Sweet Things

Happy  St.Valentine's Day! Today I am going to make St. Valentine's Day cupcakes. I used Duncan Hines Marble Fudge cake mix. The box comes with two packets. One contains the packet of the fudge mixture and the other contains yellow cake mix. First, pour the yellow cake mix into a large bowl and add the wet ingredients listed on the back of the box. Then, pour a cup of yellow cake mix into a smaller bowl and add the packet of the fudge mixture. To make these cupcakes I  used a Wilton Valentine's Day cupcake kit I found at Walmart. It is really strange, but I can't find it online anymore. Anyway, you will also need one pipping bag, red food coloring, hot pink sprinkles, Wilton decorating tip 1M, and a box of Wilton buttercream icing mix. I lined my cupcake pans using the cupcake liners provided in the kit. After I have lined the pans, I first poured the yellow batter into all of the cupcake liners. Then, I added a dollop of the chocolate...

Happy New Year! I made some chocolate cupcakes and used a snowflake topper and winter sprinkles I got at Michaels. I used Duncan Hines chocolate cake mix and used Duncan Hines whipped vanilla icing and whipped chocolate icing.  So first, follow the instructions on the back of the cake box. I added another egg and used milk instead of water to make the cupcakes richer and denser. Bake it in the oven according to the back of the box. I used one box, which typically makes 24 cupcakes. To decorate the cupcakes you will need a can of Duncan Hines whipped chocolate icing, a can of Duncan Hines whipped vanilla icing, 1-2 piping bags, a large star decorating tip, snowflake treat toppers, and Wilton's winter sprinkle mix. You will also need a large circle cake board ( I think I used either a 10 inch or a 12 inch) and a wine glass for the display I used. First, using the large star tip, fill a piping bag with white icing. The reason why I said you ...

I know these cupcakes don't look much like Christmas cupcakes, but they were good! I used Duncan Hines Devil's Food chocolate cake mix. Preheat your oven to 350. Then mix 3 eggs a cup of milk or water and 1/3 cup of vegetable oil. Then mix it together. These are some cool shots my brother took of it mixing. Then scoop the batter into your muffin tins. The box says it will make 24 cupcakes, but I usually end up with only 18 or so. Bake them for 20-22 minutes. Cupcakes cool fast so let them sit out for 5-10 minutes, or put them in the freezer for 2-3 minutes. To ice them, I used Betty Crocker's Cupcake Icing. I used the same kind I used here  . I played around with the tips and iced them using the chocolate flavor and the pink colored kind. I sprinkled red sprinkles on them too. These could also be used as Valentines Day cupcakes too!! More Christmas posts coming soon! ...

 I made chocolate cupcakes using Duncan Hines Devil's Food Chocolate Cake mix, and iced them with Duncan Hines creamy Classic Vanilla Icing. I followed the instructions on the box and added an extra egg, and made 24 cupcakes. I baked them for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees and let them cool for 10-15 minutes. For icing them, I used a spatula and put some icing onto the cupcake, then spread it using the spatula. I added gold sprinkles I found at the grocery store and sprinkled those on as well. I used the wine glass display that I used in my other post  http://theyoungbaker12.blogspot.com/2016/10/chocolate-cupcakes.html and used that to display the cupcakes on a square turquoise plate.                                         ...