Duncan Hines Frosting Creations: A baker's review
22.05.12
&Ldquo;TOP SECRET,” warned the silver briefcase in fat, red typeface.
It was a press kit more elaborate than most we get here at Post Food HQ. Nestled in a soft, black liner, like a disassembled sniper rifle belonging to some forgotten James Bond villain, was our package: the new Frosting Creations from Duncan Hines.
The company calls it “a ground-breaking proprietary frosting system.” The system has two components, a plain frosting “starter” (or as you might know it: frosting) and a flavor mix, available in 12 mostly psychedelic-colored varieties. Parts sold separately, as they say.
Because it wasn’t enough that I already had almond cookies and hazelnut gelato sitting around my house, I decided that I needed to try this product for you, our reading public.
I baked my favorite chocolate cupcakes and carefully considered the pairing options among the flavor mixes we received: mint chocolate, orange creme, cinnamon roll, cotton candy, white chocolate raspberry and chocolate marshmallow. I chose white chocolate raspberry and cotton candy, what I considered a good combination of safe and whimsical.
Source: Washington Post (blog)