Less Explosive Red Velvets (the after image)

See the less sucessful attempt from yesterday.

This batch went much better than yesterdays. I just made a single batch according to the book and luckily I managed to stretch them to 23 as opposed to the 12-16 they suggested (they must be using HUGE cases...).

They came out the oven looking pretty good. A couple had 'bubbled' at the edge a little but they to tend to do that a little if you overfill the cases. I've adopted the method of using an ice cream scoop to make sure the sizes are consistent and it's really worked.

I waited this til morning to make the frosting as I like to frost them right after it's made. I used double the amount of vanilla frosting that the recipe calls for because I piped it on, rather than spreading it as they suggest. But that's what my friend wanted. :)

I'm not going to lie - I'm not keen on the frosting. I thought it looked a little amateur but there wasn't much I could do. I wasn't sure if it was the consistency of it or the fact I was using a new nozzle but I really didn't like the way they came out. My friend was pleased with them though when I delivered them today and they looked much better when displayed on the trays she picked out.

Just hope the birthday boy is pleased with them.