What better way to dress up a plain looking piece of soap from a silicone cupcake mold than to top it off with some whipped soap. I really do need to look into making a video instead; between remembering to include all of the ingredients, taking off the gloves to grab a camera and proceeding, all the while fearing the batter would harden on me, resulted with only a few photos to show for.
My recipe is approximately:
44% palm oil in solid form
30% shea butter in solid form
19% coconut oil in solid form
5% castor oil
2% olive oil
After dissolving the lye (calculated with 5% superfat) into the water, I left it in the fridge to chill. Then I proceeded to whip up all of the solid oils together until it resembled whipped cream.
(If I stopped at this point, it could be a fantastic body butter! Alas, I couldn´t save any aside since I already had the lye measured out for the entire batch of oils.)
Continuing on...
Drizzled in the cold lye solution while slowly whipping. Once incorporated, I drizzled in the liquid oils. The batter wasn´t as fluffy but glossier. It looked good enough to eat because it resembles a lot like cream cheese frosting. Some cream fragrance oil was added, calculated to about 1/5 ml per cupcake.
I scooped out the batter into a prepared disposable piping bag and piped the cupcake soaps.
(A product side note: the Rubbermaid Spoontula is a must-have fabulous tool in the kitchen! I´m using my older one for soaping and I have another one for foods. Make sure it´s the version with the deep red colored handle.)
I think next time I will use a wider opening tip for piping. It was difficult towards the end squeezing out the batter.
My recipe is approximately:
44% palm oil in solid form
30% shea butter in solid form
19% coconut oil in solid form
5% castor oil
2% olive oil
After dissolving the lye (calculated with 5% superfat) into the water, I left it in the fridge to chill. Then I proceeded to whip up all of the solid oils together until it resembled whipped cream.
(If I stopped at this point, it could be a fantastic body butter! Alas, I couldn´t save any aside since I already had the lye measured out for the entire batch of oils.)
Continuing on...
Drizzled in the cold lye solution while slowly whipping. Once incorporated, I drizzled in the liquid oils. The batter wasn´t as fluffy but glossier. It looked good enough to eat because it resembles a lot like cream cheese frosting. Some cream fragrance oil was added, calculated to about 1/5 ml per cupcake.
I scooped out the batter into a prepared disposable piping bag and piped the cupcake soaps.
(A product side note: the Rubbermaid Spoontula is a must-have fabulous tool in the kitchen! I´m using my older one for soaping and I have another one for foods. Make sure it´s the version with the deep red colored handle.)
I think next time I will use a wider opening tip for piping. It was difficult towards the end squeezing out the batter.
