How does Saf personalize the cupcake soap recipe?

By changing colors and decorative elements.

What is the key goal when making soap icing?

Achieve peaks in the icing consistency.

Using melt and pour soap base with different molds and colors.

To conclude day one of soap cupcake making.

Refrigerate them to set the frosting before curing.

Saf follows a cupcake soap art tutorial by "Soap Queen" Anne-Marie, customizing colors and decorations, engaging in a meticulous process spanning two days.
The soap cupcakes, while challenging to use functionally due to their decorative nature, provide a sense of accomplishment to the creator, emphasizing the artistic and aesthetic value over practicality.

How does Saf personalize the cupcake soap recipe?
By changing colors and decorative elements.
What is the key goal when making soap icing?
Achieve peaks in the icing consistency.
How are the pink embeds made for the soap cupcakes?
Using melt and pour soap base with different molds and colors.
What is the purpose of refrigerating the lye-water mixture?
To conclude day one of soap cupcake making.
What is the final step after decorating the soap cupcakes?
Refrigerate them to set the frosting before curing.

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Saf is attempting to follow a cupcake soap art tutorial to make soap cupcakes that look like desserts.
She previously tried a soap art tutorial with mediocre results but enjoyed the process.
Saf discovered a subcategory of soaps resembling desserts like pies, milkshakes, and cupcakes.
She decides to follow a cupcake soap art tutorial by Anne-Marie, known as the "Soap Queen."
Anne-Marie's tutorial involves making the base, frosting, and pink embeds separately over two days.
Saf decides to personalize the cupcake recipe by changing colors and decorative elements.
The first day involves making the pink embeds using melt and pour soap base and customizing them with different molds and colors.
Saf melts the soap base, adds colorants, pours the mixture into molds, and lets them set.
The ingredients for the soap frosting are prepped by measuring and melting cocoa butter, shea butter, olive oil, and coconut oil.
The oil mixture is melted, mixed, and refrigerated, while the lye water is prepared with safety precautions for combining the next day.

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Start by putting 6.3 ounces of distilled water into an eight-cup mixing bowl.
Use a large bowl for a small amount of water to allow for refrigeration with a cap on.
Measure out 2.8 ounces of lye and add it to the water slowly, stirring with a stainless steel spoon.
Stir the lye slowly to avoid a chemical reaction that will generate heat.
Cover the lye-water mixture and place it in the fridge next to the oil mixture to conclude day one of soap cupcake making.
Combine pigments, fragrance, oils, and lye water for the cupcake base in a special mold.
Use orchid mica pigment for a deep purple color in the cupcake base.
Mix oils like sweet almond, coconut, olive, palm, and shea butter in specific quantities for the base.
Blend lye water and oil at around 120 degrees Fahrenheit for the cupcake base.
Achieve a light trace in the soap batter before adding fragrance and colorants for the cupcake base.

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Use a hand mixer to blend the icing thoroughly until it forms and sustains peaks.
The key goal is to achieve peaks in the icing consistency.
Add fragrance oil to the icing, which may reduce peaking ability, necessitating further blending for 5-7 minutes.
The icing should be soft enough to pipe into a frosting bag yet strong enough to hold peaks.
Pipe the icing onto cupcakes, starting with a dollop in the middle of each cupcake.
Build around the dollop by circling the base and adding more frosting.
Create peaks by going around the dollop with the frosting.
Decorate with glitter and embeds like stars, moons, and bats.
Place embeds strategically on the cupcakes, as they cannot be moved once set.
Refrigerate the cupcakes to set the frosting before unmolding them for curing over 4-6 weeks.

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The soap cupcakes created were challenging to use due to their shape, leaning more towards decorative bath treats than functional ones, leaving the creator feeling accomplished despite the difficulty in making them.