Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Cupcakes without frosting are muffins. It's not about frosting, it's about branding.
No it’s not. Muffins are dense. These are basically naked cake.
Anonymous wrote:Cupcakes without frosting are muffins. It's not about frosting, it's about branding.
Anonymous wrote:We do make ganache like that several times a week but it doesn’t work well for decorating projects.
After the thread yesterday that there were no low class foods, I am now feeling very shamed!
I really just don’t like American buttercream—even from fancy bakeries, and actually don’t even like American butter so only keep a bit on hand in the freezer for baking.
Canned frosting historically has a candy-like appeal...like marshmallow fluff (which I adore) or Mallobars—fake but delicious in its own way. And the texture is perfect for kids’ frosting projects. But what I had this week is not what I remember from when I used to buy it. We only use it maybe a couple times a decade so I’m not that familiar with it.
I know that a lot of “fake foods” when downhill when they tried to remove the transfats as whatever they used in place of it was more stale and had an off taste. I wonder if that’s what happened to canned frosting.
Anonymous wrote:I'm trying to imagine the kind of baking emergency that would have me turn to canned frosting. I've got nothing.
Do you have a mixer and a dishwasher? A basic frosting comes together in less than 5 minutes if you keep butter, sugar, and vanilla or cocoa on hand. If you have time to bake, the frosting is the fastest part. Or just bake a pound cake or tart or something that doesn't use frosting.