Remodel the world-known cupcake through a series of shapes and
design!
Ingredients:
24 vanilla cupcakes baked in yellow paper liners
2 cans plus 1 cup vanilla frosting
Yellow food coloring
12 marshmallows
20 plain doughnut holes
14 orange fruit chews
48 brown mini candy-coated chocolates (M&M’s Minis)
(Tack and Richardson 129).
Cupcakes are usually uniform in its creation, but I decided
to utilize variances of forms to create a duck replica. To prep the dish, I
began to prepare all the individual parts. I began with the duck’s tail; shaping
the spongy piece with both ease and difficulty. In Karen Tack and Alan
Richardson’s example, the marshmallow is displayed so it angles like a tail of
a duck. For stabilization purposes, I used two toothpicks to connect both the
modified marshmallow and doughnut hole to the cupcake.
Following those steps, I got 6-7 tablespoons of frosting and
added multiple drops of yellow food coloring in to a bowel. Mixing the paste
eventually gave a nice, yellow hue. However, without having the proper tools, I
had to figure out a way to dip it into the frosting. After I had the duck
structured the way I wanted it, I coated it in the finished frosting look. According
to Tack and Richardson, they suggested, “Holding the cupcake by its paper
bottom, dip it into the yellow frosting just up to the liner” (131).
Finally, I added the brown coated chocolates to play as the
eyes and placed it on the doughnut hole structure. Then, I used the orange
fruit chews to act as the beak of the duck. Cutting them in half, I was then able
to get the desired size. I flattened the pieces and bent it at an angle where
it would resemble an open beak (131). Securing it onto the cupcake was a
challenge, but eventually it was pinned in place with delicate pressure.
Creating this dish was a bit of a struggle but was overall
had complementary pieces that sufficed. Manipulating the shapes offered a different
take on making cupcakes, something I’d usually make with much more ease.
Throughout making this dessert I began to wonder: What difficulty do you add to
your hobbies?
Tack, Karen and Alan Richardson. What’s New, Cupcake? New York, New York. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Boston 2010
Wow! I am very impressed by your baking skills Breanna! To answer your question, the difficulties I add to my hobbies is to ALWAYS find new solutions or new ways to do something instead of same old, same old. I am a beginner in cooking, how do you become a better cook?
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