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Filled Cupcakes: An excursion in tip futility

Apr 13, 2014 20:18

I had two occasions to bake cupcakes this week and after viewing some videos on youtube I managed to bite off more than I could chew. It all started with a birthday party. I offered to bring German Chocolate cupcakes. As I am a terrible cupcake froster, I watched numerous videos on using tips in an attempt to make a more picturesque cupcake. While ( Read more... )

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ejia_arath03 April 14 2014, 12:22:42 UTC

A semi-regular "vent our baking frustrations" post suddenly seems like an entertaining idea to me.

unconventional April 14 2014, 15:16:08 UTC

I'm a horrible cupcake froster too. I've gotten a tad better with practice, but mostly it's awful. So I feel your pain.

HOWEVER. I learned a method that works for those of us that are frosting inept. It's foolproof. I use a 1M tip, though any of the big ones seem to work. Take your piping bag and face it straight down on the cupcake and push, slowly coming up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQsAeUG_ZJM Is where I got the technique from, it's like the second last one she does, starts about 2:10. It's cute and I got all kinds of compliments on a bunch of cupcakes I decorated using it.

whyintellectual April 15 2014, 02:54:44 UTC

omg, that is genius!

merlynspen April 14 2014, 15:24:44 UTC

It's hard to tell from your first pic, but it actually looks like your frosting might be too soft to hold a good shape for frosting with a tip. Is it from a can, or did you make your own? (What's the recipe?)

Because other than that, from what it looks like, you have the general idea down. (Again, hard to see, especially with the coconut.)

whyintellectual April 15 2014, 02:53:59 UTC

I used a can of frosting for this and it held the shape just fine, my technique was more of the issue.

merlynspen April 15 2014, 13:18:27 UTC

Have you ever tried doing it with a stiffer/homemade icing?
Even good cupcake frosters sometimes struggle with canned ones for frosting cupcakes using a tip, because it's not really the right consistency.

whyintellectual April 15 2014, 22:06:54 UTC

do you happen to have a recipe that you like? i have never done frosting at home only glaze.

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delazan April 15 2014, 02:03:42 UTC

Doesn't matter what the frosting on top looks like; people will still eat it, so don't worry about it. We eat with our mouths a lot longer than we eat with our eyes.

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