Chocolate Chunk Cupcakes w/ Vanilla Buttercream (And a Halloween Twist)
The first item on my agenda for Halloween week was of course, cupcakes. I used a chocolate cake mix, added chocolate chunks and a little bit of cinnamon and baked the cupcakes. Mixes are great and it's always fun to add a little more to it (especially if that more is chocolate).
I made the vanilla buttercream icing from scratch and used Wilton Brand orange food coloring to get it the color of orange I wanted. I'm not gonna lie, it took a lot of food coloring to get a real orange. The best part of cupcakes are always the sprinkles though...
(the decorating dots were from Crate & Barrel...their stuff is always adorable)
Halloween Cake Balls & Pops
You can visit Bakerella for the nitty gritty on how to make cake pops. Her step-by-step photos are ridiculously easy to follow and much better than I could ever do. I will however, let you see my final products.
(My key decorating ingredients)
(The Balls)
(The pops)
The cake balls went to a Halloween Party that my friend Melissa threw.
As you can see, even Angels are tempted by these cake balls....
(Mini cupcakes for those unlucky enough to not get a cake ball)
(My friend Little Red Riding Hood...aka Angela and I at Melissa's party)
&
(The lovely hostess, Miss Melissa Tull with her little devil)
The cake pops went home with me to Jacksonville where they fed a few little ones and their parents at my church. And that's all folks! I'm currently prepping for wedding cake fun, but I may have a few more sweet stuff coming your way. :)
