Last year I made meatballs in barbecue sauce and it went over well. I wanted to make something this year and after we visited Edwards (a cake and candy supply store) I liked the idea of cupcakes that look like other food. This year I decided to make strawberry cupcakes that are frosted to look like Watermelons.
Well to start my mom told me that I needed to decide on what flavor I wanted to make and to make sure that we had it. I told her we didn't have strawberry so she said to go to the store after school and pick some up cupcake mix before coming home tommorrow. Well think about that for just a second... cupcake mix... doesn't exsist! And thankfully I realized that in like 5 seconds, and we discussed why we don't use cupcake mix, thats like asking me to go get you 500 ft of flightline, or 5 gallons of prop wash! They don't exsist. My sister oh-so-kindly pointed out that I would have gone to the store and asked someone for it after I couldn't fined it.
The life of a cupcake...
Obviously I mixed and made the batter for the cups, when mommy cake mix loves a daddy water, the three magical fairy eggs, and the butter stork all jump into a bowl for a wedding.But during the batter making process I asked my sister what she did when she made cakes. She told me that instead of oil she used a stick of butter. So she got a bar of butter out for me, and I proceed to dump the water and cake mix into the bowl. Then the first mistake happened.... (enter dramatic music) I open up the wrapper of the bar and dump it into the bowl. Huh? My sister turned around after hearing the sound and asked me, "did you soften it first?" I said no and she laughed at me and said that I had to soften it in the microwave first, and now it was too late as she walked to her couch laughing. I took the bar out of the bowl and put it into a cup and stuck it in the microwave for 30 seconds. After all that I got it mixed and put it in a ziplock bag and KC showed me how to use that to fill the cups.
18 minutes later the 24 healthy baby cupcakes are born into the world! The turned out looking good!!! So far... but they're nakey...
Using my sisters dye colors that she recommended, I mixed Whipped Cream Cheese though as my sister mentioned over and over again I should have used a different frosting that was more solid like home made. I created red frosting for the eadable inside part whatever its called, and green frosting for the rinds.
First I frosted all the cupcakes with a pinkish red base layer. It took a while to gloob everyone with clothes but they were no longer nakey...
Next I place the green frosting into a ziplock baggie and frosted the green rind around the edges and they recieved their second layer of clothes. And lastly they were give accessories to wear in the form of upside down mini chocolate chips as seeds. They are finally dressed.
In the end they came out looking great! I was sure they were going to come out horrible while I was doing the rind for the first one. My sister finally found a way to make the green rings come out not cringeing but they do look spaztastic thanks to my skilled still hand! I think it gives it character...
The suffering of these cupcakes is finally over. Looking at the final product I realized that suckieness doesn't look as bad when it's in numbers. And I made them all ON MY OWN!!!
Now they will await they're doom...
Using my sisters dye colors that she recommended, I mixed Whipped Cream Cheese though as my sister mentioned over and over again I should have used a different frosting that was more solid like home made. I created red frosting for the eadable inside part whatever its called, and green frosting for the rinds.
First I frosted all the cupcakes with a pinkish red base layer. It took a while to gloob everyone with clothes but they were no longer nakey...
Next I place the green frosting into a ziplock baggie and frosted the green rind around the edges and they recieved their second layer of clothes. And lastly they were give accessories to wear in the form of upside down mini chocolate chips as seeds. They are finally dressed.
In the end they came out looking great! I was sure they were going to come out horrible while I was doing the rind for the first one. My sister finally found a way to make the green rings come out not cringeing but they do look spaztastic thanks to my skilled still hand! I think it gives it character...The suffering of these cupcakes is finally over. Looking at the final product I realized that suckieness doesn't look as bad when it's in numbers. And I made them all ON MY OWN!!!
Now they will await they're doom...
(Disclaimer: With a LITTLE help from my sister, A LOT of "I told you (insert information that could have made this insanity a lot easier) ".)
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