Cupcake Fail

I went to a baby shower about a month ago and the 'favor' was a cute little bag with cupcake mix in it.  I was supposed to add buttermilk, oil, and an egg.  Then 'mix well'.  The batter ended up being more like cookie dough... and it tasted a little off.  Come to find out Hubster had used the oil to fry some meat, then filtered it and returned it to the bottle.

Cupcake batter?

I added chocolate chips for fun

The 'cupcakes' turned out more like blondies with a bit of a meat flavor.  The guys all seemed to like them and didn't really notice the weird flavor.  When will I win this battle?!

What's YOUR favorite cupcake recipe?