Well, let me start by saying that I have 4 dozen mini's and 3 dozen regulars due on V-day, cupcakes that is... so I decided to bake today and ice/decorate tomorrow. I put 24 of the little CC holders in my CC pan and thought, how ever am I going to get the batter in these things without overflowing them? Tried a pitcher, too much too fast for the little guys, tried to spoon, too messy... and then I got a bright idea... I had bought the large wilton plastic bottle for candy making last week and hadn't used it... I figured hmmmmmm.. they put condiments in them, so why not? Not to mention the control over my batter I would have.. so needless to say I used a rubber funnel and poured the batter into the batter and then took scissors and snipped off the top of the nose of it to make it thick enough for batter, and voila... like a charm, I have 2 dozen in the oven baking now in no time... I just thought I would share my genius moment with CC

Heehee. Thanks for sharing! Great idea!

What a great idea!!!! I don't make cupcakes because they're too messy - Guess I can't use that one now!!
Thanks!

THANK YOU!!! I have about 50 cupcakes due on Wed. for my girls school parties. I will be baking and icing them tomorrow. I'm not doing any real decorating on them this year. I know Bad Mommy. The kids only want the sugar out of them anyway. I'm taking the easy way out this year.

Great idea Lori! I use an icecream scoop for mine with great luck, but I'll have to try your method!

That is a great idea too, but I have one of those pampered chef scoops and that booger overflows my little mini's!

i thought of the bottle too, but didnt have one so i ended up using a large gallon ziplock bag and snipped the corner for filling both sizes. cheap and disposable (no extra dishes to wash).

I love this idea for my minis. I am always overflowing those little buggers! thank you for thinking of us.

you've actually inspired me to use those for a project i am working on now.. i have made a few dozen cake balls in the shape of kisses.. but its very hard to dip them like you would a regular cake ball.. i think i will use the bottle to pour over the top of them.. woo hoo..

This has turned into a GREAT thread...thanks Lori! The scoop I have is made for minis (from Williams Sonoma) so they dispense the perfect amount, however, yours would be a faster alternative.....don't have to "scoop" each time! Also, the idea of using them to cover cake balls w/ chocolate is genious!

I love tips that make my life a little easier! Thanks for the tip!

Great idea, thanks for sharing!

Great idea! I hate dribbles on my pans!

Nice idea, I always use the cookie small scoop, to fill the mini ones, but i like your idea better,
also many use a big decorating bag to pour the batter on, you can use is with a coupler only.


Happy Valentines Baking everyone!!!!!!!!




Adriana

Nice idea, I always use the cookie small scoop, to fill the mini ones, but i like your idea better,
also many use a big decorating bag to pour the batter on, you can use is with a coupler only.


Happy Valentines Baking everyone!!!!!!!!




Adriana

I like the idea of using the 1 ounce cookie scoop. they all come out even at one ounce!

but we used to pipe the muffins and soft dough cookies with a bag!

I love those bottles. I had my daughters girl scout troop over before Christmas to decorate cookies and we put the icing in these bottles. It was easy for them to control the icing when they covered the entire cookies with a thin icing and then they used bags of icing when they did the details.

Just another use for them.....

angie..that's a great idea, when we did the cookies at the mall we brought a few dozen of these.

The school participated in some activity promoting the kids and one of the things was to let them decorate their own cookies.

the bottles made this experience great for us ( clean ) and fun for them!

What a great idea! I hate when it drips on the liners too so I use a big piping bag. I tend to use those for everything! Great tip!

I don't have the Wilton plastic bottle, but I am assuming that using a Ketchp or Mustard squirter from WalMart would work just as well, don't you think???

Candy..you know..I think you're right! lol

I use a small paint tip that I push into my bottles to outline my chocolate transfers..

and I have all the chocolate colors in the bottles for easy handling

That is a great idea for that bottle!
I use the Wilton Easy-Pour Candy Funnel, it is great, the little lever on it lets me have all of the control!!!
I can fill about 6 or so liners with each fill up- no fuss, no mess!

Can I ask if anyone has had problems with the top of the Wilton bottle "blowing" out on them? I had some royal icing in one and was squeezing the bottle and then it exploded--the top flew right on top of the cookie. the royal icing was thin consistency.

You can buy a batter dispenser from ebay. I use mine for cupcakes and pancakes with no mess.

Is the batter dispenser expensive? I'm not really doing cakes right now, so I really have to watch my budget.

When I make cupcakes I use a large old fashioned ice cream scoop. This makes all the cupcakes the exact same size with no mess.

Just a thought.

Great ideas! I love the frosting idea in the bottles. I"ve always have taken disposable bags to school events that end up squirting frosting out the other end! Such a mess!

I also use cookis scoops.I have all the pampered chef scoops and the smallest size is perfect for the mini cups. Never had any problems with it.