cupcakes

I am really looking forward to the first long weekend of the summer season. I know that summer doesn’t technically start until June 21 but we are kicking it off NOW. If you are heading to a BBQ this weekend, or hosting a BBQ what are you serving for dessert? How about burgers?

TIPS: I used a boxed cake mix for these beauties. Using a silicone cupcake tray means that there are no paper wrappers to remove.

Ingredients:

Chocolate cake mix
Vanilla cake mix
Oil – as per box mix directions
Eggs- as per box mix directions
Milk/water – as per box mix directions
1/2 cup coconut
Green food colouring
Yellow & Red tube frosting
Optional decorative sticks
cupcake wrappers

Step 1. Prepare batter & bake cupcakes, if the goal is 12 cupcakes burgers you need 3-6 chocolate and 12 vanilla.

Step 2. While the vanilla are still hot roll the top of the cupcake in a plate of sesame seeds

Step 3. Let cool

Step 4. Cut the vanilla into 2 pieces, and chocolate into 2-3 pieces depending on the size

Step 5. Mix 1/2 a cup of coconut with green food dye to make relish

Step 6. Using prepackaged tubes of frosting for the ketchup & mustard, or a piping bag and coloured frosting, stick the coconut relish to the top of the bottom bun with either ketchup or mustard. You could also use white frosting if you like mayo on your burger. Drizzle a little ketchup or mustard on the edges for fun. Put the burger on the bottom bun.

Step 7. Using the alternate condiment put the top of the burger on the bun, again drizzling a little on the edges. Stick a decorative stick in the top if you wish. ENJOY.

Have a great weekend!

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This will be the last post about Sasha turning 5 I promise, but birthdays bring out the crafter in me so I thought I would share. We rented the gym of the local rec center for Sasha’s party for the second year in a row, it comes with a bouncy castle, ride on toys, and sports equipment. But the very best part is that I don’t have to clean up after the party. Sasha chose a Lego theme which was fine by me and quite easy to decorate for. My husband and I have an agreement about throwing parties; he is always happily in charge of the menu, cooking and drinks. I take care of invites, decorations, presents, and dessert. This arrangement is also the way that all holidays operate and it works perfectly for us.

Every year I have made Sasha a birthday shirt to wear to his party, this year he requested dark green one which I found at Joe fresh for $1.94 and stamped FIVE on it, piece of cake. Unfortunately for me I had to walk through the women’s section to get to the kids clothes so while the green t-shirt was a deal the final bill wasn’t $1.94. Sasha and I made old school paper invitations to give to the kids in his class designed to look like Lego blocks. We hung a felt Happy Birthday bunting over the table of treats which I whipped up. Using Lego that we had on hand and a picture easel I made the 5 sign which Sasha now has proudly on display on his bed side table. The coloured boxes contained Slinky’s which I tried to decorate to replicate Lego blocks for the take home gifts for the older kids. I love a bargain as much as I love making crafts and the Slinky’s were a steal at $0.75 each at Target. The kids also took home candy Lego which Sasha and I packaged with a little thank you note. I went to a couple of stores before I found Lego candy so hit up the Bulk Barn if you are on the hunt. I also used the Lego candy to decorate the cupcakes along with a Lego/Five flag made from paper straws and printed images. I made 3 1/2 dozen cupcakes for the 30+ people at the party. The cupcakes are on a board which I made from 2 pieces of laminate flooring glued together and wrapped in aluminum foil. I used the same cupcake platter last year because it’s a great way to serve the cupcakes, all of the kids can just grab one, or two or three cupcakes from the center of the table. Sasha and Logan both had a great time, and I imagine all of the other little people did too. Until next year.