Cupcakes

This afternoon our Ladies Ministry hosted a cake decorating demonstration at the church.  Shelagh Robertson was our expert, with the help of some cupcake baking by Dianne and Amy Gresham.  There were about two dozen of us watching the demonstration, and about half way through I knew it was something I would never conquer. 

But it was very fun to watch, and to see a triangular bag stuffed with pastel icing come out the other end looking like hydrangeas and roses! Mine looked like blobs of icing. (The purple flower on the top was pre-made, and not by me!!!) After one attempt I asked Jessica Kintigh if she would be kind enough to decorate my other two, which she did.  Shelagh (and most of the others!) made it look so easy that I was frustrated that I couldn’t get anything even closely resembling a flower! 

But I do have to say, regardless of what it looked like, it sure tasted good.  We learned how to remove a small ring in the center of the cupcake and insert filling, then replace the center.  We had orange flavored cupcakes with a whipped pineapple filling.  There were chocolate cupcake with 3 kinds of filling (including a chocolate chip mousse – need I say more???).  And a vanilla cupcake with whipped cream, diced strawberries, and freezer jam filling.  I sampled the orange one; the other two are in my fridge. 

Now that you’ve seen my cupcake (???), here are the samples of the other ladies.  We had some pretty quick learners in the group.  It was a fun way to spend a Sunday afternoon – not to mention tasty.  Thanks, Shelagh and Dianne for putting the program together!!!