Ok, I took up cake decorating because buying birthday cakes for my two kids was very expensive and I felt like since I am a crafty type of person I could do a decent job if I made them myself. Plus it is something I have always wanted to do. 
I have really gotten into decorating and have been having a ball doing it--even with the small disasters that come each time I try to do something. That's another story...
However, after today, I'm ready to give up....put all of my stuff for sale on ebay and call it quits. This one takes the cake (no pun intended)
My kids' school Easter parties are coming up next week and I got this harebrained idea (oops - another pun) to make easter egg cupcakes. You know the mini cake kind? I went on a massive hunt (gosh, I gotta stop) for these cake pans. No one in town had any so I bid and won 2 of them on ebay. My daughter is a toddler and I wanted to the petite ones for her. Looked all over for those too and couldn't find them, was about to give up the hunt and found some at Walmart. I was sooooo excited.
I decided to go ahead and do them today since I have a full-time job. Cleaned my house from top to bottom yesterday so that I would have time to do them.
The baking came out great. They were really cute (kinda looked like little turtles). I made 24 mini eggs and 36 petite eggs. Half chocolate and half yellow.
Then, it came time to cover them. The package had some cute ones that were covered with what looked like candy melts. The recipe on the back was for a glaze. How silly of me to think that the recipe on the back was for what was on the front.
I did not realize that the glaze would be translucent. They looked awful. I had thought about doing a poured fondant over them, but I'm afraid that would have been just as translucent. It seems that is the reason they use WHITE cake. 
So, I made a batch of buttercream and in my tizzy I was having, I put waaaay too much flavoring--I use creme bouquet & valencia--my recipe calls for 1 1/2 tsp and I used 1 tbsp!!! 
So I left out the creme bouquet...it's just awful...taste like soap. Anyway, I said "Well, maybe it won't be too bad with just a little bit on the cakes. Maybe the kids won't notice. 
" so I proceeded to ice these little buggars. They look terrible---all bumpy and uneven. I'm used to having a cake glued down to a board and on my pretty little turn table with my cute little spatula and turning the board to ice. I had extra-strong soapy buttercream all over the place, on my hands, up my arms...well, you get the picture.
So now, I'm stuck with 60 mini cakes in plastic bags in my freezer and nothing to bring for my kids' Easter parties.
Think I may run down to the local grocery store and buy some cupcakes or something.
I'm hoping all of you wonderful people can tell me what to do to get outta this mess.
I have really gotten into decorating and have been having a ball doing it--even with the small disasters that come each time I try to do something. That's another story...
However, after today, I'm ready to give up....put all of my stuff for sale on ebay and call it quits. This one takes the cake (no pun intended)
My kids' school Easter parties are coming up next week and I got this harebrained idea (oops - another pun) to make easter egg cupcakes. You know the mini cake kind? I went on a massive hunt (gosh, I gotta stop) for these cake pans. No one in town had any so I bid and won 2 of them on ebay. My daughter is a toddler and I wanted to the petite ones for her. Looked all over for those too and couldn't find them, was about to give up the hunt and found some at Walmart. I was sooooo excited.
I decided to go ahead and do them today since I have a full-time job. Cleaned my house from top to bottom yesterday so that I would have time to do them.
The baking came out great. They were really cute (kinda looked like little turtles). I made 24 mini eggs and 36 petite eggs. Half chocolate and half yellow.
Then, it came time to cover them. The package had some cute ones that were covered with what looked like candy melts. The recipe on the back was for a glaze. How silly of me to think that the recipe on the back was for what was on the front.
I did not realize that the glaze would be translucent. They looked awful. I had thought about doing a poured fondant over them, but I'm afraid that would have been just as translucent. It seems that is the reason they use WHITE cake. So, I made a batch of buttercream and in my tizzy I was having, I put waaaay too much flavoring--I use creme bouquet & valencia--my recipe calls for 1 1/2 tsp and I used 1 tbsp!!! So I left out the creme bouquet...it's just awful...taste like soap. Anyway, I said "Well, maybe it won't be too bad with just a little bit on the cakes. Maybe the kids won't notice. " so I proceeded to ice these little buggars. They look terrible---all bumpy and uneven. I'm used to having a cake glued down to a board and on my pretty little turn table with my cute little spatula and turning the board to ice. I had extra-strong soapy buttercream all over the place, on my hands, up my arms...well, you get the picture.So now, I'm stuck with 60 mini cakes in plastic bags in my freezer and nothing to bring for my kids' Easter parties.
Think I may run down to the local grocery store and buy some cupcakes or something.I'm hoping all of you wonderful people can tell me what to do to get outta this mess.
You learned from your mistake 
....if I am doing something just for us, then no problem if I make a mistake, and I dont and they look ok, but do something for a class or something else 
I imagine they are tablespoons, but I know people who dont know one from the other and just in case someone is worried about it it will ease the worry a bit. 
