I am no cupcake expert..in fact, far from it! I love baking and have baked varieties of cakes and breads in the past but my daughter's second birthday provided a good opportunity for testing my cupcake-making skills. We had family over for a party and there are quite a few kids in the family, so I figured they'd enjoy cupcakes. And while I was at it, I decided to get a little creative and try to make Mickey mouse cupcakes (going with the birthday theme). "Try" being the keyword here.
I am a simple, plain baker...never decorated cakes or done fancy things with them!So I baked some cupcakes (from the box, not from scratch), the good chocolate ones, in some mickey mouse cupcake liners. Then I put some white icing on it, took some sour jelly beans and those became the eyes, nose and mouth and one half of an Oreo cookie became a Mickey mouse ear and we now have Mickey mouse cupcakes!I called them distorted-mouse-like cupcakes (take a look at the picture and you'll see why!) but most of the kids saw them and said right away "Hey! Mickey Mouse cupcakes!" That made me happy..Ah, kids are so easy to please.But I have to admit it was a really fun exercise and the cupcakes were a hit with kids and adults too!
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| If they don't look like Mickey Mouse, well, at least Halloween's around the corner! |
Just so cute.
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