Time is rushing on without me lately and I am quite a bit late in posting my Labor Day baking extravaganza! I'll let the pictures do the talking for the most part and fill in bits with recipes or links.
Vanilla Cupcake (courtesy of Me:modified)
93.75 grams self-rising flour
78 grams all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
225 grams (1 cup) granulated sugar
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1/2 cup Milk
1. Combine self-rising flour and all-purpose flour in small bowl. Set aside. I prefer to whisk the flours together to ensure they are evenly mixed.
2. In another bowl, beat butter (room temperature, not melted) then add sugar and cream together for about 1 minute on medium speed.
3. Add vegetable oil and beat for another 2 minutes.
4. Add eggs (room temperature) 1 at a time and continue mixing until each is well incorporated.
5. Combine vanilla extract and milk (room temperature).
6. Alternate adding flour and milk, beginning and ending with flour. Do not over beat!
7. Spoon batter into cupcake liners, 3/4 full.
8. Bake at 350 degrees for 22 minutes.
9. Cool 15 minutes in pan then remove to cool completely
Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1 pound powdered sugar, sifted
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon milk, if necessary
Clay Pots filled with Vanilla Cupcake batter.. In theory, this was an awesome idea but in reality, this did not work out so well. They looked great though! The clay pot sucked out too much moisture leaving the outside overcooked and the inside undercooked. Next time I will definitely baked the cupcakes then place them into the pots.
I wanted to create "dirt" for my cake pop Bumble Bees to fly around so I crumbled up Oreo cookies. I very lightly frosted the cupcakes with vanilla buttercream frosting then dipped the frosted cupcakes into the Oreo crumbs.
To create a bit of dimension and unevenness to my "dirt" top, I added more frosting and re-dipped the cupcakes into the Oreo cookie crumbs.
I cut out the cutest cupcake holders for "grass' with the Cricut. I used the Lite Cupcake Wrapper cartridge with two different colors of green. This was a bit time intensive but the end results were worth it!
This is crumbled up cake I used for the cake pops. Crumble up your cake, add frosting (most people recommend using cream cheese frosting but its not my cup of tea) and mix. Absolutely love this idea! I borrowed it from Bakerella's website a year or two ago for cake balls and everyone seems to love them.
I stuck my sticks in a bit too early! Every time I dipped them into the warm chocolate, the balls would twist and slide off! Bakerella recommends dipping the stick in chocolate and then sticking it into the cake ball.
I got the idea for Bumble Bees from Bakerella's Blog! I substituted Almond Slivers for the white chocolate wafers. I only quickly glanced at the directions for these darling bees so mine are not nearly as good as Bakerella's!
I added little M&M ladybugs to add a little color and dimension to the landscaping! I also piped a couple of cupcakes with sunflowers.
I absolutely loved this project! Sure it was cake overload all on one cupcake but it was so cute! During our Labor Day festivities, people would take off the cake pop and eat it off the stick and then others would eat the cupcake. The sunflowers in the clay pots looked perfect but they were absolutely terrible and rock hard inside. So much for baking in a clay pot! Next time I will bake the cupcake then spoon pieces of cake into the clay pots.
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