Cupcake Abuse

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They look delicious, don't they? These are peach cupcakes with a peach buttercream frosting. I bought the peaches at the Davis Square Farmers' Market and was extremely excited to give this recipe a try. For the record, I'm a huge fan of peaches.

Well, these cupcakes really disappointed me.
The peach flavor of the cake was really really faint and the frosting was way too sweet. The whole combination also had a weird aftertaste.

Now, I know what you are thinking. You are thinking that the last time I didn't like my cupcakes (the pistachio/raspberry cupcakes), I got nothing but rave reviews from everyone who ate them. So, clearly the problem is just in my head and not actually my baked goods.

Well, I brought this batch to one of Sam's company picnics and came home with almost the entire batch... no one wanted any.

I'm not sure where I went wrong. Were the peaches bad? Did I bake them wrong? Was the universe punishing me for taking a whole week off from baking cupcakes?
Whatever happened, the result was a batch of delicious-looking cupcakes thrown in the trash. :(

That's right folks, I committed cupcake abuse.