Don't worry, I resisted the urge to make boob-themed cupcakes.
The easy-peasy rating on these is through the roof, by the way. I've never attempted to bake a cupcake from scratch, and I wasn't about to experiment at a time like this -- the woman just got out of surgery and deserves nothing less than the expertise of Ms. Betty Crocker! So you can bake all of these with a few supplies from Target.
By the way, I gave my hubby a batch to sell at a BCA bake sale, and they sold like hotcakes. Wait, I guess it's a bad analogy to compare one baked good to another. They sold like SUPER DELICIOUS CUPCAKES!
CUPCAKE #1: Yellow cake mix, vanilla icing with a few drops of red food coloring, and pink sugar sprinkles.
Sidenote, I applied the icing in a spiral pattern using these nifty cupcake decorators my mom found at Christmas Tree Shop. Getting the icing into the plastic baggie is a two-man job, or a really messy one-man job. But several people asked if I made the icing from scratch, and I give all the credit to the fancy application :)
CUPCAKE #2: LEMONADE CUPCAKES! Lemon cake mix, vanilla icing with a few drops of yellow food coloring, and pink sugar sprinkles mixed with a dash of Kool-Aid pink lemonade powder mix. When I say a dash, I mean a dash. Kool-Aid mix is potent stuff! I only used a pinch and it still gave the icing a Sour-Patch-Kid quality.
Speaking of potent, those pink sugar sprinkles left their mark...
CUPCAKE #3: White cake mix with a few drops of red food coloring in the batter, white icing, pink sprinkles. These were the biggest hit of the three. Not gonna lie -- I had two for breakfast the next morning.
One last note, I use Reynolds foil cupcake liners and I DON'T put them in cupcake tins -- I drop them right on a cookie sheet. I always cook for the shortest amount of time listed on the box for cupcakes -- they finish cooking a little while they're cooling on the tray.
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YUM. I think I'll bake some pink cupcakes to honor your sister too :) Glad to hear she's doing well.
ReplyDeleteI have tried so many times to get the frosting onto cupcakes (and by so many times I mean once) and then I gave up. Sadly this was for my son's 1st bday and they came out looking really bad. So THANK YOU very much for posting how you made your icing look awesome! I too am not a skilled baker/cook but am learning...just too lazy to figure out how to do it.
ReplyDeleteI know this is an old post but I am just now learning about the foil baking way! I have about 150 cupcakes to make and this would save so much time!! Just question do you bake 350? and how long do you bake on a cookie sheet? Thank you!!
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