[General] 2nd annual cupcake challenge (Renee Lowder)

[Matthew H]

Wow, sounds like we have a winner here! I am sad that I cannot be a
part of this (mostly because I like winning).

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 9:05 AM, r Carbee <rcarbee at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
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> You've peaked my interest!  I am the lady who attended the open house on
> binary day that makes cakes.  This is easier than you think...at least for
> me.  I have successfully had a cake make it to Virginia, but it was hand
> carried in a cooler.
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> Basically you need a bottom heavy cupcake (dense cake) with a foil liner or
> perhaps silicone (stuff cupcake is baked in).  The frosting needs to be
> shortening based and can be covered in fondant to seal it  I have a great
> frosting recipe.  It can also be frosted in ganace which will be rock solid
> if frozen but to die for when eaten.  You can make a plastic vacuumed formed
> tray for the cupcake.
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> To ship you need to freeze first and then ship it in the box in a box method
> where the inner box is a syrofoam container that has dry ice in it. You
> could put styrofoam peanuts in the styrofoam container.  The cupcake will be
> frozen solid and will not mess up.  There just needs to be enough dry ice to
> keep it rock solid.
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> What you need to worry about is a winning theme for the cupcake and I can
> make it or show you how. Maybe the theme could be steam-punk or something
> like that.  I would make as small of a cupcake as you can.  What is the
> deadline?
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> Renee Lowder
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