Okay, I couldn't resist this, especially cause I've had my share of frosting disasters. The Oregon Louisiana Chef turned a bad frosting situation into a yummy one - click through to get the lemon lavender frosting recipe:
For the actual cupcake part, I used Magnolia Bakery’s vanilla cupcake recipe. (I found it on FoodNetwork.com). It seemed to have positive reviews across the board, so I gave it a chance, and I have to say, I’m very pleased with it. It was simple and easy to make, and the cupcakes came out moist with a nice crumb. I thought the flavor was very delicate and not overly sweet.
The icing was what gave me problems. I don’t know if the buttercream on Food Network is the actual buttercream that Magnolia Bakery uses, but it’s gross. It was not only cloyingly sweet, but the texture was horrible. It wouldn’t even go through my piping bag, but managed to explode in various places around my kitchen. I tasted one cupcake, and immediately needed a full glass of water due to the sickeningly sweet taste of it.
So here I am, with a ton of unfrosted cupcakes and sucky icing. I knew then and there that a sweet icing wasn’t going to work with the sweet vanilla taste of the cupcakes. I trolled the internet and found a lemon icing recipe, and decided to go with that.
For the actual cupcake part, I used Magnolia Bakery’s vanilla cupcake recipe. (I found it on FoodNetwork.com). It seemed to have positive reviews across the board, so I gave it a chance, and I have to say, I’m very pleased with it. It was simple and easy to make, and the cupcakes came out moist with a nice crumb. I thought the flavor was very delicate and not overly sweet.
The icing was what gave me problems. I don’t know if the buttercream on Food Network is the actual buttercream that Magnolia Bakery uses, but it’s gross. It was not only cloyingly sweet, but the texture was horrible. It wouldn’t even go through my piping bag, but managed to explode in various places around my kitchen. I tasted one cupcake, and immediately needed a full glass of water due to the sickeningly sweet taste of it.
So here I am, with a ton of unfrosted cupcakes and sucky icing. I knew then and there that a sweet icing wasn’t going to work with the sweet vanilla taste of the cupcakes. I trolled the internet and found a lemon icing recipe, and decided to go with that.
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my cupcakes also didn't come out like she said, they were lighter and had a cornbread taste. but i used the one from her book, perhaps it is different.