Thursday, November 10, 2011

Hamburger Cupcakes

Hamburger Cupcakes!

Perfect for baseball games, parties, or just around the house, while these cupcakes do take a while, they are so worth it!!


Supplies needed:

• One batch of brownies, about 1/2 inch thick after baked
• 24 yellow cake cupcakes
• Red, yellow, and green icing
• seseme seeds
• piping bags (3) (optional. I do recommend them though- it makes the job much easier!) (be creative with the tips!)
• round cookie/buiscuit cutter, about the same diameter as the base of the cupcakes (but it wont be exact!)


Ready? Set? Bake!

1.) Get the brownies ready! These will be your 'hamburgers'. You will need 24 'patties' (if you made 24 cupcakes) so make sure you have enough! Use the cookie cutter to cut out the 'patties'- out of the brownies.

2.) Seperate the top of the cupcake from the bottom, by cutting in half (or wherever you think will work best) horizontally. This will make the bun.

3.) Now get ready to frost. Start with the yellow, and frost (or pipe) it onto the 'bottom bun'. Make sure there's enough so it will squeeze out- a little!- when the patty is placed on top.

4.) Place the patty on top of the 'cheese' (yellow icing).

5.) Using either the green (lettuce) or the red (tomato/ketchup), spread one fully onto the patty. Again, make sure there's enough so it will squeeze out a bit

6.) Using the other icing (whichever color you didnt use in step 5), frost the bottom of the top half of the cupcake (the top part of the bun).

7.) Place the frosted top bun onto the frosted patty. Make sure he frostings go together! You may have to go around (this is where a piping bag becomes useful) and put a little more of each color around, so it'll show up good. If they pop out enough, you will really be able to notice them, instead of having them covered up by the baked goods.

8.) Sprinkle some seseme seeds on the top of the bun, to give it the authentic burger look.