Giggles&Chill

Dark Chocolate cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting. Gluten, egg and dairy free.

smash-cakes:

                         

First of all, let me clarify, the cupcakes are gluten and dairy free, the frosting is not….duh B.U.T.T.E.Rcream.

I made these as part of a surprise birthday picnic for a good friend off mine.

I adapted the cupcake recipe from here.

This was the first time I attempted to pipe anything more than a decorative swirl. Piping roses is actually pretty easy and lots of fun. I watched a few youtube videos on how to do it and this one was by far the best. The key is to be quick, I found that if I was too cautious and slow with piping my petals, they would end up looking really thin and frayed.

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