3/26/22

cupcake cooking

By far, one of the easiest to follow, well written cookbooks - with lots of cute ideas for making special "themed" cupcakes. ( )

I bought this hoping to find some cute Halloween cupcakes to make. I usually like to make some sort of cake for the younger relatives as they make the rounds on Halloween and it was getting harder to find ideas. I feel like I hit the jackpot! There are a lot of cute Halloween cupcakes, but there are plenty of ideas for all kind of occasions too. By the time I get through experimenting, the family may be tired of cupcakes! I will say that they give instructions for cutting the corners of a Ziploc baggy to decorate with frosting. I quickly got frustrated with that and dragged out my decorator bags and tips. Much easier. I'll also add that I have taken a cake decorating several years ago, but I only make a few birthday cakes a year and I'm FAR from being an expert. I think they're right when they say that anyone (with patience) can make these.

So, anyway, here's a pic of my first attempt at fixing up some of these babies! The werewolves are nothing but cupcake, frosting, marshmallow, fruit-by-the-foot, M&Ms, and a jelly bean.

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This book is full of ideas for decorating cupcakes to look like various animals, flowers, etc. The designs are really adorable and would be great for children's birthday parties or similar events. Unfortunately, I don't really ever make cupcakes for those occasions, and hoped that there would be some more refined, mature designs. I still picked up a bunch of tips and techniques that I can apply to my own ideas though. ( )