You see, I tried my hand at making cupcakes today. Urmmm, decorating to be more precise :). I haven't bought an oven yet so I bought ready-made cupcakes at Baker's Cottage! Hehe... (bijak-bijak). The ingredients to make chocolate butter icing were bought a week earlier. I have a mixer so mixing the butter icing was child's play :)
Now, the trouble was I didn't have a proper measuring instrument like a weighing scale to make the right icing consistency. So, it was a bit of this and that (main hantam saja)... I had the recipe with me but it didn't help much since the icing turned out too soft. I wanted to add more icing sugar but the mixture was already too sweet for my liking. I added more cocoa powder to try and balance the sweetness but it didn't help either :(
Now, came the fun part. I also didn't have an icing press. So, I used a plastic bag (the ones they freely supply at supermarkets) and tried to decorate the cupcakes. It didn't turn out right... it looked gross (more like baby poop to me!). But I continued to ice the cupcakes (there were 10 of them) and kept them in the refrigerator as the butter icing started to drip.
But I guess my effort wasn't in vain as both my boys loved them... ahhh, thank God for having 'Pac-Man in the house'! LOL
Here's the equally ugly picture of the equally ugly cupcake! I have a l o o o o n n n g g way to go... I know :*(
Well, at least now you can only do better the next time, right? Good try though. And thank god for those kiddos of yours :)
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to seeing pictures of your next try :D
Don't be hard on yourself sis.. I'm sure you would have a perfect icing if only you have the right stuffs, scale, measurement etc. :)
ReplyDeleteicing is always turn out to be soft if you don't add the egg whites.:)if you don't like the raw egg,you can add some meringue powder.:)
ReplyDeletehi dear...theres always be a first time for everything..hehehe...me also like to make cupcakes.i think your icing to cair thats why susah mau bentuk.and further info you go to cupcakeblog.com..heheh there you can find a lot...happy baking...
ReplyDeletenvm the deco as long as your kids love it!!!
ReplyDeleteLolz.... at least u tried woman! It's the thought that counts right? :):):)
ReplyDeleteMD - I'd better equip myself with the proper knowledge and tools. Hopefully next time it'll turn out right :)
ReplyDeleteAnn - Yeah, I should have done that. I thot it was easy...
ReplyDeleteBaking class sounds reali inviting to me right now :)
Sweetiepie - Egg whites? Meringue powder? Oh, thanks for the info :) I shall keep that in mind :)
ReplyDeleteMom's World - That's true. Don't let failure stop you, right :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'll definitely check it out!
may be one or two baking class and from there, you improvise..you should be ok..
ReplyDeleteDeana - Thank goodness for the kids, if not, those cupcakes would have been joined the trash!
ReplyDeleteMarzie - I ain't done yet... will try till I get it right :D
ReplyDeleteDeana - You're right. The problem is to find one that's near where I live and for me to find the time to attend it... I should invest in some good baking books too.
ReplyDeleteYang penting SADAP! :D I'm crap at baking too. I tried making scones with my sis-in-law and it ended up like rocks! Good for chasing away those stray cats! LOL!
ReplyDeleteShemah - Hahaha! I remember the time I was in Kelas Sains Rumahtangga, my cake turned out like a brick! Tulah, asyik bercerita seja with my group... lucky our teacher didn't punish us :D
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