Tag Archive | cupcakes

Red, white, and blue Election Day cupcakes

Nov6

 

Following directions from Bakerella, I made these red, white, and blue cupcakes for the first time on the 4th of July.

I couldn’t think of anything more perfect for Election Day tomorrow so I made them again.

Use a white cake recipe and divide it into thirds, tinting 1/3 blue, 1/3 red, and leaving the last 1/3 white. Fill patriotic cupcake liners with layers of each color and bake according to recipe directions. Once cool, pipe white buttercream into a bag (use a large, round tip) and pipe a strip down the middle of each cupcake. Dip the cupcakes into white sanding sugar. Then pipe a strip on one side of the white and dip those in red sanding sugar, following this with a strip and blue sanding sugar. You can use a toothpick to push any loose colors into the right place or just leave them since the cupcakes still look really pretty.

Lotsa Dots!

Nov4

Hand-dipped chocolate cupcakes with fondant dots

If you like the look of these but don’t have the time or patience to make ganache and dip, you can take a shortcut . . .

Make your chocolate cupcakes (or the flavor of your choice). Once the cupcakes are cool, open a can of chocolate frosting — use the creamy kind, not the whipped and spoon it into a container that will be deep enough to dip the tops of the cupcakes into. Microwave the frosting for 8-10 seconds at a time (stirring after each time you microwave) until it coats the back of the spoon before running off (in other words, don’t heat it until it’s runny). Dip each cupcake once, reheating frosting if necessary, then go back to the first one and dip them all a second time. Let the frosting set a bit before adding decorations (five minutes or so). You can roll out fondant and cut out dots of varying sizes or use any other decorations that appeal to you.

Have fun!

Fondant pumpkins

Oct30

 

I have had so much fun making Halloween cupcakes this week! I cannot believe I’m running out of time and won’t be able to make as many different kinds as I want.

These are for an order due tomorrow–chocolate cupcakes with buttercream frosting tinted orange. The jack-o-lantern is made out of fondant (I used edible beads for the eyes . . . pushed them into the fondant and added just a dot of black food coloring with a tiny paintbrush).

What did YOU make for Halloween?

Pandas

Oct21

I used dark chocolate cupcakes and frosted them using a round tip and white buttercream. I dipped half in white sanding sugar and the other half in pink sanding sugar.

The ears, eyes, and noses are Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate chips. I added candy eyes on top of the chocolate eyes (use a drop of frosting on the back of the eyes to make them stick).

The mouths are simple a chocolate sprinkle pushed into the frosting.

This recipe was originally posted by bakerella on her website bakerella.com

I bet they’d be cute in just about any color you wanted to use . . . oh! What about chocolate sanding sugar and white chocolate ears, eyes, and noses?

Have fun making your own!

Cars cupcakes

Oct19

 

These cute little Cars cakes were made to celebrate a two-year-old’s birthday. The cakes are apple spice and the frosting is cream cheese (of course). I used white fondant and coloring gel to make the colors, then shaped little cars. The only ones I worried about being fairly accurate with were Lightning McQueen and Tow-mater; the others were just whatever I thought was cute.

I have to say that the apple spice is most definitely one of my favorite flavors.