Homemade vs Purchased
Let me preface this post with I love cupcakes! Making a batch of 18 or 24 is really not healthy for my waistline and digestion. Sometimes you are craving just one, or are hosting tea with a friend and want an assortment of flavours to serve. That’s when the local bakery or cupcake store is super helpful. A visit to your local cupcake shop is also a great way to be inspired by flavour combinations and straight forward decor ideas. Note to self that it’s $26 for one dozen (12) classic cupcakes; more for the gourmet flavours.
If you are taking cupcakes to work, having a family get together, or on dessert duty for a bake sale, being able to toss together 24 cupcakes for under $15 is ideal, plus $4.72 in one-time costs for decorating supplies ($1.99 large coupler and $2.19 for Open Star Tip #1M;).
- 70c for two disposable icing bags
- 50c for simple decorations on 24 cupcakes (20c for mini swedish berries, 12c for licorice allsorts and 16c for sequin/sprinkles)
- $1.49 for mix on sale (no taxes)
- $3.49 1 lb bag of icing sugar
- $3.64 1lb of butter
- $3.29 1 package cream cheese (for cream cheese) or $2.89 1 package Crisco (for butter cream)
- assume vanilla or milk is a staple ingredient at home
Happy eating 🙂
