5 Simply Delicious Cupcakes for Kiddies
The most delicious cupcake recipes, certain to be kid approved, can be easily prepared using a packaged cake mix. Baking cakes from cake mixes result in a very moist, sweet treats for birthdays, holidays or any special occasion.
Why not give one of these 5 fantastic cupcake recipes a go and give those little monsters a well deserved treat.
1. Chocolate Covered Cherry Mountain Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350*
Ingredients:
12 red cupcake liners
One box chocolate fudge cake mix
Follow the directions on the box for cupcakes
Stir in one 160z. can of cherry pie filling
Coat each muffin cup with cooking spray to secure the liners.
Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans lined with red foil liners. Fill 3/4 full to allow room for rising during baking.
Bake according to directions on box. Remove from oven and let cool on rack for 15 minutes.
Frosting Directions:
12 chocolate covered cherry candies
Two containers whipped chocolate flavor frosting
One package of easy squeeze white icing
Frost cupcakes with the whipped frosting and swirl as if creating a mound. With the white decorator gel, make a snow cap at the very top of the mound. Store any leftover frosting in the refrigerator. Add one chocolate covered cherry to the very top in the center. Call the kids, but not before grabbing a cupcake for yourself!
Little girls love tea parties, so why not bake them up a batch of princess theme cupcakes?
2. Princess Tia Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350*
Ingredients:
One box of rainbow chip cake mix
12 pink muffin pan liners
Follow all directions on the box for cupcakes
Spoon batter into prepared muffin pan
Bake according to directions
Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes
Frosting Directions:
White decorator gel
Two containers whipped strawberry frosting
Decorative sprinkles in rainbow colors
Frost each cupcake with strawberry frosting mounding it up in the center
Using the decorator gel, draw a crown on top of mound.
Sprinkle rainbow candies over the crown to resemble jewels
Serve with star shaped sandwiches and pour warm tea with sugar and cream into pretty china teacups with saucers.
Boys love cupcakes too. The recipe below will impress any young.
3. Midnight Blues Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350*
Ingredients:
One box vanilla cake mix
12 blue muffin liners
Prepare cup cakes according to instructions on box.
Bake according to directions
Remove from oven and cool 15 minutes
Frosting Directions:
One container Whipped cream frosting
One tube of blue decorator gel
Decorative sprinkles in blue
Frost each cupcake with whipped cream frosting
Using the blue decorator gel, draw the outline of a guitar onto each cup cake
Sprinkle with the blue colored candies. Serve berry blue colored fruit juice to drink.
Girls enjoy sleepovers so why not bake them some pajama theme cup cakes?
4. Sweet Dreams Cup cakes
Preheat oven to 350*
Ingredients:
One box lemon flavored cake mix
Red muffin pan liners
Follow directions on the box for cupcakes
Bake according to directions
Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes
Frosting directions:
One container creamy white frosting
Decorator gel in red and blue
Red white and blue decorative sprinkles
Frost each cupcake with prepared frosting
draw figures with pajama tops and bottoms with blue and red gels
Sprinkle the decorative candies inside the pajama figures. Serve with warm cocoa and miniature marshmallows.
Preschool and kindergarten children enjoy cup cakes with animal faces
The recipe following is a frog theme
5. Mean Green Jumping Thing Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350*
Ingredients:
One box butter recipe cake mix
12 green foil cupcake liners
Prepare according to directions on box
Remove from oven and let cool 15 minutes
Frosting directions:
24 green gumdrops
24 candy corn shaped candies
One easy flow icing in green
One easy flow red icing
One decorating gel in black
One decorating gel in orange
Spread cupcakes with green icing
Place 2 gumdrops at the edge of each cupcake spaced apart evenly.
Directly in front of gumdrops place a candy corn. Press gently into icing point facing downward
Draw a large smile from one side to the other of each cupcake with orange gel.
Draw a red tongue on each cupcake with the red easy squeeze icing. Finally, add a fly at the tip of each tongue by dabbing black decorating icing.
Icing is the key part of any cupcake. To make the frosty tops truly unique, try implementing a decorating product such as sprinkles, or any colored confectionery. Each decorative product includes everything necessary to you to show off the talents you posses deep inside you.
So there you have it, 5 simple cupcake recipes using traditional pre packaged
cake mixes that will keep any little monster happy, well for 10 or 15 minutes anyway.
