St. Patrick's Baking

Monday, August 16, 2010

Tackling Cake Mix Cupcakes

It's time for Tackle It Tuesday with 5 Minutes for Mom and I am tackling Hoosier Homemade's Cupcake Challenge:-) This week, the challenge is Cake Mix Cupcakes. My dirty little secret is that A LOT of my cupcakes are from a box. I am very semi-homemade that way. Here are just a few that I used for ICM competitions:

1. Calatrava Cupcakes: White cupcakes embellished with a chocolate sculpture to look like Milwaukee's Calatrava.


2. Santa's Bag: a cherry red velvet cupcake with white peppermint "fringe", a cherry licorice tie and white chocolate gifts.


3. Mocha Ganache Cupcakes: chocolate cupcakes with a mocha ganache glaze. I made the mocha ganache by steeping the coffee right in heavy cream. Then, I took the hot cream to make the ganache. Oh my...they had a really, really strong coffee flavor!! But, that was the jist:-)



4. Taste the Passion Cupcakes: white cupcakes drenched in passion fruit syrup filled with passion fruit curd topped with dark chocolate ganach. The passion fruit really pairs nicely with good quality dark chocolate.


5. Wine on the Vine Cupcake Pops: I took a page from Bakerella and made my submission into cupcake pops. These are Pinot Noir chocolate cupcakes mixed with Pinot Noir buttercream dipped in white chocolate. I built the pops around a styrofoam form to make them into a bunch of grapes.



So, I guess my point is that you can take a "plain old box" of cupcake mix and turn it into something really, really specical:-)

13 comments:

Alicia said...

I don't care if it's from the box or 100% homemade!! I just care if it tastes good! LOL

Sarah said...

I get lots of comments on how good the cake is when I use boxed mixes. I have no problem with boxed mixes. Some people say they can taste the chemical-y taste in a mix but I can't.

Zelma said...

They look gorgeous!

Candi said...

Beautiful job! I love the "grapes"...amazing!

Frizzy said...

Thank you for selling cupcakes today. That's exactly what I'll be making for dessert tonight. I hadn't quite decided on what to do til I read your post. Now to try and make mine as pretty, flavorful and special as yours.

Amy said...

that sure does look like a great time with cup cakes. I see those and think I can do it. Then I think uh no just a box will do for me.. Have a great day..

The Blonde Duck said...

Have you ever tried Paula Deen's gooey cake from a mix?

Sherry @ Lamp Unto My Feet said...

What? You use a cake mix? LOL! Just kidding! :D Beautiful job, Susie!

Carrie said...

I like to doctor up cake mixes from time to time. :)

Nice to see you yesterday and the delish cupcakes! Put a post up on ICM today. :)

HoosierHomemade said...

What cool cupcakes! Thanks for adding them to Cupcake Tuesday and the Challenge!
~Liz

blueviolet said...

I've never made them NOT from a box!

angie said...

Amazing! I love the vibrancy of the grapes and the winter one looks so delicious!

Pati @ A Crafty Escape said...

Very beautiful creations!

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