I thought it would be nice to frost a cupcake that Mandy had baked. Why this sudden urge to put frosting on a cupcake? Because it was Saturday and I was going to eat it, and it's a well known fact that cupcakes taste better with frosting.
Mandy happened to wander through the kitchen in the brief moment after I had frosted the cupcake but before it made it to my mouth. The stunned look on her face stopped me in my tracks, mouth open, cupcake suspended in midair, ready to bite. It also got the attention of the kids.
"What happened to that cupcake, Dad?"
"Yeah, did you drop it?"
"No, I just frosted it. I'm going to eat it."
My kids, and Mandy, cackled with the mirth that only an icing snob can muster.
Im with you on this one Trevor, frosting doesnt taste better just because it looks better. Although Mandy's does look like it has more frosting. So, ya know, maybe it does taste better with a higher frosting to cupcake ratio.
ReplyDeleteI love that the kids asked if you dropped it. Although I agree they taste the same I know which I would choose!
ReplyDeletebahahaha I've never iced a cupcake in my life. Apparently I frost cupcakes. Too much frosting is gross so I don't think I'd like "iced" cupcakes very much...
ReplyDeleteFinally Mandy has learned to ice cupcakes (and hopefully cookies). Her lack of icing skill has been an embarrassment to me and had reflected poorly on my mothering skills. FYI: Your cupcake was better than hers used to be.
ReplyDeleteI refer my cupcakes without icing, crazy I know but I can guarentee that my girls would not have turned yours down.
ReplyDeleteIt depends how good the frosting is if it amazing Mandy's is better if it is just okay then yours. I like my cupcakes decorated fancy if it is from cupcake shop but there is a lot of over frosting with gross frosting. So I guess the answer is too your tongue but if it was gross don't tell Mandy.
ReplyDeleteI agree...it can look anyway you want if you're just going to eat it.
ReplyDeleteIf I'm not shooting photos of my cupcakes for my blog then they ALWAYS look like yours. If I'm photographing them they'll look like Mandy's. I always refer to it as frosting though. Icing just sounds funny to me.
ReplyDeleteNo icing snob here. My frosting would look just like yours!!
ReplyDeleteWe don't say frosting at all here in the UK, it's always icing whether it's buttercream, royal, water icing etc.
ReplyDeleteMore important then how the frosting gets on top is how you eat it. Whole, bottom first (my fav way) or top first.
ReplyDeleteHey, It's a good thing you always have frosting/icing in your fridge right?
ReplyDeleteI would have frosted the cupcakes the way you did! Food doesn't have to look fancy for me! I just came across your blog today and I think it's hilarious! My own husband just wrote a post for my blog about what he thinks of my blogging habit. I think blogger husbands could have a lot to say about their wives if they got together... haha! Here's the post if you want to see what the husband of a non-craft blogger goes through...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.therandomwritings.com/2013/02/a-husbands-perspective-on-blogging.html