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| Must be apple cider vinegar, add a few drops of dish detergent. |
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| I put mine in a small container of my kitchen window sill, above my sink. |
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| This is a flat, plastic dish that I leave by my outside compost container. These are the fruit flies that escape when I open the lid.........ICK |
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| The chocolate frosting - I used a microwave safe casserole dish. To avoid burning the chocolate heat 30 sec on high, then stir. |
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| I used my hand mixer to beat it. |
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| I kept beating it while it cooled. |
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| Whipping cream in a steel bowl (in the freezer). Once you start beating the whipping cream, add 30 Ml of sifted icing sugar - this stabilizes the cream better than granulated sugar. |
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| Raspberry jam at room temperature. Be careful with the whip cream or it could turn into butter! |
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| I cooled the 4 layers, then flipped them back into the pans. |
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| They baked uneven (I did not spread the batter evenly)! |
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| A layer of jam (raspberry). The cake is uneven. I will flip the cakes, the thick/thin layers alternating. |
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| Whip cream smoothed over the cake edges. |
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| You can build the layer up at the edge with whip cream. This way the chocolate icing won't fall in to the cracks between layers. |
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| All of the cake layers were exactly the same size!! The heat in the kitchen or the weight of the jam, OR the cakes were too fresh (should have baked the cake the night before). The cake layers look wider on the bottom. The cake was in and out of the fridge due to the house being TOO hot! |
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| Chocolate frosting was not refrigerated. I poured it around the edge of the cake so it would drip and coat the sides. |
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| A huge battle to get it into the fridge quickly! |
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| A little buttercream icing for a centre design. |
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| I followed the cake box instructions, mixing in the jello and the pudding then adding water, oil and eggs. I drizzled juice from 2 lemons and 250 mL icing sugar over the top before I flipped it out of the pan. I made holes with a wooden skewer, drizzled on the lemon mixture, waited for it to be absorbed, then flipped the cake out. |
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| I google searched unicorn cupcakes. One suggested stuffing the inside with icing stars or sprinkles. I pushed a space in the cake using an apple corer, then poured in the stars. |
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| The icing bag can rest in a cup to add the icing. |
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| I used a large star dot nib. |
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| the icing is all butter, cream and clear vanilla flavouring - you could also add butter flavouring. I always sift the icing sugar. |
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| Time to colour! remember to use a new tooth pick each time to avoid adding icing to the colour pot. |
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| I went dark with the colours. |
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| I used a dinner knife to add a row of each colour |
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| If it is easier to add colours while holding the bag do that instead of using the glass. |
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| I smooth down the icing using a bowl/bench scraper. A student showed me this ! It helps avoid air pockets |
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| I had never done this before; I am happy with the results! |
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| I found it easier to put the cupcakes in the pan and decorate. |
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| Colourful display |
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| Left over using on the left over cake! |
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| Divide the cake mix into 4 bowls |
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| Add the colours using a clean tooth pick every time - do not contaminate the dye with cake batter. |
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| Stir until colours blend. |
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| Spoon the colours into the baking cups. |
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| I did 2 layers of cake batter drops. |
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| I only have a 12 cup muffin tin so the extra batter went into a small spring form pan. |
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| random placement of coloured batter. |
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| Cooked - I use a wooden skewer to test for doneness. |
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| the colours stayed separate! |
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| always cut the rounded top off of cake, flip it over onto the levelled part, then decorate |
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| a favourite, easy method. Measure using dry measures and wet measures. Baking is chemistry |
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| Gather all of the equipment and ingredients together. PREHEAT oven to 375 (Bake for 25 minutes) |
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| I freeze my older bananas (2 per bag) I take them out of the freezer for 30 minutes, them smash them by hand. |
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| dry ingredients in the bowl, wet in the measuring cup |
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| The chocolate chip magic |
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| spray the pan, put 1/2 of the cake mixture in the pan, cover with the chocolate chip mix |
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| Dot the remaining cake on top. Connect the dots to smooth out the dough. |
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| Test with a skewer or sharp knife to make sure it is cooked - enjoy! |
