Strawberry rose cupcakes

My very first post-class baking project involved making rose cupcakes again. Since the recipe and process were exactly the same as last time, the only pictures I took of the preparation stage were of the egg whites. Here they are after about five seconds of beating:


These are the same egg whites once they were stiff:


Since I no longer had to use the icing recipe required for the class, I experimented with fresh strawberries and came up with my own:

• Strawberry icing
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• 1/3 cshortening
• 2/3 tspbutter flavour
• 6 Tbsppuréed strawberries
• 1 1/2 cicing sugar
• 1 tspmeringue powder
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• Cream shortening, butter flavour, and puréed strawberries. Add icing sugar and meringue powder. Mix until creamy, adjusting with additional puréed strawberries and/or icing sugar to achieve desired consistency.

I spooned the icing into a decorating bag and piped in a circular shape. Here is a finished cupcake sprinkled with sanding sugar: