A cake mix is something that I despise, being still young and with a reasonable amount of time on my hands. Maybe in 5 or so years when I have babies and toddlers I will be able to appreciate the necessity, but for now I tell you, MAKE YOUR OWN!!! It is so simple and what is an extra 15 minutes?
I made these In the Night Garden cupcakes for my friends 2 year olds birthday. They were pretty simple to make but I wasnt THAT happy with the results. She was though so I guess that is all that matters. A trick that I have learnt is to melt the icing ( I always use store bought vanilla or chocolate icing in those tubs..I know that sounds hypocritical to the cake mix, but the icing is so consistant and a joy to use)melt the icing untill it is liquidy and then plop cupcakes upside down in it and roll around untill cupcake top is fully covered. Drip off excess icing and then allow to harden/cool. You will now have a completly smooth colored surface to add other intricate icing patterns. A few notes on that is to add food coloring and fully incorperating it into icing before melting in microwave. And I always bake my cupcakes day or days before icing them, and then place them in freezer so that I am working with a Frozen cold cupcake, which allows icings to harden faster and avoids pesty crumb residue while icing.
Memo to myself: tea cupcakes, cardamom mango (lime?) cupcakes.
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