What do you get when you put me, my best friend Lizz, her daughter Skylar together with a fun new project and the promise of a great blog post? Some cuteness with some excellent photos is what, and countless “balls” jokes…which you’ll understand in a minute!
I discovered Bakerella’s cupcake bites about a year ago, and they’ve been lurking in my brain since. I love the idea of them, and you all know me and my cute food obsession! Since our oven is busted, I enlisted LIzz’s oven and the help of her and Skylar to create this adorable project as part of my sister’s birthday present.
Step 1: Bake a cake. We used Funfetti mix (since Skylar said we had to do rainbow colored cake.)
Allow Dad to lick the bowl, and kids to lick the beaters!
Step 2: Instruct 5-year-old to crumble the cake with her hands
Step 3: Mix 1 can frosting in with the crumbled cake
Step 4: With wet hands, roll the cake mixture into small balls, about 3/4″ in diameter.
Step 5: Melt chocolate and colored candy melts to a liquid consistency. We used the “double boiler” method.
Step 5: Squeeze melted chocolate into the bottom of a cup-shaped candy mold.
Step 6: Give 5-year-old your iPhone to play games on while Mommy and Mara do the “grown up” part of the project.
Step 7: Press chilled cake balls into the chocolate-filled molds and allow to cool. Remove from mold and repeat.
Step 8: Dip top halves of mini cupcakes into colored candy melts, and decorate with sprinkles and upside-down M&Ms.
Step 9: Commence taking ridiculous number of pictures of adorable mini cupcakes!
Step 10: Package in boxes
Step 11: Devour the leftovers!
Step 12: Join family for Leigh’s birthday celebration full of family recipes, including roasted chicken and fillets, and an apple cake you’ll be seeing again!
Step 13: Announce winner of the BBQ Package contest from ICBINB
Comment #40, which was Nina!! Congratulations! I’ll email you for your address and get you in contact with your benefactor!
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I’m not sure what is cuter, Skylar or the cupcakes!
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Skylar is cuter. No offense to the cute snacks!
(from Skylar’s Grandmother – that’s me!)
Well, obviously
Perfect post title for a perfect celebration!
Oh my….I want those little cupcakes now!
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I must have one of those cupcakes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is WAY too cute. I just loooove Bakerella – I wonder if it’d work with homemade frosting, though.
I did not know that it was possible to make funfetti even more fun! Those look amazing!
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O.M.G. i had something similar to that when there was a food festival in town…so freak’n delicious. i had one in carrot cake, red velvet and walnut. tasttttyyyyyyyy!
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I’m in love! Sounds like you and the ladies had a picture perfect evening. I feel privileged to have had a sneak peek of this deliciousness.
Can’t wait to see what was in store for Leigh’s birthday celebration! Happy belated to her!
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Um, I’m pretty sure I need to make those because they are awesome. Wonder if I could do it with homemade cake and frosting instead. Like…chocolate cake and peanut butter frosting? Oh hells yes!
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Oh it would totally work with homemade cake and frosting, we just took the easy way out since it was our first time making them! PB and chocolate? Yes please!
I lovelovelove all the photos.
LOVE.
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Oh my goodness! This sounds SO sinful!! Wish I could taste test one
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Those little cupcakes looks delicious
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Those cupcakes are so cute and actually look like something I would be able to create:)
What a wonderful job you did!!!!
I know of a lot of people that tried to replicate these and they came out looking like a disaster. Yours, however, are gorgeous!
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Thank you!! Not all of ours were this pretty, I assure you of that much!
SO.STINKIN.ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love them!!!!
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recipe4living.comYum! I wish my baking creations looked that pretty! You should try these banana chocolate chunk cupcakes. They are incredible!
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