Most adults remove most of the icing off a cupcake, right?

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Anonymous wrote:There is no polite way to scrape the frosting off a cupcake so you actually look childish if you do it. Either decline it or eat it.

At least with cake you can kind of discretely do it with your fork, if you must.

Peel off cupcake liner. Use knife. Scrape frosting. Put excess frosting into cupcake liner. Discard.

You also use all the napkins on the table to blot your pizza, don’t you?

lol! Oh man that took me back to middle school— all the cool girls patting their pizza down to “cut calories.” What a time.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no polite way to scrape the frosting off a cupcake so you actually look childish if you do it. Either decline it or eat it.

At least with cake you can kind of discretely do it with your fork, if you must.

Peel off cupcake liner. Use knife. Scrape frosting. Put excess frosting into cupcake liner. Discard.

You also use all the napkins on the table to blot your pizza, don’t you?

lol! Oh man that took me back to middle school— all the cool girls patting their pizza down to “cut calories.” What a time.

Yes! And the boys would try to drink it where it pooled with a straw.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t buy store bought cupcakes. The homemade ones usually have delicious frosting (with actual butter) and not nearly as much as the piped store ones.

Related, I used to make great buttercream that was so light and delicious but the last several times I've made it, it's been dense and heavy and I can't figure out why. I am making it the same way as ever, same recipe. I start with softened butter, add the powdered sugar, then the cream and vanilla and salt. It will seem fine and then when I go to frost it will just feel heavier and stiffer than usual. And then it will wind up very dense once on. It is the weirdest thing. I thought it must have to do with the butter consistency, that I needed to soften it longer or whip it for longer before adding the powdered sugar, so I tried that and it made no difference. So then I did the opposite and that made it worse.

It's baffling because until about 3 years ago, I'd made buttercream dozens of times and never had this issue. Thinking it was a decline in butter quality, I tried making it with a higher quality butter. No dice.

Such a mystery. So until I can resolve my buttercream issues, I have been buying cupcakes at a bakery and they definitely make real buttercream and it's delicious.

I’ve also had the same issues recently with the same buttercream recipe I’ve made since my grandmother taught me in the 1970s. Something is up with butter.

It’s the butter. People have complained that Costco’s Kirkland brand has definitely increased the water content. Have you tried European style butter?

I’ve had the same problem with the chocolate chip cookie recipe I’ve been using for 30+ years. I also decided it had to be butter quality, but I haven’t tried hunting down better butter.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no polite way to scrape the frosting off a cupcake so you actually look childish if you do it. Either decline it or eat it.

At least with cake you can kind of discretely do it with your fork, if you must.

Peel off cupcake liner. Use knife. Scrape frosting. Put excess frosting into cupcake liner. Discard.

Discard on OP’s seat!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine someone who thinks they're too good for icing, yet thinks cupcakes are a legitimate adult good.

Cupcakes from a good bakery, with butter or cream cheese frostings, are fantastic. Grocery store and low rung cupcake retailers are rubbish.

The ones baked by good home bakers are often the best of all.

In my experience, usually good cake and good frosting go together. So, if the cupcake is worth eating, then I eat the whole thing. If it's not, then I decline the whole thing. Deconstructing the food someone serves you is rude. I guess if you're home alone with the left overs from your kid's birthday you can do what you like.

Home baked?? DCUM says NO. They may have cats or children. They may not wash their hands. I have learned here that homemade food is a death trap.

You'll be shocked to know that when I eat these home baked cupcakes I know whether the person who made them (me or my kid) has cats (nope) or children (me - yes, kid - no) and whether they wash their hands (yep). We haven't died yet. If we do, I'll drop you a note.

You can eat your own. Just don't eat someone else's. I won't eat anything at a potluck if I know the person has dogs or cats in their house. Gross.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no polite way to scrape the frosting off a cupcake so you actually look childish if you do it. Either decline it or eat it.

At least with cake you can kind of discretely do it with your fork, if you must.

Peel off cupcake liner. Use knife. Scrape frosting. Put excess frosting into cupcake liner. Discard.

Sounds like changing a baby’s diaper.

But what knife? If a party is having pizza and cupcakes, which is pretty common, there isn’t a stash of knives anywhere. This is similar to the people that peel that cheese off pizza. Gross. There is no polite way to deconstruct a cupcake at a party without looking awkward and picky.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no polite way to scrape the frosting off a cupcake so you actually look childish if you do it. Either decline it or eat it.

At least with cake you can kind of discretely do it with your fork, if you must.

Peel off cupcake liner. Use knife. Scrape frosting. Put excess frosting into cupcake liner. Discard.

Sounds like changing a baby’s diaper.

But what knife? If a party is having pizza and cupcakes, which is pretty common, there isn’t a stash of knives anywhere. This is similar to the people that peel that cheese off pizza. Gross. There is no polite way to deconstruct a cupcake at a party without looking awkward and picky.

I can handle people scraping frosting (though I agree, it often makes you look awkward and picky) but taking cheese off a pizza in public is absolutely weird and gross.

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I have cupcakes maybe once every 2 or 3 years. I'm eating the whole thing, frosting and all, and then I'm going back for a second.

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Adults do not consume "cup cakes" in my circle.

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I eat the frosting and throw out the cake.

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Anonymous wrote:Adults do not consume "cup cakes" in my circle.

Are y’all monks?

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Anonymous wrote:Adults do not consume "cup cakes" in my circle.

Are y’all monks?

No just boring almond moms. How’s that celery?

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Anonymous wrote:Adults do not consume "cup cakes" in my circle.

Are y’all monks?

No just boring almond moms. How’s that celery?

SO good. When you eat it plain, you can really appreciate the subtle flavours. It's so satisfying sometimes I forget to eat dinner.

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I scrape off most of the frosting because it’s just too sweet.

I also take most of the cheese of my pizza because I am lactose intolerant. A little cheese makes me run to the bathroom but most of the time I can get home in time. Yes, TMI by I’m anonymous. Lol!

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Anonymous wrote:There is no polite way to scrape the frosting off a cupcake so you actually look childish if you do it. Either decline it or eat it.

At least with cake you can kind of discretely do it with your fork, if you must.

Peel off cupcake liner. Use knife. Scrape frosting. Put excess frosting into cupcake liner. Discard.

Sounds like changing a baby’s diaper.

But what knife? If a party is having pizza and cupcakes, which is pretty common, there isn’t a stash of knives anywhere. This is similar to the people that peel that cheese off pizza. Gross. There is no polite way to deconstruct a cupcake at a party without looking awkward and picky.

You don’t need a knife. You can slide most of it off with the liner. Realistically, no one cares that you are taking most of the icing off of a Giant cupcake in the middle of SkyZone or the skating rink at a preschool party.

If you care how other people eat a cupcake, you are a weirdo.