Its a cupcake...or is it?!?!

Yep, I'm opening with a picture. Isn't it beautiful? A cupcake with frosting and WAIT?!?! Is that bacon and chives?

Why yes my friend, it is. Things aren't always what they seem. I learned that from Aladdin.

Full disclosure, this isn't really a cupcake. Its a muffin. A quinoa muffin. I got the recipe from Martha Stewart and adapted it to make it less sweet. I omitted the raisins, only added 1/2 cup white sugar instead of brown sugar (I would use even less next time) and left out the vanilla. It makes a pretty dense, but delicious muffin.

For the "frosting" I mixed goat cheese and cream cheese (about half and half) in my food processor. It made a beautiful, creamy white frosting.

All that was left to do was sprinkle some chopped bacon and chives on there. I sat at the dinner table and patted myself on my back for quite a while last night. This turned out PERFECT. It was exactly what I was hoping for. A yummy muffin with the creamy, tart goat cheese frosting and the salty, crispy bacon on top. I made a potato and leek soup to go with it and let me tell you, we were all stuffed.

Oh, by the way, you could use just about whatever kind of not too sweet muffin you wanted to use. I think corn muffins would have been good too. I think I want to try and go even more savory next time and add some sauteed onions or something to the actual muffin.