Cake Making & Baking Group

[Tsia]

lovely lovely yummy yummy suz!!! .. i want your recipe for that orange and pink frosting!!!! lol

have been experimenting today.
anyone used weird things to decorate cupcakes?

today i used rainbow drops on my lemon ones!
they look cool too! really summery and pretty.
(the middle bit is a white malteser)

https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image1006.jpg https://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s51/tsia977/Image1007.jpg

 

[suzanne108]

Good idea Tsia! I used to eat rainbow drops when I was on weight watchers wonder what they'd be like in the sponge?!

 

[Tsia]

ooooh now theres an idea.
can you tell me your recipe for your frosting please? I am really struggling with mine. keeps going all melted. more icing sugar i add the stiffer but sweeter it gets.
what else can I use to make it more stiff but not more sweet. cornflour?

 

[Glitterfairy]

Buttercream is really sweet...maybe u could add a flavouring to it?

 

[suzanne108]

Whenever I do buttercream I follow Jane Asher's rule! However much icing sugar you use just halve for the amount of butter....so I used 400g icing sugar and 200g butter. I added a teensy bit more icing sugar into my pink, about 2 tablespoons if that, to stiffen it because I used liquid food colouring rather than the paste. X

 

[Tsia]

thanks. so doest anything else ever get put in it? cream cheese i tried which was ok, how about whisked up double cream in its stiff state??


I keep getting.. 'ooh lovely cupcakes but arent they sweet!'' then they screw their faces up!

lol
gotta make them less sweet!

 

[KrisKitten]

PP once suggested a pinch of salt to make it less sweet, not tried it myself though - i always use fresh whipped cream frosting xxx

 

[Glitterfairy]

Maybe use a smaller amount of buttercream if people are saying they are too sweet?

 

[Tsia]

right I'm confused.. take your pictur for eg Glitter.. is that buttercream? or something different?
how can I use less if I want them to look good.
whats your recipe for that cupcake topping in your advatar..?


/...it may give me an idea where i am going wrong. x

 

[strawberry19]

i always use buttercream for my cuppies.. i tyhink people find it so sweet because we all usually use the big wilton nozzle

 

[suzanne108]

Yeah, agree with the above, there is too much buttercream for my liking with the wilton nozzle but they just look good!

 

[Glitterfairy]

Yes thats exactly right strawberry.
Yep its buttercream...2 large scoops of marg a bit of vanilla essence and then icing sugar added until its the right consistency.Sometimes i add a splash of milk.

When i switched to the Wilton 1m nozzle Dad started to say they were a bit too sweet and i find the icing too sweet because there is so much of it BUT i prefer how they look with the bigger nozzle.

 

[KrisKitten]

taste-wise i prefer spreading buttercream on with a pallete knife but with fresh cream the 1m looks lovely =] x

 

[Babydance]

you can take a little sweetness out by using "slightly salted" butter xxx

 

[xdaniellex]

Well i dont eat my cakes so i duno about sweetness ect, i tried making royal icing today, but it just seemed to all melt wen was piped :L
back to the buttercream it is! xx

 

[Arlandria]

Heres this weekends cake for my nephew

https://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs602.snc4/58253_444160102224_516032224_4714078_1020491_n.jpg

 

[Tsia]

oh wow!!! that is one brill cake!!

whats the 'meat' bit, just plain sponge left uncovered? cant see.

 

[Arlandria]

Thanks hun, yeah I was going to cover it but decided I couldnt be bothered lol so left that sponge bit open So the burger is made from chocolate sponge and the bun is just normal sponge" xx

 

[Tsia]

well its really brilliant! wish I had the guts to try summink like that! hope the birthday boy appreciates it.

 

[xdaniellex]

Wow cassandra you never fail to amaze me!!!! looks awesome! will take pics of K's giant cupcake an mini ones when i get them to my parents xx