Football Cupcakes
I know I said that I’m feeling the Superbowl this year but you didn’t think I would leave you without fun ideas, did you?
These cute little football cupcakes are perfect for any Superbowl party! I mean, who doesn’t love cupcakes?! And they couldn’t be any easier. I actually used a boxed mix because cupcakes haven’t been my friend since we moved to 6,000 feet. (The boxed mixes have high altitude directions and always work perfectly.) I also used canned frosting because… well, butter is expensive and canned frosting is cheap!
So the whole project took less than an hour!
To frost football cupcakes: Use a small star tip (I used 21 from Wilton) to pipe chocolate lines back and forth across the cupcakes. You want the lines to be touching but not on top of each other. Use a small round tip (I used 6 from Wilton) to pipe white lines across across the chocolate frosting to make it look like a football.
If you want to make your own cupcakes, I’ve got a vanilla bean cupcake recipe with the best vanilla frosting and an awesome chocolate frosting recipe.
This post linked to Fusion Fridays.
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen:
February 2nd, 2012 at 6:42 am
Eep these are do cute and easy- score! Lol
Julie @ Table for Two:
February 2nd, 2012 at 6:47 am
these are so cute and creative! touchdown for you! :)
Laura:
February 2nd, 2012 at 7:59 am
Perfect for Sunday, adorable!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar:
February 2nd, 2012 at 9:37 am
Cuuute! Love this idea :)
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel:
February 2nd, 2012 at 10:25 am
Cute! There’s nothing wrong with box and jar supplies – great for a quick fix too. :) Now I want a cupcake.
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts:
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:27 pm
These are cute!! I have done ok with cakes since moving to altitude, but brownies are killing me! Have you figured those out?
amanda:
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:28 pm
I haven’t had any brownie issues but I always make the really fudgy ones that don’t need to puff up much. What’s the secret to cake? I’ve tried adding more flour, decreasing leaveners, raising the oven temp, EVERYTHING. I’m losing my mind! :(
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts:
February 2nd, 2012 at 3:31 pm
I always make fudgy brownies too, but they just aren’t working like they used to :(
Cake – I have done from scratch, 1 Tbls extra flour per cup, 1 tsp less sugar per cup, 1 extra egg, and then slightly less leavening. See if it works. That is the formula I have been using for cookies too to get them thick and chewy instead of spreading thin.
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust:
February 3rd, 2012 at 7:47 am
So cute! I love these.
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Deb @ Ate by Ate:
February 6th, 2012 at 5:40 pm
The dish you used is adorable!! And the cupcakes look so cute. I am a huge fan of chocolate frosting on vanilla, love it much more than vanilla on chocolate.
Heather - Chickabug:
January 10th, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Hi Amanda! I featured your cupcakes in a post on my blog! Here’s a link:
http://www.chickabug.com/blog/2013/01/football-party-food.html
Heather : )