Cupcake Class: Sock Monkeys

How to make sock monkey cupcakes:

1. Frost cupcake with chocolate frosting.

2. Place a chocolate covered graham cracker on top

3. Twist open a golden Oreo open one, snap in half.

4. Attach the frosted open half, for mouth region, with a bit of frosting.

5. Place red mike and ike or hot tamale on for mouth.

6. Attach half of on frosted Golden Oreo for the top of the head with a bit of frosting.

7. Cut to Harbio black licorice wheels. In half, use chocolate frosting to attach as ears.

6. Use mini Junior mints or M&Ms as eyes.

Cupcake Class:Space Edition

If you are looking for Outer Space themed Cakes. Here are tutorials for constellation, alien, planet, and UFO cupcakes. You can also see my rocket and earth cakes and rocket cupcakes.

How to Make Constellation Cupcakes:
1. Frost cupcake in Blue frosting.
2. Roll out yellow laffy taffy.
3. Cut out with tiny star cutters (Wilton)
4. Add sprinkles.

Aliens Cupcakes (idea from Hello, Cupcake)
modified due to my jumbo donut holes...

How to make UFO Cupcakes
1. Frost cupcake in Blue.
2. Sprinkle edge with confetti sprinkles.
3. Place zebra cake on top.
4. slice donut hole in half.
5. frost 1/2 in blur frosting fro UFO dome.
6. Roll out green laffy taffy or air head, cut into strip for band.
7. Place dome on top of the UFO.

How to Make planet cupcakes (Not Shown)
1. Frost cupcake in blue.
2. Sprinkle edge with confetti sprinkles.
3. A small slice from each cut side.
4. Separate an oreo (golden or regular) place a bit of frosting on the top and bottom.
5. Place cookie sandwich style between cut donut hole to make a ring.

Disclaimer: We were going to make these planet cupcakes at cupcake class. I had tried it out a few weeks previous. I knew I needed a lot of donut holes so I special ordered them from a grocery store bakery. Well, when the holes were picked up they were huge- Super Jumbo Size. While I appreciate the generosity it adversely affected the aesthetic and balance of this weeks designs and I had to scrap the planet design completely due to the bad proportioning.

cupcake class: Creature edition

For the love of cupcakes, please not one more cupcake post from smart mama! Sorry my faithful readers hoping for something witty today- you just get more confectionary creations. Sorry I must archive them here once and for all.

How to make octopus cupcakes:

How to make turtle cupcakes: Penguins inspired by the book Hello, Cupcake. (although they didn't not turn out right due to a change in frosting and the eyes being delivered 2 hrs to late by UPS!)

1. excited kids 2.parents who help out 3. supplies to create with

Cupcake class:Red Sox Edition

My apologies for the string of cupcake posts. My 4 week cupcake class teaching gig, I have cupcakes on the brain. This issue is for Red Sox Nation in honor of Thursday night's game. Perfect food for a Red Sox themed birthday party or game day party. Here is a tutorial for all you Red Sox superfans.

How to make Baseball Cupcakes:

1. Frost cupcake with chocolate frosting.

2. Edge with green jimmies.

3. Roll out a circle of white fondant.

4. Place fondant over top of a mini donut.

5. Place on the cupcake

6. Add red details with rope licorice.

How to make Red Sox cupcakes:

1. Frost cupcake with chocolate frosting.
2. Edge with green jimmies

3. Roll out cherry air Heads candy.

4. Cut out the shape of 2 red socks.

5. Place small dot of white fondant on heel and toe and dip in white sugar.

6. Roll out fondant into snake and form into letters.

7. Place decorations on the cupcakes.

How to make Wally the Green Monster cupcakes:

1. Frost cupcake with chocolate frosting.

2. Cover with green jimmies.

3. Add icing premade eyes (available and Country Kitchen SweetArt)

4. Use Wilton sour cherry balls for nose

5. Use harbio rope licorice wheel for mouth

6. Use 1/2 of a oreo cookie for brim of the hat

7. Roll a half circle of fondant in blue and black sugar (to get navy color) or tint with Wilton colors

8. Form a B out of cherry air head candy.

9. Add hat pieces to the cupcake.

1.supplies on hand 2.exciting games 3. Halloween carnival fun

cupcake class #1: halloween cupcakes

Well, I survived the first week: me, 20 kids, 66 cupcakes, and 2 helpers (we were down a helper so it was a little harried) 66 cupcakes. Here are the Halloween themed cupcakes I taught them to make for any of you interested in making them at home.

Spooky spiders

How to make spooky spider cupcakes

Pumpkin patch

How to make pumpkin cupcakes

Outrageous Owls

The owl idea is courtesy of an awesome book Hello, Cupcake! (but slightly modified)

1. one week done 2. feelings of relief 3. remembering