Cupcakes in Sudan!

Sudan is a huge country in Africa so I can't say for sure....but I think I have photos of the first cupcakes ever made in Sudan.  My husband Bo is currently working at Mother of Mercy Hospital in Gidel, a remote village in southern Sudan.  I sent a pumpkin cupcake mix and tub of applesauce with him so he could make cupcakes there.  The mix required one egg - a luxury item that I did not expect him to be able to provide.  Thank you to the kitchen staff for sacrificing that egg!

The hospital kitchen has a wood-fired stove and the kitchen staff prepared the mix and baked the cupcakes.  I sent free-standing liners so no pan would be necessary.  The final product was a pumpkin cupcake with jam for icing...Sudanese cupcake success! 

Shukran (Arabic for "thank you") to the hospital kitchen staff for making the cupcakes and to Bo for photographing the process.