Cupcake Mania

 Food videos are addictive.People get hooked on Italian nonnas gracefully making pasta from scratch.Others go wild looking at the latest air fryer recipes.Then there are those cupcake videos that seem to be everywhere.They take a blob of icing and turn it into a masterpiece.

The last has made me cupcake obsessed. I am now actively seeking out those short reels on Facebook. They short and I can look through three or four of them.It starts out with some unknown decorator (only hands are shown) putting a blob of frosting on a cake. Usually they're then turned upside down and the blob is flattened on parchment. The cupcake is then frozen for ten minutes. The decorating starts after this.Stencils are cut out of waxed paper and this delicately laid on top of the frosting. Another colored frosting is then smeared on this. The stencil is lifted and it could be a pretty heart or Frankenstein's or his bride's hair.One jaw dropping one was a deep blue iced cup cake and a stencil of all the continents was then layered on. These were painted in deep green and the finished top looked very much like a map.A little red heart was out at the bottom on it. This would be an amazing try. Then there are the beach ones.where there is turquoise icing smeared on a cupcake. Nilla wafers are crushed and sprinkled on one side to represent sand. Candy shells and pearls can be placed on this or lines are iced on two Pez to create flip flops.

There's another kind of decorating that has caught my eye. This is the side one. A  frosted cupcake is rolled in a pile of sprinkles or little candy nonperiels. A swirl of another color frosting is  piped in the middle .This seems like the easiest and prettiest. You don;t need the puff in the middle. The cupcakes look sweet without them. I'm also amazed by the Russian flowers ones. These have a garden of brightly colored buttercream bids on them. I have these tips but have yet to use them. To be honest I don't; know when I would have to time or even occasion anymore to make a fancy cupcake. They're nice treats but total sugar bombs.Yet I'm obsessed by these short videos. I think Facebook has the best. The how to is only a few minutes and I can go on to the next. The Tiktok ones are a bit flashy with music and some voice overs.Ive watched the You Tube ones and although they ;re very informative they're also annoying. I do appreciate what tips they recommend and how to get the right consistency but they're something about someone going on like it was a decorating class. I just want something quick and fun to watch.

Cupcake vdeos - any food video are  addictive to watch,They're an obsession. Even if you don't even set foot in the kitchen these can be fascinating.