After taking a class at Butter Lane last Friday, my new cupcake motto is “I do cupcakes from scratch…sometimes!” I have to be honest with myself…if I’m in a time crunch, I will still use a boxed cake mix. In case you ever want to take a cupcake class, I want to share my Butter Lane cupcake class review.
When it comes to food, I like options. Take cupcakes for instance – sometimes I just have a taste for a cupcake. My friend Beth sold these really cute “I don’t do cupcakes” tees. My variation is “I do cupcakes, but not from scratch.” (Yes, Duncan Hines is my friend in a pinch. I still agree with what I said to Woman’s World.)
The Butter Lane Cupcake Class ($50) is so informative and fun. If you are visiting or live in the NYC area, I definitely recommend that you take one of their baking classes. In fact, I convinced a couple of people who had poked their heads into the class at the end to sign up for one. They were shocked when I took my things and left because they thought that I worked for Butter Lane.
It’s funny how I hate “sales”, but I have no problem enthusiastically sharing about things that I sincerely think are great! Anyway, I’m so glad that Butter Lane Cupcake’s community manager invited me to cover this class.
Since I was there as a writer, I get to share everything – including the recipes – with you. Today, I’m going to share a general overview. On Wednesday, I will walk you through the details of how we made the Butter Lane cupcakes. On Thursday, I will share the details of how we made multiple frostings and learned to decorate the cupcakes.
Several of my classmates asked how to make a red velvet cupcake. Since that wasn’t shared in the class, here’s my favorite red velvet cupcake recipe that I have enjoyed (courtesy of a church friend).
Do you like cupcakes? If so, you will want to stick around…it’s cupcake week over here at Mom in the City.
Butter Lane Cupcake Class Review
The class started off with us getting a chance to sample a tray of Butter Lane cupcakes. I have no idea which one I picked, but it was delicious. After making sure that the participants didn’t have any food allergies, our (hilarious!) teacher Joe split us into three groups.
Each group made one cupcake (vanilla, chocolate or banana) and one frosting (vanilla, cream cheese, or chocolate). After being taught to make three additional frostings, we frosted our cupcakes, boxed them and took 11 of them home.
You definitely want to come back to this site for the rest of the week in order to get the various tips and details of “how” to make the recipes become the best cupcakes possible. I can easily follow recipes, but I really learned so much more about the “how” of making cupcakes and frosting. That’s what takes your cupcakes to the next level.
Also, if you prefer cakes to cupcakes, that is fine. All of these cupcake and frosting recipes equal the ingredients for a three-layer cake. You can see some of the photos that I took regarding what happened during the Butter Lane Cupcake Class.
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P.S. Butter Lane is kind enough to share their recipes and a lot more information on their Facebook page. If you like cupcakes, you might want to “Like”it.)