Did anyone watch this on Friday? I could swear that before they frosted their cupcakes they poked down the center?? Is this just to get more frosting on or was there some other reason for this?

Sheila
Cupcake Learner

Saw the show but didn't notice that, I'll have to go back a watch again.

I believe they were checking for doness.

Was it the red velvet and the Valentines Day one? Because I know they were saying that Mommy? wasnt used to baking and that when she took the cuppies out that they were still raw in the middle.

I Believe They Do Poke The Cupcakes Down.

That girl that was poking was checking for doneness because she poked one and said "Oh this one is way to dry" and she picked it up and poked it again to show the other girl and she agreed that it was too done.

HMMM... I didn't see the first episode. This was the second one & they were trying to teach an employee to "swirl" properly. They'd take a tray from the speed rack and poke down the domes. We seemed to be obsessed with the perfect dome here so I thought it was interesting that they didn't seem to want domes.

I think it was a natural dip when it cake out of the oven. I agree, the way they say "mommy" doesn't sound like they are calling their mom. It's like her name or something. I found out later when they said that the lady is their mom. But I like that show so far.

I thought the show sounded really scripted. I like the ones that sound more off the cuff. I'm sure I'll keep watching tho cuz I'm more than a little obsessed with cupcakes.

OMG, we started laughing hysterically when they they called it their "signature swirl" hahahah, what a joke. They were one of the morning shows today, I wanted to slap that blonde one.

I watch all the cake shows and have to say this was HORRIBLE. My husband and kids all thought it was boring and very unrealistic. It was one of the worse scripted shows I've ever seen.

So does that mean no one else can do their "signature Swirl" LOL Not liking this show to much!!

We were dyin laughing here too! My husband started counting how many times they said "signature swirl." I uhh...hate to tell them but...ahh...a lot of people use that swirl on their cupcakes.

So glad I wasn;t the only one. I swear if they said "signature swirl" one more time I was going to throw a cupcake at the tv. Signature? Um isn't that what almost everyone does?

I saw that show too and it thought, serioursly, it's JUST a swirl!!

As I troll the internet sites this Monday morning (my Monday morning regular) I see LOTS of cupcake companies doing the "Signature Swirl". Can you copyright a "swirl"? I didn't find the 2nd week any less scripted than the first. I don't know that I'll be able to keep watching this show.

OK, I thought the same thing..."Signature Swirl"? Puhlease... it looks like everyone else's "swirl". This show is terrible. I liked how someome clearly poked a small hole in the pastry bag while they were trying to teach the staff to do the "swirl". Successful cupcake shop owners they may be, but successful reality show stars they are not. Completely unimpressed and bored with them already.

I couldn't watch an entire episode it was so stupid. And it was particularly stupid when they were supposedly so tense about someone else being able to do the 'signature swirl' because oh my God, we can't be the ONLY ones icing the cupcakes...plus the way they faked how difficult it was. Please. I turned it off and won't watch again.

I agree with everyone, the show is soooo scripted, "mommy" was making me crazy, "signature" swirl was a close 2nd, and this bugs me (with all cake shows)the busiest day of the year and they take another1000 cupcakes(or something along that line) with a unexpected order..
I did delete it from my pvr so it won't record any future epsisodes.
Jodi

At first I though they were calling a person by their name no just saying mommy oddly. They are too old to be calling their mom mommy in my opinion. I laughed at how particular they were about the coveted signature swirl. Seen it done a million times. Also setting ganache on fire how does someone do that? I am not a fan of the show and am going to have to take it off the list of things the dvr records. Its not worth the space lol.

This is funny!! I thought it was only me and thinking how really silly those 2 women were! Meaning no disrespect to anyone, but the clergyman that came to the shop with "mommy" reminded me so much of the rabbi on Seinfeld. For anyone who has ever watched the old Seinfeld episodes, remember the rabbi who told Elaine's secrets?? I just had to laugh watching this cupcake show and then changed the channel because it became annoying.

I agree with everyone. This show was awful. From the silly signature swirl to the girl who was so talented at fondant that she could roll it flat and then cut it with a dog-shaped cookie cutter to place on top of a cupcake. Seriously, if that's talent I should be making millions at this point! All I could do was shake my head and think how unbelievably lucky these women are. Doubt it lasts much longer.

I agree with all of you....the Mommy bit was driving me straight up the wall....and the "signature swirl" was just plain stupid....but you know, I invented the shell border and no one can do it properly but me and my great aunt that lives in the Amazon....!!!

And I want to know what organization waits and orders 1000 cupcakes the day before they need them...???? The whole thing is so contrived it's ridiculous.....but I keep tuning in...go figure....

Of course they are contrived, besides the fact that all "reality tv" is contrived, it is a show about a cupcake shop---how much "drama" is there really going to be?

I must have missed the part about their anxiety of their "signature swirl"--but who can really watch an entire episode. I do agree with others, these two are completely uninteresting.

And I cannot stand how these grown professional women infantilize themselves by calling their mother in their most childlike voice mommy while at work.

I am so glad that I am not the only cupcake person that dislikes this show!!! I live in the DC area so I've heard a lot of comments on this show - scripted, fake, and not even the best cupcake place here (they are good, but nothing to write home about).

I don't usually watch reality TV but tried to watch the first episode to support a local bakery, however this was so bad I could barely watch more than a minute of it.