Dylan’s 1st Birthday Party – Pt 2 (Many firsts)

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Yup, I made cupcakes! Lots of cuppies. I was on leave on Friday and I spent the whole afternoon baking & decorating cupcakes. It was my first time baking cakes with my new oven. The oven is huge, but since it was my first time, I dare not bake all my cupcakes at one go.

So I baked 18 mini ones first. When these turned out well, I baked my 2nd batch of minis. Then my final batch of regular size cupcakes.

Then while waiting for the cakes to cool, I whipped up the buttercream frosting, another first time attempt.

To be honest, I was very disappointed with my buttercream frosting. It’s tooooo sweet. If I cut down on the sugar, it is too soft to be piped into flowers. So how ah??? If you have a good buttercream recipe that creamy, not sweet and good for piping, pls share with me.

And oh ya, it’s my first time decorating cakes too. First time in piping icing…but not bad oso right.

If only the cakes taste as good as it looks. Actually, the cake taste not bad. It is just the icing is too sweet. But then, I think most cupcakes deco are not meant to be eaten. They are always quite sweet.

Hubb asked why I wanted to waste so much time to bake & clean. It is so much easier (& tastier) to just buy a birthday cake.

Ya, ya… but I WANT to bake my son’s birthday cake personally mah! I think there is so much more love in a homemade cake than a store bought one. Don’t u think…