How About A Thread To Seriously Discuss Making Cupcakes?????
Baking By Cookies4kids Updated 11 Dec 2020 , 12:18pm by -K8memphis
Yay Alex!!!! She was on facebook earlier, so I was hoping everything had gone well, but I had to walk out the door to get my kiddos from school.
Now it's time for Alex to rest up & get recovered so he can go party for his b-day!
Alex is Mel's son, correct? I'm glad to hear his surgery went so well 
Yay for Mel!
Fiddle, wanna meet me & grandma out at Mel's grand-opening to surprise her? SSSSSSSShhhhhhhhhhhh, dont tell Mel, lol.
GrandmaG... Thanks for the nice comment on my cake !
Hey Chass I'm there! And of course with all of us being close family members and Aunties to her sweet boys ..for us everything we want to taste test is on the house!
Oh and goodies boxes to go to ! That's so nice of Mel to treat us so well !
But hey were are all so worth it!
Hubby said he'd fly us out! We have a four seater. I think her opening is on July 4th though. Did I see that right? Would be fine with me but you probably want to be with your kiddies Chass. And of course the weather has to be good. It would be about an hour and a half flight.
Are you ready for us Mel? lol 
What kind of a shop did she decide on?
I practiced the rosebuds last night! It took about 20 of them before I got one I liked! I just don't like buttercream flower making! 
Can we keep the personal things out of this discussion? It is too long now to find anything. there is a forum for personal chatting.
Thanks
I have never done a bc rose Grandma, I'm afraid to! I did try some with fondant to put on a cupcake, they were mini, I think you can see 1 in the pic of my hubbys cake. Sad thing is, I didnt want to go to Mangelson's to get more fondant, so I bought a big box of airheads & tootsie rolls, I was going to use those to make some. For the life of me I couldnt do it with that, but here comes my 9 yr old with 2 dozen beautiful perfect airhead roses.
I just made some red, white & blue cupcakes for my mom to take to work, a little early for Memorial Day, but I was bored & needed a couple more dozen for her employees, I sent some in last week, about 40 of them, and they got really mad when they ran out, and 1 guy thought the velvatop icing was so good he LICKED it out of my cupcake courier, I was so grossed out when she told me that.
Is that Velva top the Dawn brand you were talking about?
Yup Grandma, I think I actually like it better then bettercreme, but sssshhhhhhhh don't let the Bettercreme Queen find out, lol.
MMmmm, I might have to come up and get some of that when my Bettercreme runs out. I want to go to Mangelson's and that cupcake shop too!
Hey Chass does that velvatop color the same way that bettercreme does ? Bettercreme does not color very dark like buttercream.
Yes Mel did post that her shop opening was the week of July 4th!
GrandmaG, Im sure that with lots of practice you can whip those beautiful flower buds out with no problem!
I havent tried coloring it, I have an itty bitty left, I can try to do that later Im going to go get some more stuff on Friday, 500 liners 2 weeks ago, and I'm out already
Okay... I am now offically going to have to read through every post...*sigh*.. let the commencement of knowledge begin!!
pinkbox, it's a long thread but I have learned so much on here the past year! Everyone is so helpful and supportive, as is everyone else on the CC forum, but if you want a quick answer you got a great bunch here to help!
Fiddle has all the hundreds of recipes, and one of us can answer any question you have, I wish I had started printing it all off at the begining! I tried printing it a couple of months ago, and it was well over 200 pages, lol, so I didnt
On these sheet cakes I'm making to put the little rose buds on. It is a red velvet but she doesn't want cream cheese frosting. 
Any suggestions? I was thinking of using Bettercreme and sneak a box of cheesecake jello in it. Do you think she'd notice?
Nope, the cheesecake pudding would probably help. I would ask her if you could do a "cream cheese enhansed buttercream" or something. An icing with mostly butter/crisco but part cream cheese (less than half), too. Like a compromise? It'd probably be easier to decorate with, too. Just an idea. If not, try the cheesecake bettercreme or load up your buttercream with butter flavoring.
I think Indydebi's bc would taste really good on a red velvet cake. I'm going to use it on some butter pecan cupcakes next week.
Does anyone have a shelf stable Mango recipe? Carrie needs one for Friday!
mango filling? I made a mango filling last week by cooking down mango nectar with an egg yolk and cornstarch. That worked wonderfully.
OK who's Carrie? Is she on this thread? Did I miss something?
It's me! I'm Carrie. LOL! Had trouble signing on tonight. I've been AWOL for awhile, sorry, but yes...I need a mango filling recipe!
The cake has to sit out overnight, so I need a shelf-stable filling. I'm "winging" the mango cake itself (using my white cake recipe with added mango puree and a bit of rum extract), but have never attempted a fruit filling. HELP!
Another update...so far the bleeding has tapered off in the pregnancy. I hit 12 week mark late last week and have an appointment next week. Provided there is still a heartbeat, then everything should be in the clear.
Another quick note, I'm using Facebook alot. If anyone is on there, add me! My email is [email protected]
Glad to hear you're doing well Carrie! I've been thinking about you!
Everything I see says you have to refrigerate the mango filling. Can you find a grocery store that sells it in the sleeve? They are shelf stable.
Here are some recipes I found but you have probably already googled it.
http://www.angelfire.com/tx/CZAngelsSpace/MangoRecipes.html
I WISH GrandmaG....but our grocery stores around here suck! They have nothing of the sort.
Hall, I think I found some ideas for you! Here is a link that talks about raspberry filling but you could sub your mangoes. Also, could you find Mango jam? That would work whipped up in buttercream or bettercreme.
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-6326827.html
UGH! I'm out of Bettercreme AND the store has no mango ANYTHING. OYE!
I bet Omaha Bakery Supply has sleeves of it, but I didnt go in there today! They have over 40 different sleeves of stuff!
hallfamily727
Have you tried the big Hyvee store on Hamilton Blvd or the Walmart in South Sioux City. They both carry alot of stuff the others don't. hth
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