OK, so today I decided to give my new piping bag a go. I was really looking forward to using it & making some lovely looking cupcakes with the fancy nozzle, but it didn't really go to plan :(I found a recipe on the Internet for buttercream frosting & learnt how to make it thicker & thinner depending on what you wanted to use it for, so i made some ordinary simple cupcakes (click here for recipe).
I then planned on making a thick buttercream frosting to pipe on top, but it ended up being too thin and runny & it wouldn't thicken no matter how much i tried bulking it up. So in the end I just spread a generous amount of buttercream on the top of each cake and added some chocolate & iced decorations..& here's what the outcome was...
I was quite pleasantly surprised, even though i was rather disappointed at my piping bag plan failing.So, if you fancy giving these a go here's the recipe for the buttercream topping...
Ingredients:
- 125g butter
- 100g icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons of milk
Method:
- Put butter into a bowl & beat with a whisk or wooden spoon until butter is as pale as possible.
- Gradually add half of the icing sugar & continue beating
- Beat in the remaining icing sugar until a smooth mixture is formed.
If you want to make it a chocolate flavouring just add 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder into the icing sugar, or if you want it a different colour, then just add a drop of food colouring to the mixture.
For the toppings on the buttercream, I sprinkled on some 'Supercook Barbie fun sprinkles', which you can buy from Tesco.
