Butter Lane Cupcake Class
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I know...usually I do Five Things Friday, but I'm skipping it this week because a) I have had a week that has been B-A-N-A-N-A-S and thus haven't been doing much Internet window shopping and b) I just need to tell you about the sweet class asap. I hope you're down with hearing about cupcakes on this Friday...you don't mind, do you? ;)
As I mentioned, Kimberly had gotten a cupcake class at NYC's Butter Lane for me as a gift for Christmas last year. Due to scheduling, and Butter Lane's extreme busyness (they are always booked up! now I know why...), we only just got around to it this week.
First of all...Butter Lane is one of my favorite bakeries in New York City. It's so cute and charming, and the cupcakes are buttery, fluffy and heavenly to boot. They use high quality ingredients in all of their cupcakes, and it shows! In fact, I did a whole write up about these last year when we got them for my mom's birthday.
The class started in a little bakery studio next to the bakery itself and kicked off with...what else...a platter of cupcakes for the group!
this is after we all got at 'em!
The class was set up with stations featuring KitchenAid mixers, {lots of} butter, sugar, tasting sticks, and recipes.
Kim and I joined 3 other sweet women at the chocolate station, where we were in charge of the chocolate on chocolate cupcakes!
I have to say, I have made and written about many a cupcake here on TAA, so to be honest, I had a good idea of the ingredients that would go into the cupcakes. However, what I really learned was how long and at what speed to mix specific parts of the process (like letting the butter get uber duber fluffy for many minutes on high speed when making frosting). I thought this was so helpful, and I can't wait to try out my new found skills! I also came to the realization that I'm never making cupcakes again without an ice cream scooper (for quick and clean batter transfer) or a cake frosting spatula (for a perfect frost).
sistaaas
After our cupcakes were in the oven (and a lot of batter tasting had commenced), we made a variety of frostings, including vanilla bean, pumpkin (swoon), chocolate peanut butter, basic cream cheese and more. Once the cupcakes were done, we learned the proper way to frost a Butter Lane cupcake...
...and a certain someone won for best frosting job!
How cute is that little tote bag? I'm jeals. But at least I got my own frost on...
After frosting time, we loaded up our bakery boxes and headed back to Kimberly's place...
...where I got my cupcake eat on like it was my job.
chocolate cupcake with pb frosting...heaven!The only thing missing from our girls night? Our sister Christine! Christine Bean is at school at Penn State (and dealing with all the scrutiny going on there right now) and we cannot wait until she comes home for Thanksgiving so we can finally celebrate her 21st birthday in style!
So there you have it. Our fun girls night out, making cupcakes, and eating lots of frosting. I think this was such a great gift and would be perfect for any girls night or even a group of people or a party! Thanks to Butter Lane!
Questions of the Day:
Have you ever taken a cooking or baking class? This was my first one and I loved it!
What are your weekend plans? I'm hosting a Thanksgiving pot luck tomorrow...yay! Hope you all have a great one!
psst...it's The Peach & The Pit Friday! We're rounding up our highs and lows of the week!
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Reader Comments (8)
Matt and I took that class last winter! I think the best part was bringing home a ton of cupcakes:-) Love those photos of you and your sister!
That is the coolest thing ever. I didn't know cupcakes boutiques did that but then again you live in the city and I live in good old suburbia.! LOL! Ya'lls cupcakes look fantastic and so yummy!
omg what a great gift! this looks so fun!!
ahh so jealous! this looks like so soo much fun!
Those cup cakes look delicious! That class looks like a lot of fun!
I'm totally inspired to find a GF cupcake ASAP! Totally craving them now!
How fun!!! I should really take a baking class since I'm so scared of flour/yeast/etc!!!
That is such an amazing gift!! What a wonderful sister :) I've taken decorating classes before, but not a baking or cooking one yet. With how much fun it looks, i think i better take one soon!
and PS: your frosting job is beautiful :)