Today, I partook in yet another simple pleasure. The good old packet cake.
Now don't get me wrong, I would prefer to make a cake from scratch. But sometimes, I can't be bothered with all the little details and time required when making a cake from scratch. Plus, more often than not, it is usually cheaper to make a packet cake.
While perusing the aisles at the local supermarket, my sister pointed out this particular cake mix, intrigued by the strawberry flavour. So while she was at work, I took to the kitchen and started 'baking'.
This particular mix only required the addition of melted butter, eggs and water (it came with icing and cute pink patty-pans). Blitz it all together then evenly divide into 12 cases and shove in the oven for 18 minutes. Done.
Unfortunately, my oven is a bit dodgy for some reason it doesn't distribute heat evenly. So no matter how hard I tried to put the same amount of mixture into the cases in order to get perfectly shaped cupcakes, many of them ended up lopsided...
Once they were cool, I set about icing them. I had hoped to use my Tupperware piping thingy, but there was not enough icing. So I went old school and just smeared the icing on the top. I like to think of it as... rustic...
I decided to store them in a cute Christmas themed Tupperware container. I think it adds a bit of quirk. Plus it was the only container I could find that didn't take over the fridge (I actually have a Tupperware cake storer, but it is HUUUUUUUGE).
Of course, I had to test taste one. They were not as sweet as I thought they would be, which is a good thing. The teeny bit of icing was all that it needed. If it had much more, the cupcake would have been too sweet. I love the pink colour of the cake!
Oh, how cute is the cannister I got from Spotlight today?! It came as a set of three and was only $7. Bargain!
It is a goal of mine to one day make macaroons.
I wonder if they come in a packet mix...
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