived! (Don't know what I'm talking about? Go here to see part 1.)

Note: All pictures and ratings were done by my sister. I had to make her earn these cupcakes, right?

Let's take a look, shall we?


Uh oh, I see some cupcake on the Ziploc. At least the frosting containers stayed together.


Out of the box and ready to go! Looks like the bag keep it's vacuum the whole trip.


Apparently some of these cupcakes got so hot they were trying to pulling a strip tease right there on the counter.


And frosted!

Alright, so they made it in one piece, but how did they taste? I sent my sister a nice little form to fill out about each cupcake regarding it's freshness and appearance.

I sent her two different cupcakes -- Strawberry Basil Lemonade and Dark Chocolate with Peanut Butter. Let's investigate the Strawberry Basil Lemonade Cupcake first.

Strawberry Basil Lemonade Cupcake

Freshness:
Rating Scale of 1 - 5. 1 = "That was supposed to be edible?" and 5 = "Like it just came out of the oven".

Rating: 3
"A little on the dry side"

Appearance:
Rating Scale of 1 - 5. 1 = "Unrecognizable" and 5 = "Perfect Condition".

Rating: 3.5
"These cupcakes got stuck to the top of the Ziploc and the very top of them peeled off, similar to taking wax paper off a cake. However, the actual cupcake wrappers were beginning to separate from the cupcake as well."

Dark Chocolate with Peanut Butter Cupcake

Freshness:
Rating Scale of 1 - 5. 1 = "That was supposed to be edible?" and 5 = "Like it just came out of the oven".

Rating: 2.5
"REALLY dry"

Appearance:
Rating Scale of 1 - 5. 1 = "Unrecognizable" and 5 = "Perfect Condition".

Rating: 5
"I took them out of the Ziploc and they looked perfect"

Hmmm, so not quite a fail, but not exactly a success either. Looks like we are battling dryness. I did note, however, that we had the same problem over the weekend with the chocolate peanut butter cupcakes -- after just a day or two they were very very dry. Another note about the frosting that she made:

"The frosting separated (on both flavors) a bit in the container...I just froze for about 5 min, stirred, and it was fine."

So looks like the frosting turned out pretty okay. Can't really expect much more during the hot summer months.

Back to the drawing board I go. However, I have a couple ideas to help with this whole dryness issue. We'll have to see if they work.