% Chocolate Cupcakes % recipe, scheme, #pinned % 2008-12-15
Every now and then, I dust off my copy of The Little Schemer and read a few sections. It’s a great book, in a unique and friendly format.
Part of the reason I pick up the book time and time again is because re-
reading sections of it re-enforces the basic concepts that a Scheme programmer
needs to know. Now I’m not saying I don’t know these basic concepts, because I
do, but my daily routine unfortunately does not involve Scheme. Instead, I
spend my time not recursing on cdrs but using imperative style looping
constructs.
And, since I like to make my own junk food, it’s the perfect book since it leaves pages for jelly stains and provides a chocolate chip cookie recipe. I thought it’d be nice to share my new favorite cupcake recipe, with peppermint icing–just in time for the holidays. I’ve stolen Friedman and Felleisen’s recipe format:
(define (chocolate-cupcakes)
(bake '(375 degree) '(20 minute)
(mix (mix '(sugar 1 cup)
'(flour 3/2 cup)
'(baking-soda 1 teaspoon)
'(cocoa 1/3 cup)
'(apple-sauce 1/2 cup)
'(cold-water 1 cup)
'(vanilla 2 teaspoon)
'(salt 1/2 teaspoon))
'(vinegar 2 tablespoon))))
(define (peppermint-icing)
(mix '(butter 1/2 cup)
'(powdered-sugar 2 cup)
'(vanilla 1 teaspoon)
'(peppermint-extract 2 teaspoon)
'(milk 3 tablespoon)))
Enjoy!