Be My Valentine?

So the weekend before Valentine's day me and my best friend made cupcakes! Yay! What's more fun? On the 14th, the actual Valentines day i spent most of the day sleeping and studying math. I spent the day with my math tutor! haha. Lots of fun learning "functions". Blah.

Anyways i bet you wanna know what i baked! i baked Devil's food cupcake with SMB!

This was the first time i ever made Swiss Meringue Buttercream. I have tried numerous time before. The first time i made it, i started to mix the egg whites and the butter at the same time. Big mistake. It became a white liquid with chunks of butter in it. the second time i attempted it (almost a year later!) a year later, it turned out way too thin. The third time i attempted it was when i made the Red velvet cupcakes for my friend's part, I should have mixed it longer but i didn't, i ended up adding cornstarch and icing sugar to the buttercream to thicken it and spread it.

This was the fourth time and it came out PERFECTLY. I did it the exact same way as "the third try", except this time i just beat it for longer (i have a hand held mixer), and it came out AMAZING. Just GREAT. After making this buttercream i don't think I'm ever going to make my regular ones. Well, maybe.

Swiss Meringue Buttercream is REALLY worth the time and effort. It has a wonderful, creamy, thick, buttery consistency and its not an overly sweet frosting. Really worth trying!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's day! :)

Happy baking!

xxxxx