Carnival Themed Cupcakes: HOT DOGS

Day 5 of 5: Carnival Themed Cupcakes

My 12-year-old daughter is at it again… exploring the world of decorating CUPCAKES! This time she had a friend help her out, which always makes it more exciting! Both girls have decided to enter a Cupcake War Fundraising Contest … pick a theme, flavors, and display, get creative… and bake and decorate 100 cupcakes! They had a trial run this past weekend and the results were a huge success! They came out and tasted so good (Ok, I am slightly biased!), I thought I would share them on my blog. So, over the next 5 days, 1 new Carnival Themed Cupcake Design will be shared to inspire our followers for their next themed party or event! Designs include POPCORN, SNOW CONES, HOT DOGS, COTTON CANDY, and ICE CREAM MILK SHAKES!

We would like to give a HUGE shoutout to Pinterest for inspiring these girls with creative cupcake designs. The girls used some ideas from Pinterest, while adding their own creative flavors and supplies (all while sticking to a budget). Looking forward to the main event, but until then… enjoy these nostalgic cupcake designs!

Day 5 – Carnival Themed Cupcakes: HOT DOGS

A chocolate cupcake topped with vanilla buttercream frosting and a caramel and fudge “hot dog”.

What you will need: chocolate or vanilla cupcakes, buttercream frosting, Kraft Caramels,  mini Tootsie Rolls, red and yellow gel writer, decorative cupcake liners

Directions:

1. Bake cupcakes according to package. Let cool completely.
2. Prepare buttercream frosting. (Recipe used : http://www.wilton.com/buttercream-frosting/WLRECIP-41.html )
3. Decorate cupcake with simple swirl design.
4. Soften caramel square in microwave. Shape into hot dog roll.
5. Soften Tootsie Roll in microwave. Add to “hot dog roll”.
6. Add gel writer for “ketchup” and “mustard”.

Carnival Themed Cupcakes: ICE CREAM MILK SHAKES

Day 4 of 5: Carnival Themed Cupcakes

My 12-year-old daughter is at it again… exploring the world of decorating CUPCAKES! This time she had a friend help her out, which always makes it more exciting! Both girls have decided to enter a Cupcake War Fundraising Contest … pick a theme, flavors, and display, get creative… and bake and decorate 100 cupcakes! They had a trial run this past weekend and the results were a huge success! They came out and tasted so good (Ok, I am slightly biased!), I thought I would share them on my blog. So, over the next 5 days, 1 new Carnival Themed Cupcake Design will be shared to inspire our followers for their next themed party or event! Designs include POPCORN, SNOW CONES, HOT DOGS, COTTON CANDY, and ICE CREAM MILK SHAKES!

We would like to give a HUGE shoutout to Pinterest for inspiring these girls with creative cupcake designs. The girls used some ideas from Pinterest, while adding their own creative flavors and supplies (all while sticking to a budget). Looking forward to the main event, but until then… enjoy these nostalgic cupcake designs!

Day 4 – Carnival Themed Cupcakes: ICE CREAM MILK SHAKES

A chocolate cupcake with vanilla buttercream frosting “milk shake”, Tootsie Roll Candy” hot fudge, buttercream “whipped cream”, and a red candy “cherry”.

What you will need: chocolate cupcakes, buttercream frosting, lime green and aqua blue food coloring (or milk shake color of your choice), mini Tootsie Rolls, red colored candy (Suggestions: sour cherry balls, M & M’s, gum balls, Skittles), decorative cupcake liners and striped paper straws

Directions:

1. Prepare cupcakes according to package. Let cool completely.
2. Prepare buttercream frosting (Recipe used: http://www.wilton.com/buttercream-frosting/WLRECIP-41.html). Divide frosting – white for “whipped cream” and add aqua and lime colors to make “milk shake”.
3. Add “milk shake” frosting to decorating bag, cut off small tip with scissors and swirl onto cupcake.
4. Soften mini Tootsie Roll in microwave. Using fingers, shape into a “hot fudge swirl”. Add on top of “milk shake”.
5. In another decorating bag, add white buttercream along with a small star tip. Swirl on top of “hot fudge” for “whipped cream”.
6. Top with a red candy. Add straw.

Carnival Themed Cupcakes: COTTON CANDY

Day 3 of 5: Carnival Themed Cupcakes

My 12-year-old daughter is at it again… exploring the world of decorating CUPCAKES! This time she had a friend help her out, which always makes it more exciting! Both girls have decided to enter a Cupcake War Fundraising Contest … pick a theme, flavors, and display, get creative… and bake and decorate 100 cupcakes! They had a trial run this past weekend and the results were a huge success! They came out and tasted so good (Ok, I am slightly biased!), I thought I would share them on my blog. So, over the next 5 days, 1 new Carnival Themed Cupcake Design will be shared to inspire our followers for their next themed party or event! Designs include POPCORN, SNOW CONES, HOT DOGS, COTTON CANDY, and ICE CREAM MILK SHAKES!

We would like to give a HUGE shoutout to Pinterest for inspiring these girls with creative cupcake designs. The girls used some ideas from Pinterest, while adding their own creative flavors and supplies (all while sticking to a budget). Looking forward to the main event, but until then… enjoy these nostalgic cupcake designs!

Day 3 –  Carnival Themed Cupcakes: COTTON CANDY

A pink and blue swirled vanilla cupcake with cotton candy buttercream frosting.

What you will need: yellow cupcakes, buttercream frosting, pink and blue food coloring, cotton candy flavored lollipop and cotton candy flavoring (Loranne’s Oils Cotton Candy Flavoring.)

Directions:

1. Bake yellow cupcakes according to package. Let cool completely. Optional: If you would like color swirled cupcakes: before baking the cupcakes, divide the cupcake batter in half, add pink and blue food coloring and then scoop each color batter into the cupcake liners of choice.
2. Prepare buttercream frosting (Wilton Recipe : http://www.wilton.com/buttercream-frosting/WLRECIP-41.html ) and add 2-3 drops of cotton candy flavoring.
3. Divide frosting in half and add pink (approx. 1-2 drops) and then blue (approx. 1-2 drops) food coloring to each to resemble cotton candy colors.
4. Using Wilton’s Color Swirl Decorating Set, add frosting on top of cupcake using a swirl tip.
5. Top with a cotton candy flavored lollipop. (She used Dum Dum Brand Cotton Candy Flavor Pops.)

Carnival Themed Cupcakes: SNOW CONES

Day 2 of 5 –  Carnival Themed Cupcakes 

My 12-year-old daughter is at it again… exploring the world of decorating CUPCAKES! This time she had a friend help her out, which always makes it more exciting! Both girls have decided to enter a Cupcake War Fundraising Contest … pick a theme, flavors, and display, get creative… and bake and decorate 100 cupcakes! They had a trial run this past weekend and the results were a huge success! They looked and tasted so good (Ok, I am slightly biased!), I thought I would share them on my blog. So, over the next 5 days, 1 new Carnival Themed Cupcake Design will be shared to inspire our followers for their next themed party or event! Designs include POPCORN, SNOW CONES, HOT DOGS, COTTON CANDY, and ICE CREAM MILK SHAKES!

We would like to give a HUGE shoutout to Pinterest for inspiring these girls with creative cupcake designs. The girls used some ideas from Pinterest, while adding their own creative flavors and supplies (all while sticking to a budget). Looking forward to the main event, but until then… enjoy these nostalgic cupcake designs!

Day 2 –  Carnival Themed Cupcakes: SNOW CONES

A chocolate cupcake with raspberry flavored buttercream frosting sprinkled with red, white and blue sugar crystals..

What you will need: chocolate cupcakes, buttercream frosting, raspberry flavoring ( Loanne’s Oils Raspberry Flavoring), red, blue and white decorating sugar crystals, mini wooden or plastic spoons, white candy/nut snack bowl (see example in photo, available at Hobby Lobby)

Directions:

1. Bake chocolate cupcakes according to package in the white candy/nut snack bowls. Let cool completely.
2. Prepare buttercream frosting (Recipe used: http://www.wilton.com/buttercream-frosting/WLRECIP-41.html).
3. Add 2-3 drops of raspberry flavoring to the frosting and mix thoroughly.
4. Spread frosting onto cupcake evenly. Dividing the cupcake in thirds, add red sugar crystals to one side and blue sugar crystals to the other side, leaving the middle third plain. Then, pour the white sugar crystals into a plate and dip the whole cupcake into the white sugar crystals to cover the whole cupcakes. This will give the snow cone an “icy” look.
5. Add a mini wooden or plastic spoon to the top of the cupcake.

Sweet Watermelons and Twin Ice Pops – Summertime Cupcakes

My 10-year-old daughter was at it again this summer…baking and decorating summer themed cupcakes. They were so cute (and yummy)…I thought I would share these simple summer cupcake designs with our followers…perfect to bring to your next summer BBQ! Both cupcake designs were inspired by pinners on Pinterest.

Sweet Watermelon Cupcakes

Ingredients: cupcake mix,  food coloring, mini chocolate chips, buttercream frosting

Directions:

1. Mix cupcake batter according to package (she baked mini-sized cupcakes for this recipe).
2. Add drops of red coloring to the cupcake batter to resemble a watermelon red.
3. Add mini-chocolate chips to batter.
4. Fill cupcake liners and bake according to package.
5. While cupcakes are baking, make buttercream frosting (She uses Wilton’s Buttercream Recipe http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing ) and add food coloring to make a mint green color (6 green drops and 2 yellow drops).
6. Once cupcakes are baked and cooled, frost cupcakes. When you bite into the cupcake, the inside looks like a sweet slice of watermelon!

Twin Ice Pops Cupcakes

Ingredients: cupcakes, buttercream frosting, rainbow sprinkles, Mike and Ike Candies, toothpicks

Directions:

1. Bake cupcakes according to package.
2. Make buttercream frosting (She uses Wilton’s Buttercream Recipe http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing ).
3. Once cupcakes are baked and cooled, frost cupcakes (She decided to use a Wilton 2D tip because it resembles soft serve ice cream). Add rainbow sprinkles.
4. Matching two Mike and Ike candy colors, cut toothpick and push into each candy to resemble a twin ice pop. Place on top of cupcake.