Cupcakes- Your Opinions- Do You Frost To The Very Very Edge?

Decorating By elvis Updated 24 May 2006 , 4:45pm by Bettycrockermommy

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elvis Posted 24 May 2006 , 1:18am
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Hi-- This seems so silly but I really have been wondering which looks more professional... I usually frost my cupcakes all the way to the very edge-- I like this look although sometimes the frosting gets into the ridges of the paper and that's not so pretty :O)

I noticed in a cupcake book I got the other day that all of their cupcakes were just frosted in the middle, leaving a border of "naked cake" all the way around the top. What do you like? Of course this isn't a crisis but I've got two giant orders of cupcakes ahead and so this question is on my mind again!

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mjulian Posted 24 May 2006 , 1:27am
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Middle for me. Other wise it they ever touch it will mess up the frosting. Plus I like to pack mine and then deliver and if you put frosting to the edge they are hard to pick up with your fingers.

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mmdd Posted 24 May 2006 , 1:31am
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It looks more professional with the "naked cake" showing...I don't really know why, but it just does....IMHO.

Middle for me, too.

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4Gifts4Lisa Posted 24 May 2006 , 3:10am
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Middle for me, too, for all the above reasons!

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elvis Posted 24 May 2006 , 12:22pm
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Those are good reasons...maybe I'll become a middle froster too. icon_smile.gif

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Jenn123 Posted 24 May 2006 , 12:38pm
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I use a tube to apply the icing and get as close to the edge as possible. If you don't seal the cake with icing it will dry out quickly.

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Jenn123 Posted 24 May 2006 , 12:40pm
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p.s...I also usually decorate them in the box so I don't have to move them around and mess them up.

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Bettycrockermommy Posted 24 May 2006 , 4:45pm
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When I decorate cupcakes, I use the #21 star tip and do a swirling effect almost to the edge. This is the easiest way I have found to do many cupcakes in a short amount of time.

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