Peep inspired cupcakes

With Easter just right around the corner, I thought I'd share some cupcakes I made for my family last year.

Materials:

Cake Mix (I used Betty Crocker Strawberry Cake Mix)

Cupcake Liners

Pink Sprinkles

Pastry Pride Whipped Topping

Pastry Bag

Pastry Tip

Peeps Icing Decorations

Directions:

Bake cupcakes in cupcake liners

Let them cool completely

Put some whipped topping in a pastry bag and fill each cupcake with white whipped topping using a pastry tip

Add some small pink sprinkles onto each cupcake

Place the Peeps icing decorations

Final Result:

Dark Chocolate Lava Cake

Want to impress someone with a simple but delicious dessert? Look no more. This chocolate lava cake will make anyone fall in love with your baking, even those that may not like chocolate too much.

Ingredients/Materials:
2 large eggs
2 large egg yolks
5 tbsp butter
3 tbsp sugar
3 tbsp flour
3 tsp cocoa powder (I used Hershey's Cocoa Powder: Natural Unsweetened)
3.5 oz. dark chocolate bar (best when using Godiva 72% Cocoa)
a few drops of vanilla extract
pinch of salt
a little extra butter for coating ramekins
1 large mixing bowl
1 smaller microwave safe bowl
sifter or strainer
4 ramekins
electric mixer
1 large casserole dish

Directions:
1. Combine eggs and egg yolks and sugar together in mixing bowl and mix until turns a pale yellow color and foamy.
2. In a small microwave safe bowl, add butter and broken dark chocolate bar pieces together. Microwave them until they melt. Stir to blend into a chocolately liquid.

3. Combine melted chocolate with egg mixer. Mix together quickly so egg doesn't cook.
4. Add in cocoa powder by using sifter (or strainer) so that there won't be any chunks. Mix together.

5. Add in flour by also using sifter (or strainer) and mix together.

6. Add in your pinch of salt and a few drops of vanilla extract and mix together.
7. Next coat your 4 ramekins with butter and place into large casserole dish.
8. Pour your dark chocolate lava cake batter evenly into the ramekins.
9. Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
10. Preheat oven to 425°F. Once cakes are chilled and oven is ready, take out casserole dish with ramekins and pour hot tap water into casserole dish until half way up the ramekins.
11. Bake for about 15-18 minutes. Outside should be firm but inside should be molten. It should still jiggle a little when moved. Water and ramekins are extremely hot so be very careful when handling them. I recommend taking out the ramekins out of the dish first and then draining the water.

Your dark chocolate lava cakes are now ready to be served any way you like! Enjoy the rich chocolately goodness!

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and if you are still in need of a quick gift don’t worry I have a solution. CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRIES!! If you don’t know how to make them keep reading and I will walk you through it.

Materials:

Strawberries

Semisweet Chocolate Chips or any chocolate of your choice

Paramount Crystals (You can also use coconut oil or any other type of oil)

Parchment Paper or Aluminum Foil

Directions:

Wash strawberries and let them dry

Take the chocolate and put it in a microwave safe bowl

Add paramount crystals and microwave until chocolate is completely melted (if its too thick you can add some oil)

Dip each strawberry into the chocolate and cover completely

Place strawberries in parchment paper or aluminum foil and let chocolate harden

Final Result:

Red Velvet Heart Cakes

Don’t know what to get your valentine? Don’t worry I’m here to help. So get your baking supplies and start making these delicious and easy heart cakes.

Materials:

Cake Mix (I used red velvet)

Heart Shaped Cookie Cutters

Pillsbury Easy Frost Frosting (I used cream cheese frosting)

Rectangular Cake Pan

Instructions:

Bake cake in a rectangular cake pan. I baked mine in a big cake pan so the cakes would come out thin.

Let the cake cool completely.

Take the cookie cutters and cut out different shaped hearts

Distribute the frosting evenly on the top of each heart cake

Final Result:

Smurfs Cupcakes

Materials:

Cupcake Liners

Pastry Pride Whipped Topping

Blue Food Coloring

Pearl Sprinkles

Black Gel Cake Pen

Cake Mix

Pastry Tip

Directions:

Bake cupcakes in black liners

Using a pastry tip line the edge with blue frosting and add a dot to the middle to make a nose

In the middle of each cupcake use a pastry tip to make the white hat nice and tall

Add the sprinkles to the blue part of the frosting as the eyes

Put a black dot in the middle of each eye

Final Result:

Tinkerbell Dress Cake

Materials:

Cake Mix

Wonder Mold

Leaf Cookie Cutters

Green Fondant

Green Food Coloring

Pastry Pride Whipped Topping

Barbie Doll

Plastic Wrap

Purple, Pink, Yellow Fondant

Small Flower Cookie Cutter

Pearl Sprinkles

Directions:

Bake cake in Wilton Wonder Mold and let it cool completely

Roll out green fondant and cut out different size leaves using cookie cutters

Roll out the other colored fondant and cut out small flowers using cookie cutters

Add pearl sprinkle to the middle of each flower

Take cake out of cake pan

Wrap the legs of the Barbie doll in plastic wrap

Cut a whole on the top middle of the cake and make sure it’s big enough for the doll to fit

Take the food coloring and dye the whipped topping green

Cover entire cake with the green whipped topping

Place the doll on top of the cake

Take green fondant and cover whipped topping with the different size leaves

Finally add the fondant flowers

Final Result:

Carnival Jumbo Cupcake

Materials:
Cake Mix
Wilton Jumbo Cupcake Pan
Wilton Red Candy Melts
Pastry Pride Whipped Topping
Food Coloring
Cupcake Topper

Directions:
Bake Cake in Cupcake Pan
Melt the wilton candy melts and melt them according to directions on the package
Take the bottom of the cupcake and cover it with the red melted chocolate

Take some of the white whipped topping and use some neon green food coloring and dye it
Take some neon yellow food coloring and dye the other part of the whipped topping
Using a pastry tip cover the top of the cupcake with the neon green and neon yellow whipped topping
Add the cake topper
Final Result: