Lauren's Kitchen: My first "piping" experience

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

My first "piping" experience

Since I used boxed funfetti cupcakes and its coordinating canned icing (I know, scandalous!), there is no recipe in this post.

However, this was the very first time I tried piping rather than slapping the frosting on with a spatula. I dumped the frosting into a ziploc and clipped the corner, and poof!

Although, note to self: 1 can would be fine when you do the spatula method, but when piping? Spring for the extra can. My little masterpieces got smaller and smaller as I went through the tin!

6 comments:

What's Cookin ChicagoApril 14, 2009 at 12:29 PM
Great job on piping!!
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EllieApril 14, 2009 at 12:59 PM
So pretty!
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KerstinApril 14, 2009 at 8:56 PM
I LOVE funfetti cupcakes! They look great - I need to try piping the next time I make cupcakes!
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ColleenApril 15, 2009 at 11:31 AM
These look beauteous (yes, my own word). I agree with needing more frosting when you are piping it too!
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VINCENTApril 16, 2009 at 3:55 PM
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BridgetteMay 30, 2009 at 4:15 PM
If you whip the icing for about 5 minutes in a stand mixer you can ice all of the cupcakes with just one can!
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Before my wedding in 2003, my idea of cooking was Kraft mac and cheese. My mother and my mother-in-law even left me several boxes of the blue box on my counter the day we returned from our honeymoon. I believe a few showed up in the wishing well at my bridal shower, too.

Once I became a Mrs, however, I figured I'd need to step it up in the kitchen.

I rarely prepared anything from scratch, though; it was frozen stuff chicken and rice in a pouch all the way.

About a year (and 20lbs) later, I decided that something needed to change in the kitchen. I went on a diet and lost the weight, but knew I needed to lose the habits too.

Armed with Rachael Ray cookbooks and the internet, I slowly began to expand my repertoire. I joined an online cooking forum and subscribed to about eleventy billion cooking blogs.

Cooking remains a challenge, however, as two sweet little boys joined our family over the last few years. Coupled with my full time job, I look for meals that are healthy and easy.

I also discovered a love for photography along the way, and while I'm about as unprofessional behind the camera as they come, I really enjoy honing my skills on my dinner - mainly because it can't run away like my two wild boys can.

I love maintaining this blog, and I hope you like visiting.