On Monday, I went to a cupcake decorating event. To be honest, it was less decorating than I anticipated. I was thinking they'd be showing us how to do all sorts of fun designs and such. Instead, while informative, we did fillings and basic swirly icing with some embellishments.
I found the deal online a few weeks ago and immediately sent it to a few friends. Kay Mills was totally in, but by a twist of fate, when I bought my ticket, it happened to be the last one. Boo. So I had to do it alone. Not awful, but not as much fun as it could have been.
The event was at Isabelle's Curlycakes. It's a cupcake shop that was the idea of Todd English's daughter (he's a well-known chef). The shop is in Beacon Hill and is cozy - as in really cozy small. My group made:
- Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cup - chocolate cake filled with peanut butter ganache topped with peanut butter and chocolate butter cream frosting
- Oreo - chocolate cake with the top sliced off and vanilla buttercream icing between the base and top, topped with another dab and some Oreo pieces
- Red Velvet - red velvet cake with cream cheese icing and white chocolate curls.
The other group made Triple Chocolate (tons of chocolate plus coco puffs) instead of Oreo. Our chef also showed us how they make the Boston Cream Pie cupcakes by filling and icing the cupcakes then chilling them. After they've been chilled, they dip the icing into a melted chocolate (a la a dipped ice cream cone). We got to sample a cupcake before taking a half dozen home for later. Yum!
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