A couple of weekends ago, I went to a cupcake bootcamp at the Merchandise Mart with my friend Kristine. It was a blast! We were there for about four and a half hours and learned how to make five cupcakes and frostings from scratch.
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Did you know you're supposed to mix the butter and sugar together for about 5 minutes before adding any other ingredients? And that ALL the ingredients you use should be at room temperature (even the milk and eggs!)?
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We used these awesome cupcake scoopers to make sure the cupcakes were even - they were out of them at the store, but I totally want one!
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We also learned how to make caramel on the stove...except when I tried it at home it was awful...but I'll try again (and if I get it to work I might post it for you!
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The cupcakes our group made! Beautiful!
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Frosting them was a lot of fun! I hoped they would show us more frosting tips and hints, but they really didn't. However, it's pretty easy when you have the right frosting tips!
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It was super fun using the blow torch on the smore cupcakes!!
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These are all the ones I frosted and took home. Yumm!
And we got to take them home too! So delicious!
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That looks like it would have been so much fun! Cupcakes are so yum. =) Love your site, new follower! Hope you had a great weekend!
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YUMMO!!! I'm loving the look of that shiny choc icing, I bet there is none of those left!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun day out, they all look great and no, I did not know everything had to be at room temp! Thanks for the tip :)