Delicious Photos and the Recipes to Create them!
After a tough and very emotional week, being so close to Boston there were tons of questions and conversations that had to be had with the kids. Now that all of that is hopefully over, it was time for a feel good recipe. Looking in the fridge and seeing that my dear husband brought more strawberries then anyone could possibly eat in a week I decided that it was my duty as a frugal wife to put them to good use, and what goes better with strawberries….then Chocolate.
To go for the pretty appearance I though a pink buttercream frosting would be nice. For the cupcakes themselves, any chocolate cupcake recipe should be fine. Dare I say if short on time pick up a simple box mix. Shhh…..
After you make he frosting, top with a cherry and drizzle with chocolate. Here is the Recipe:
INGREDIENTS 3 sticks unsalted butter, softened pinch of fine grain sea salt 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 2 pounds confectioners’ sugar, sifted 6 ounces strawberries, pureed 4-6 tablespoons heavy cream
How to make strawberry Puree:
Directions to make the Frosting:
1. In the bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, or with a hand mixer in a large bowl, cream butter on medium speed until fluffy. Turn your mixer down to low speed and slowly add in the confectioner’s sugar, and continue mixing until well blended.
2. Add salt, vanilla, 3 tablespoons of heavy cream and strawberry puree. Blend on low speed until moistened. Add an additional 1 to 3 tablespoons of heavy cream until you reach the desired consistency. Beat at high speed until frosting is smooth and fluffy
3. Pipe frosting onto cooled cupcakes and finish with a chocolate covered strawberry.
Warning: These are diet busters. These are cupcakes straight from the diet devil. Don’t bother trying to see how many calories these are…I will save you the trouble. They are 1.2 zillion!!
If you are wondering what’s on top, you read it correctly. Snickers Popcorn. To give you a sneak, it’s popcorn, sugar, corn syrup, caramel peanuts drizzled with chocolate.
Hint: Make extra because it’s THAT good. It won’t make it to the cupcakes.
WATCH OUTS:
OK – hit the RECIPE button and BAKE.
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This past week was Easter and we hosted at our house. I did a little pot luck dinner on Saturday with 25 people. Can you imagine, 25 people including 9 kids from ages 13 down to 2. Even though it was Pot Luck, the amount of work I had to do was ridiculous, not to mention painting and hiding eggs.
When it was all over, and everyone had gone home and the dishes were wash and put away, I looked over at my daughter and said,
“Guess what Mommy forgot – to put OUT THE CUPCAKES!”
That’s right, in all the drama, I forgot to put out my dessert! I poured my daughter a tall glass of milk and we plowed through one and a half of these cupcakes each. Life never tasted so good.
I then told her that when she gets older if she eats like this she will have thighs like a pregnant Kim Kardashian. Hopefully that will teach her to not do what mommy does.
WATCH-OUTS
The watch out here is to read the recipe closely. The Cookbook Queen is a beast. She has marshmallows and frosting in the center of these babies. I actually almost missed that. Who knew? The same will go for eating. No one will suspect the marshmallow and frosting goodness in the center when they bite into it. You are expecting chocolate cupcake, but end up with much s’more. (Get it?)
Also, a few of the cupcakes will look like a sunken mess. Just like spackle on the wall, cover it up with frosting. Easy work. Click the Recipe button and get ready for some chocolate goodness.
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This is more a decorating idea then a cupcake recipe. As you can see from the picture basically it’s using Jelly Beans to decorate the cupcakes in the shape of the flowers. This is super fast and super easy. Dare I say – you can even buy the cupcakes from the store if you are really rushed!!
WATCHOUTS:
My only watchout here is that all the Jelly Beans are not the same size. The best solution here is to use Jelly Belly’s. The other benefit with Jelly Belly’s is that they have flavors that you can possibly match up with the frosting.
This is definitely a recipe your ids can help with. They can do color sorting and flower making….or if they are like mine, they can play on the Ipad and just do cupcake eating.
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In keeping with the theme of the blog, I always try my best to find unique recipes that look as interesting as they taste. Simplicity is also always the key. Although I occasionally have some difficult to make recipes, I try to post recipes that can be done by a working mother of two.
With St. Patty’s Day les then 24 hours a way I figured something green with alcohol is in order. The unique part about this recipe is the Vanilla ice cream mixed with Irish Cream Creamers. You actually have to mix the creamers with vanilla ice cream and sprinkle in bits of toffee. If that sounds good, it is. That in itself is just a great tasting treat. Haagen Dazs also makes a great Baily’s ice cream. The issue with using the Haagen Dazs is the color is brown which doesn’t look good on the cupcake, but tastes amazing. You have to balance out what matters more to you.
Remember to keep everything in the muffin tin until ready to be served. I recommend freezing them overnight. The more frozen the ice cream is, the more pronounced the ridges in the ice cream will show when you are ready to serve them.
Use your favorite decorating tip for the whipped cream frosting. It goes on just like any other frosting. I recommend applying it just before serving these up. Click the RECIPE button to go to the detailed recipe. Happy Baking!
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