I need to make 30 cupcakes to impress - Help

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Its Ds' 5th birthday in 3 weeks and as he is only having a family tea party he wants to take some cup cakes buns in to school .

I'm not the best at baking , have a good sized bun/muffin tin .
I don't know where to start , I know the kids won't care what they look like , but id just like a wow maybe iyswim as the other parents are a fair bit older than me so they don't bother with me

Anyway help me impress please

You could;
Make 45 cakes so you have plenty to choose from for 30 perfect cakes, Buy lots of expensive toppings -silver balls,chocolate stars,sprinkles etc etc etc
Spend lots of time on each cake ensuring that it is perfect in every way

or

Do as most other busy parents do and go to your nearest big store and buy some basic fairycakes. Slosh some spray on topping on and throw some random sprinkles at the whole lot. By the time the cakes get transported from the classroom to playground they will look like they were made by monkeys anyway.

Make time to speak to some of the parents and don't play yourself down. They probably don't speak to anyone they don't know ,no matter what their age.People have busy lives and don't always notice others waiting to make contact with them . Sometimes you just have to put yourself out there.

Them talking to me is their choice , I have tried but meh

I have found online ebay some nice edible cake toppers for a few pound so im going to use them , just need a fool proof recipe & the best way to ice them

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I've got a great recipe, but I'm not at home until tomorrow. It works every time for me. I'll check this thread tomorrow and see whether anyone else has helped you first.

For 50 x BUNS, not cupcakes!

8ozs of the following:

sugar
butter or margarine
SR flour

4 x eggs
dash of vanilla extract/essence
a shake of cocoa if you would like chocolate buns

Zap all in the Magimix and bake until have a slight spring-back when gently pressed. Allow to cool and zap butter, icing sugar and dash of vanilla until the correct consistency to spread onto lovely buns and go glitter/decoration bonkers, enjoy!

Thanks Yellow

Use yellows recipe but instead of using cupcake cases, use ice cream cones (the small, flat bottomed ones). Bake as usual, then ice.

I stick a mini flake in and sprinkles ~ my kids and friends love them, plus they are easy to hold and no empty paper cases.

Have fun..........

Would the cones not burn ?

I would just check your allowed to hand the cupcakes out first. This is bummed in ds2's school...

When ds1 was in primary I was the youngest and non of the older mums talked to me.. Now ds2 is at primary and I'm one of the older mums (I have a big age gap between dc) and I don't talk to the younger mums. If they do talk I'll talk back but tbh I can't be done with the school run mums.

I have asked I am allowed to take them in

toot no, amazingly they don't ! Sponge cooks perfectly in them and IMO they look really professional, especially when iced with a flake in ~ mini 99s

I think ill do that they sound amazing , do you fill the whole cone with the mix

Fill to just over 3/4 full. Honestly you will be amazed, they're great!

Pic is off ones i made last week ~ some with flake and some with marshmallows. After telling you about them I was in he mood for more so made some today ~ really quick and easy ~ did chocolate butter icing, flake and choc and orange sprinkles to look Halloween themed ~ DC delighted when they came in from school

Please give them a go and let me know how you get on........

I will do love they look lovely

Take some paper napkins too. You will get Brownie points from the teachers! Good luck!

Good idea Thankyou

easy decorating idea
Good luck op

They look lovely , though I feel a class of 4 year olds would not appreciate them

If you haven't already started the baking you might want to save yourself some bother. Get some value fairy cakes from Tesco and decorate them with a butter cream topping. You can make it yourself, (recipe on mumone.blogspot.co.uk ) or buy some ready made.

Embellish with ready made wafer flowers, or halve large chocolate discs covered in sprinkles, and arrange like butterfly wings, you can get all of these ready made!

If you really want to wow these mothers there's also a recipe and instructions (on the blog above), for a princess cake that would cost around £130 at the Cake Store . Maybe keep it up your sleeve for a later date! Will also be posting a fairy tale castle cake recipe soon.