01 7 / 2012
Coconut Cream Cupcake
My husband loves his mother’s coconut cream pie. I do not eat coconut, so I can’t tell you whether it’s actually good or not. I decided I needed to make something to rival that pie. After looking around on Pinterest, I found a coconut cream bar recipe. TA DA!! I can change a few things and have myself a coconut cream cupcake.
Step 1: Toast the coconut. I put the coconut in the oven at about 275 until the coconut got “toasty” looking…that’s a technical term, by the way. The picture here is darker than the actual coconut.
Step 2: Make the pudding (Ok..I cheated. I used instant pudding). When the pudding sets up, add about 3/4 cup coconut to the pudding).
Step 3: Make the cupcakes!! I used a regular vanilla box cake and bake according to your stove and box instructions (my stove runs hot, so I bake at 300 degrees for about 20 minutes) After they cool, cut out the center of the cupcakes.
Step 4: Put the pudding/coconut mix in the holes. Add frosting (I used white frosting from a can and mixed in about half a tub of Cool Whip….dear hubby doesn’t like frosting too sweet) and then top with the toasted coconut from step 1.
Here’s the finished product. Again, I don’t eat coconut, so I can’t say whether or not they are good, but hubby at 4 or 5 already tonight….you do the math!!
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08 6 / 2012
Glazed Doughnut Muffins
I am going to attempt these for my son’s percussion camp on Monday. They look so good. Gotta keep the kids happy campers!!
02 6 / 2012
GOLD MEDAL CUPCAKES
Well…yellow medal cupcakes, I know. This is my first attempt at working with fondant. I got the fondant that is already tinted. Baby steps!! I found it was surprisingly simple once I got the hang of it. Just like rolling out pie dough. I used a pizza cutter to make the medal ribbons. After they were cut to size, I just formed them to shape. I then used a circle template to cut out the medals. Had I not been in such a rush to finish, I would have put more detail on them….maybe next time.
These cupcakes were made for the members of my son’s percussion ensemble, Phoenix Indoor Percussion, who placed first in their division at their championships. Last year’s crew got spoiled with my cupcakes pretty much every week, but my schedule kept me from doing much baking for them this year. I thought I better whip up a batch for them for championships or I would have to walk back home.
No matter how basic the attempt, the kids seemed to enjoy them…and then asked why they hadn’t been spoiled like that more often. KIDS!!
02 6 / 2012
BUTTERFLY CUPCAKES
My daughter recently had her second child. I decided that instead of having the traditional girls-only baby shower, I would do a big family party. As it turns out, she delivered the baby 3 weeks early, so it turned into a “meet the new baby” party. We also did not want to leave our granddaughter out of the celebration, so we combined “meet Baby Chase” with “Maddie’s a big sister.”
Since there would be several small children at the party, I decided against a cake. Instead, I thought about making cupcakes, of course. I made a chocolate box mix cake (since I had so much else to do to prepare) and then made a basic buttercream frosting. I used Wilton green gel food coloring to ting the buttercream. I then used Wilton Candy Melts in light cocoa to trace the outline of the butterflies. Once these were set, I used more of the candy melts and tinted them with Wilton gel food coloring in pink and blue. I filled in the outlines with the pink or blue and then tapped the counter to smooth out the tinted chocolate and get out any bubbles. I then detailed the wings with more melted light cocoa. The final step was to make the butterfly bodies by making a small line on wax paper with the light cocoa melt and adding the wings. I used a pie
02 6 / 2012
EASTER NEST CUPCAKES
I decided to something a little different this year for Easter. Instead of making the usual white cake with coconut, I decided to make these Easter Nest cupcakes. My granddaughter really loved them.
I started off with a chocolate box cake mix and made the cupcakes. For the frosting, I used a basic buttercream and tinted it green with Wilton gel food coloring. I used the grass/hair tip and made the nest. I then took Peanut Butter M&M Eggs and put them in the nests.
01 6 / 2012
PATRIOT PRIDE CUPCAKES…
I made these cupcakes for the marching band competition hosted last Fall by my son’s high school, Red Land Marching Patriots (hence the patriotic colors and music notes).
I cheated this time by using a yellow box mix for the cupcake itself. I then made a basic buttercream icing. I then used Wilton Red Candy Melts to make the music notes, melting the chocolate and forming the notes on wax paper. I took sprayable food coloring (in a can sold in the baking aisle), I sprayed the blue coloring on the white buttercream and then placed the music notes on the cupcakes for the finished product.
