and the winner is.......FROSTING!!!!!

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Just a quick update posting.

A couple of weeks back we had a taste off between old fashioned frosting and Italian meringue buttercream and it seems like old fashioned frosting was the winner.

That's right, that simple go to recipe of sugar, butter, milk and vanilla won out over 40 minutes of boiling sugar syrups, mixing meringue and kitchenaid whipping.

Although it did only just win and most people said they would be happy with both. Some really disliked the frosting as too sweet, and others disliked the buttercream as too creamy. I guess as with most things its a matter of taste.

So if you like sweet and sugary go for the frosting. However if you like fluffy, creamy frosting which pipes beautifully I recommend the buttercream.(the roses on both cakes were buttercream as the frosting just would not hold up to piping)

BIG thank you to all the testers who tasted and got back to me.

Cupcake Taste Off - Frosting vrs Buttercream

cupcakes boxed up ready for a helpful taste tester

Sometimes I sit around wondering about cupcakes.

Is that normal, I'm not sure, but still I wonder. Do people prefer frosting or buttercream, chocolate or vanilla, pink or purple?

Hmmmmm........ there's really only one way to know for sure - a cupcake taste off.

So yesterday I baked up a batch of cupcakes, iced them and today have been handing them out to some very helpful testers.

Buttercream vrs Frosting

Now all the hard work is up to the testers. It's not all just eating delicious cupcakes. These dedicated testers have to try both types and then let me know which they prefer.

Italian Meringue Buttercream - Vanilla on Vanilla

Italian Meringue Buttercream vrs Old Fashioned Frosting.

Old Fashioned Frosting - Vanilla on Vanilla

I'm looking forward to hearing the results from my team of testers. Stay tuned I'll let you know the result.