Who doesn’t love a good cupcake? Cupcakes have become wildly popular over the past year or two. My eyes bug at out at our local bakery and cupcake shops. They all look so delicious but one cupcake can be pricey. So, I’ve taken to baking my own. I’m sure many of you are like me and enjoy experimenting with flavors but how do you dress your cupcake? Whether you’re looking for a classic liner or something crazy the following products will make your sweet creations even sweeter!
Don’t have time to come up with elaborate cupcake designs? Cupcake Cuties Kit is perfect for you. Each kit comes with 24 self-adhesive sleeves with custom toppings. There are tons of designs to choose from. We tested out the Ice Cream Cone Kit. The kit includes sleeves, multi-colored sprinkles for decorating, a frosting pastry bag and instructions. The sleeves are super easy to assemble. The only downside was that I couldn’t replicate the tall “ice cream” frosting pictured on the box. They’re still cute and are an easy, stress free way to decorate sweets for birthday parties, showers and more. $16.95 for a kit. Make sure you check out the Cuties of the Month Cupcake Cuties Kits. Receive a new cupcake kit every month! They also offer a couple of recipes on their site. – Tee
The Cupcake Kit
By Elinor Klivans
The Cupcake Kit makes me smile! The box holds super cute colored patterned liners (250!), an icing bag, 5 frosting tips and a tips/recipe book. The liners come in two sizes, regular and mini. The cornflake blue colored polka dot pattern is definitely my favorite. What I find attractive is the overall design and the photos in the Cupcake Kit recipe book. The book is small and straightforward. I’m always looking for easy recipes and this is just that! I tested out the cream cheese frosting (yum!) and yellow cake recipes. The results were tasty and I can’t wait to try the Hummingbird Swirls. My daughter would love the banana, pineapple and pecan mix. The Cupcake Kit is perfect for the beginning bakers or someone who doesn’t want to go all out on tons of baking tools. My only wish is that the kit came with a few more icing bags. The Cupcake kit is $19.95 and is published by Chronicle Books. – Tee
The most elegant cupcake wrappers we came across are from Paper Orchid. These laser-cut papers remind me of my scrapbooking days! Their new Filigree wrapper would add a classic touch to a grown-up birthday party, baby shower or wedding (it also comes in white). They have many styles to complement every occasion, from Halloween to your kid’s next birthday party (I LOVE the Dinosaur Cupcake Wrapper). A set of 25 standard-sized laser-cut wrappers is $25 (they have mini-cupcake and jumbo wrappers available, too). In addition, they offer coordinating accessories, such as invitations, place cards, luminaries and more! – Heather
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Watermelon Cupcakes with Sweet Watermelon Buttercream
Makes 2 1/2 dozen
Ingredients
FOR THE CUPCAKES
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 dram (1 teaspoon) watermelon flavoring oil
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 – 16 ounce container (about 2 cups) sour cream
Food coloring (optional)
FOR THE FROSTING
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1 dram (1 teaspoon) watermelon flavoring oil
1 tablespoon lemon juice
3 tablespoons milk
5 to 6 cups confectioners’ sugar
Food coloring (optional)
To make the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line to muffin pans with cupcake liners.
Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in s small bowl; set aside.
In a large bowl, or the bowl of a standing mixer, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well between each addition and scraping the bowl as needed. Stir in the watermelon flavoring. Add about a third of the flour mixture and beat on medium speed until just mixed. Add half of the sour cream, beating until just mixed. Repeat this process with the remaining flour mixture and sour cream. Add color as desired.
Place two tablespoons batter into each cup of lined muffin pans and bake at for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with one or two crumbs clinging to it.
Allow to cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting: In a large bowl, cream together the butter and about a third of the confectioners’ sugar. Stir in the milk and mix thoroughly before beating in another third of the confectioners’ sugar. Next stir in the lemon juice and the remaining sugar, beating until well mixed and light and fluffy. Add all of the watermelon flavoring. If the frosting is too soft, add more sugar, as needed. Add coloring as desired.
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Strawberry Muffins/Cupcakes
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cup fresh strawberries, sliced
1 cup whole milk
1/3 cup butter melted
1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 egg white, lightly beaten
1 1/2 tbsp sugar
Combine flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl, and stir well. Add
fresh strawberries; stir well. Combine
milk and next 4 ingredients; stir well. Add to dry ingredients, stirring
just until moistened.
Divide batter evenly among 18 muffin cups;
sprinkle 1-1/2 tbsp sugar evenly over muffins. Bake at 350 for 25 minutes
or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from pans
immediately; let cool on a wire rack.
18 servings.
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