For Layla’s sparkle birthday party I made my very first ruffle-icing cake. I also made a mini ruffle cake out of cupcakes for her cousin who shares the same birthday and is a year younger. And seeing as the (Green’s Vanilla) cupcakes tasted much better than Nigella’s buttermilk cake recipe (sorry Nigella) and most kids just eat the icing anyway, I thought it a nice occasional alternative to cupcakes.
I also thought just for fun I’d show you how to do the ruffle icing (no doubt incredibly amateurishly) – especially seeing as Jess asked for a tutorial. Though a cooking related-tutorial is the last thing I expected to ever be doing on this blog – I’m not the best cook, though I am trying to be better and am actually enjoying it a little more lately (probably because Layla is into it so it’s something we do together). But I did Google a how-to myself so I guess another one can’t hurt… I’m headless and hopeless at remembering what I’m meant to be talking about and Zak makes a special appearance and food-critic commentary (“mmmmmm”), but you should get the idea. It’s pretty simple. It’s also very late. I made this video the same week of Layla’s party. Which was more than a month ago (cue much groaning and sighing)…
* Cupcakes (I have tried a billion different recipes but nothing tastes as good as the packet mix Green’s Vanilla Cupcakes. I feel like a cheat but it is SO GOOD)
* A whole lotta butter cream (Nigella’s butter cream is yummo: 300g butter, 700g icing sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 2 tbsn milk all mixed together and fluffy.
* A knife or spatula
* An icing bag and nozzle
* Silver balls and topper
How-to:
1. Make a cupcake sandwich by icing the bottom of a cake and sticking two together.
2. Ice the top and fill in the indent between the two cakes with a swab of icing. Yes, there will be a LOT of icing.
3. Follow the instructions on putting together your icing bag from the instructions and then pipe around the cake (see video).
5. Eat and enjoy and then be sick later. Possibly.
Have a fabbo weekend. We had a mini break this week in FREEZING COLD CANBERRA (um, it was -3 one morning. I don’t do cold very well. I certainly don’t do minus degrees. Brr). And I feel a little bit rested and refreshed (mostly due to the cold!). I hope to get back to more regular blogging soon.
Bx
{Images by Belinda Graham for The Happy Home}
Beth do Greens have a gluten free cupcake mix? Or what brand are the gluten free cupcakes you are talking about?
Thanks for sharing this amazing idea
regards from Tuscany
Cata
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x
Melissah