To take 'rotten' cup cakes to a friends house for lunch?

[Pufflemum]

Made an extra effort this morning and knocked up a batch of orange choc chip muffins to take to a friends this afternoon. Just gave DS (4 years) one to test and he announced that they are rotten! They are a bit bland tbh. Should I take them anyway?

Oh take them. Not sure I would trust a 4 year olds taste buds either!!

Can you whip up some icing to bung oin top of them before you go, to jazz them up a bit?

Even if not, I would take them anyway. I'm sure they are still much better than most shop bought efforts!

I'd test one myself first! I baked some banana muffins for my parents to take home a while back and didn't taste them first, once they had gone, I bit into one and realised I had forgotten to add the salt! (used bicarb as raising agent and they tasted 'soapy'!)

If is just bland tasting, make a syrup with some orange juice and sugar boiled together (or add water to marmalade, if you have some and boil). Pierce muffins several times with skewer and spoon syrup over. The muffins will absorb the syrup and be moist and yum!

Or top with some cream cheese frosting with some orange juice/marmalade mixed in or with choc buttercream

Agree with Sydsaid icing covers a multitude of sins! Good idea to taste them though! My brother once cooked a cake for the family and put salt in place of the sugar!

Thanks everyone, I iced them and took them. All the kids ate at least two, although the parents seemed to be too full to eat them ( myself included).