Although I do not accept Sprinkles' claim that their ingredient listed as gelatin is actually carrageenan (so very different!), I made a Sprinkles at-home lemon cupcake kit without the iconic dots. The dots are where the animal-based gelatin is located. (As a vegetarian, I can't eat animal-based products.)
The directions were fairly straightforward (and so loaded with butter I knew the finished product would be rich and delicious). Sprinkles recommends baking longer than I normally would, and mentions that there will be ahem, shrinkage as the cupcakes cool.
There was a bit of shrinkage but not too bad. I was worried the baking cups would pull away but they held up just fine.
I found the cake to be very dense and heavy, almost like a pound cake and not as lemony as I'd hoped, but the frosting was exceedingly and perfectly lemony and refreshing. Combined they provided the lemon kick I'd been hoping for.
In no way could I make the frosting look properly Sprinkles-like, so I didn't even try. Also, my frosting was a bit too chilled for proper frosting. I'd made a double batch to handle the 24 cupcakes I made (two boxed mixes).
I topped the cupcakes with tiny edible (and gelatin-free) silver stars I bought at the Wilton tent sale.
The directions were fairly straightforward (and so loaded with butter I knew the finished product would be rich and delicious). Sprinkles recommends baking longer than I normally would, and mentions that there will be ahem, shrinkage as the cupcakes cool.
There was a bit of shrinkage but not too bad. I was worried the baking cups would pull away but they held up just fine.
I found the cake to be very dense and heavy, almost like a pound cake and not as lemony as I'd hoped, but the frosting was exceedingly and perfectly lemony and refreshing. Combined they provided the lemon kick I'd been hoping for.
In no way could I make the frosting look properly Sprinkles-like, so I didn't even try. Also, my frosting was a bit too chilled for proper frosting. I'd made a double batch to handle the 24 cupcakes I made (two boxed mixes).
I topped the cupcakes with tiny edible (and gelatin-free) silver stars I bought at the Wilton tent sale.
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