Why is it that my cupcakes either won't stay on, the tops fall off or the frosting slides off the cupcakes. Am I making the too top heavy? Anybody else have this trouble?
Some of them did. I have been having trouble with cupcakes lately. My first ones (different thread) sunk in the middle, and now these ones had a dome on top and stuck to the pan. I had to take a butter knife and slide it under to loosen them to take them out.
kaka, what type pan do you use? I use a nice aluminum, not glass, nor cast iron, nor tin. Do you use papers? I do but I don't grease them. I grease the top of my cupcake pan and just slightly below the rim though to keep any batter that might rise to big from sticking to the pan, but I also try to keep my cupcakes from getting too big with a dome. I use about a one and 1/2 tablespoons full of batter per cup.
How are you putting the pan into the the oven, (from side to side or from front to back. ) If you put them in front to back you will have baking issues cuz it is hotter towards the back of the oven and cooler up front. I never bake two cupcake pans together either cuz more issues. And my rack is smack dab in the middle of my oven and not on the lower rung either.
I bake at 325 F. And I bake a lot longer then the 350 F. I usually go about 45 mins or so maybe longer, not really sure because I really go by sight and not time. Slower ovens help keep the cupcakes from rising too fast thus the sunken hole. I use the spring back when touched and toothpick trick to test for doneness.
As for frosting the things, I wait till they are absolutely cool. And if the tops are too big I will level them also. If the frosting is sliding off after cooling the level cupcakes then either your frosting, the house or your cupcakes are still too warm and I would put the frosting and cupcakes into the fridge to cool down.
If this sounds too elementary, I'm sorry. HTH 
i had to put about three toothpicks in each of my bottom layer of cupcakes when i attatched them to the bouquet... i pushed the toothpicks two thirds of the way into the cupcake and tried to angle them up as much as possible so they would have a greater chance of staying put. i dont know if that will help, but i have a picture of my bouquet in my photos... i dont know if it was just beginners luck but i had no issues with my icing other than the fact that i had never done roses before. Good luck and dont worry... you will figure out what works best for you!
I use an aluminum pan, I did put them in front to back. I'll do the side to side next time. I use papers, but didn't grease the pan. I will do that next time too. I also believe I overfilled the pans. Will not do that again. Thanks for the help
kaka,
my icing slid off my cupcakes too,
Solved the problem by spredding a thin layer of bc with a knife on the top of the cupcake just before piping on my icing.
Just gave the flowers something to grab hold of I guess. 
mommachris
how do you make a cupcake boquet?
scroll down close to the bottom of the home page and there is an article posted by cambo entitled how to make a cupcake bouquet... It's really rather easy and it's the inspiration i used to make mine.... thanks again cambo.... 
Quote by @%username% on %date%
%body%