Cupcakes for Lucy
I saw this method for decorating cupcakes in a book at the library and filed it away mentally for later use.
The petals are made by simply cutting mini marshmallows in half diagonally, then dipping the sticky part in colored sugar.
The book showed the whole top of the cupcake covered in them, but to save time I just did a single little flower, then put a dot of colored frosting in the center. With canned frosting, you can't get much easier than that.
On her birthday, we had white texas sheet cake. It is divine. Here's the recipe if you'd like to make some (and go to heaven) too.
White Texas Sheet Cake
1 cup butter
1 cup water
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
Frosting
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
In small saucepan, bring butter and water to boil. Remove from heat. In large bowl, mix flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, salt and baking soda. Add butter and water mixture. Beat until smooth. Pour into greased 15x10 inch baking pan. Bake at 375 for 16-18 minutes or until cake is golden brown and tests done. Cool for 20 minutes. Meanwhile, for frosting, combine butter and milk in saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add sugar and almond extract and mix well. Spread over warm cake.
3 comments:
Sarah, that is such an awesome decorating idea! I love it!
thanks for sharing!
I saw that in the Hello Cupcake book. I'm so glad you think it's easy because I want to use that idea sometime! And thanks for the recipe. I've had white Texas sheet cake before and never found the recipe. It's divine!
You are adorable.
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