![]() ![]() See? I even put them in separate Dollar Tree cupcake holders. It says, “Yeah, I made a chocolate batch and a vanilla batch totally separately. Step Seven: If you accidentally bought the fancy chocolate and vanilla variety pack of cupcakes, it’s important to put them in separate Dollar Tree cupcake holders. Also, a true baking professional would never, ever do it. When it sets up a little, it helps your disembodied heads stand up nice and straight. Step Six: A GREAT touch when faking cupcakes is a crude blob of icing placed right in the middle of your cupcakes. The disembodied heads can be a little creepy especially when it gets late, so set them aside, like out of sight, while you work on step six. If the characters are too complex to recreate with frosting, I like to print out a bunch of little heads, cut them out, and tape them to lollipop sticks. Step Five: In my case, the theme is Octonauts. It’s important to reserve the excess icing for midnight stress-eating when you realize you haven’t wrapped any of the gifts yet (or blogging about the days events, trickery is tasty). Get a regular old butter knife, scrape off at least half and slap-frost those bad boys. You know how the bakery pipes on that beautiful fudge icing? It’s got to go. ![]() Accuracy aside, nobody wants to eat your hair. Wait – would it seem more “authentic “ and “homemade “ if there was just one loose hair in there? No, no, don’t be tempted. Step Three: After the children have gone to sleep, retrieve the cupcakes from the emptied toilet tank cupboard and put your hair in a ponytail. Give them a minute to get outside and investigate. Step Two: Go straight home, tell the children that you think there’s a minion running around the backyard. Get the plain frosting and get out of there before someone sees you with the goods. Don’t get cocky, you should avoid the airbrushed frosting and fancy cupcake-toppers, they’re dead giveaways. I now present to you The Ultimate Guide for Faking Homemade Birthday Cupcakes in case you too, my dear friend, ever find yourself in a pinch. Maybe I was not the ultimate cupcake maker, but a pretty spectacular cupcake faker. As I worked my magic on someone else’s beautiful creations, the guilt subsided and I realized that I have completely missed my calling. I unloaded my haul quietly when I got home. I quickly and discreetly put 18 cupcakes in my cart. I was tired and torn, but then got a wonderful, awful idea. While there would be nothing wrong with bringing delicious Publix cupcakes to his classroom, I had already told Three I was going to make his super-fabulous Octonauts cupcakes tonight. A few things had come up, and when I finally made my way to Publix to get the necessary baking supplies, I found myself lingering in the bakery. I let Eight, Five and Three (their ages, not their real names, but it’s easier this way for all of us) choose any theme they want, and have created everything from Angry Birds to all of Jim Carrey’s most famous characters. Somehow though, every single year, I find myself up into the wee hours of the morning on birthday-eve trying to create the ultimate homemade cupcakes. Quick, less mess and did I mention soft chewy cookies? They are the easiest cookie I know how to make.Īs quick as I make a batch my family makes them disappear.Since emerging triumphantly from the womb, my three sweet children have celebrated SIXTEEN birthdays between them. These cookies are made in one bowl and don’t need to go in the refrigerator. These cookies are SO easy and soft and addictive and oooppss I think I ate half the batch on my own. The employees are always so helpful and polite.īack to the cookies. I tell her she can’t have a cookie if doesn’t sit down and half the time it works.īy the way – this is NOT a sponsored post although I can’t say enough good things about Publix. Have I mentioned that I am not above bribery? I probably look like a crazy person as she is flailing to get out and I am telling her through gritted teeth that she is staying in the cart. Okay, okay I wish it was that easy but really my kids typically slow down those in and out trips.ĭelilah needs a cookie (a sprinkle cookie of course) and she is in that stage where she thinks she should walk instead of ride in the cart which is always a constant battle. I run in and grab what I need and then I’m outta there. If I am running low or am out of something it is a mile down the road. ![]() I buy nearly all of my meat and produce at Publix and it happens to be the closest grocery store to us. ![]()
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