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How to save lumpy cup cakes?

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CakeShake · 20/05/2022 21:33

I wanted to make chocolate cupcakes to take to a party but I didn't mix the batter enough..it still had lots of pockets of flour. I don't know why I thought it would fix itself while baking but that's what I did. So surprise, surprise I've ended up with extremely lumpy cupcakes. 😏

To make matters worse it's also a lot of cupcakes (24) and a cake as I had too much of that blasted lumpy batter. I don't want to start again and I also don't want to throw away 24 cup cakes (and a cake). Is there anything I can do to salvage them?

I tried to search for fixes online but all the websites only tell you how to fix lumpy cake batter but not what to do if like an idiot you have already baked your cupcakes. The only thing I found was to make cake pops.

Tldr: made chocolate cupcakes with lumpy batter and have ended up surprisingly with lumpy cupcakes in which you can taste pockets of flour. I need to take some sort of dessert to a party. Can I make cake pops with lumpy cake? Are they easy to make? Is there anything else I can do? Ideally I'm looking for something quick, easy and fool (!!!!) proof, which doesn't need a lot more ingredients. I've got a about 200g of butter, 200g of sugar, plenty of flour, a few eggs and plenty of cocoa powder left.

For those who find the tldr too long to read as well: I'm an idiot and ruined my cake because I thought mixing the batter was taking too long and am trying to find a quick way to fix the resultant lumpy cupcakes.

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TempName01 · 20/05/2022 21:34

Yes to the cake pops! 🙂

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 20/05/2022 21:35

Either make some more and feed the birds or make them into cake pops-mash them up, mix with butter cream, freeze to harden them up and then dip in melted chocolate

CakeShake · 20/05/2022 21:39

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 20/05/2022 21:35

Either make some more and feed the birds or make them into cake pops-mash them up, mix with butter cream, freeze to harden them up and then dip in melted chocolate

Do you mean something like buttercream icing? I don't have any chocolate to melt. Is there anything I could do with the cocoa powder?

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MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 20/05/2022 22:59

Yes sorry, butter cream icing, once you have whizzed your cakes into crumbs-add enough icing to make a solid fudge type consistency, then either freezer for a bit or fridge for longer so icing firms up so you can make cake balls. You could roll them in cocoa powder so they would be a bit like a chocolate truffle?

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