Cupcakes

In the last few weeks our class has been participating in the cupcake war.  I have truly been enjoying this unit because we are learning, not only how to make cupcakes, but also how to decorate them and make them look attractive.  Making them look good was probably my favorite part of the activity.  My group won two awards for best taste and two for best look.  The first day our mint cupcake won for appearance and our peanut butter cupcake won for taste.  On the second day, we made a chocolate chip cookie cupcake with chocolate icing.  That was definitely our worst cupcake because it we did something wrong with the icing.  Also, the cupcake didn’t look very attractive.  On our last day we made the pumpkin cupcake which won everything.  When I tasted it, I thought it was very refreshing.  For the decoration we squeezed the icing out without a metal tip, we only used the white parts.  Also, we dyed the white frosting orange and put a leaf in the icing. Lastly, we shook some powdered sugar onto the plate, but not the cupcake.  I enjoyed this competition and experience.  It made me appreciate much more.

Sam Rohrbacher