Whether you're need a idea for a treat to bake for a kindergarten class birthday celebration, or you're looking to add a touch of whimsy to an over the hill 50th birthday party, cupcakes can be a great solution! Cupcakes are easy to eat and easy to decorate. You can make each one individual, or you can decorate each to be a part of a design that is revealed when they are arranged on a tray. Use their versatility to enhance the next birthday party you're planning.
To use birthday cupcakes with a party, choose your party theme early and then decide on the decorations. Birthday cupcakes may have different letters of words on the, or may form a part of a bigger decoration. Planning the theme early gives you time to decide how to incorporate the cupcake into your plans.
This guide page showing how to make birthday cupcakes will get your creative juices flowing and give you tips to make sure your cupcakes are a hit with the birthday boy or girl.
Cupcake Party Tips
- Use chocolate cupcakes and Milano cookies to make an over the hill cupcake. use decorating gel to write RIP on the cookie, and insert it into the frosting for a tombstone cupcake.
- Use animal crackers to decorate zoo themed cupcakes.
- Make decorating cupcakes part of the party's activities. Lay out frosting and decorations and let the kids go wild.
Jungle Animal Cupcakes
This video features a Betty Crocker cupcake decorating expert demonstrating how to make jungle animal cupcakes. The expert uses frosting and decorations to create monkeys, lions, tigers and zebra out of chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. Although she uses a pastry bag to decorate the cupcakes, she mentions that you can use a freezer bag with the corner cut off if you don't have a pastry bag.
How to Make Birthday Cupcakes
There are many different ways to make birthday cupcakes, including decorating them along with the theme of the party. One simple birthday cupcake to consider is a birthday candle cupcake.
What You'll Need for Birthday Candle Cupcakes
Unfrosted cupcakes
A spatula or butter knife to use to frost the cupcakes
A large, flat work surface, such as a table or counter
Sprinkles or small candies
Birthday candles
Lifesavers or similar hard round candies
Instructions for Birthday Cupcakes
Frost cupcakes as desired.
Decorate frosted cupcakes with sprinkles or small candies.
Center a lifesaver atop the frosted cupcake
Insert a candle through the center of the Lifesaver.
Birthday Cupcake Ideas
A good way to get ideas on birthday cupcakes you can make yourself is to look at commercial stores or webpages of bakeries which decorate cupcakes. This will give you an idea of what you may be able to do from home yourself. This photo comes from Taste On Tray, mentioned and linked in the following section.
Birthday Cupcake Ideas and Recipes
Google Images: Birthday Cupcakes
Family Fun: Birthday Cupcakes & Alphabet Cupcakes
Betty Crocker: Birthday Cupcakes
Taste On Tray: Birthday Cupcakes (April 20, 2009)
Videojug Video: How To Make Birthday Cupcakes (Time: 3:28)
References
Fast Facts
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Make sure the cupcakes are cooled thoroughly before frosting.
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Some supermarket bakeries will sell you pre-baked cupcakes, so you can focus on the decorating, not the cooking.
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Make decorating cupcakes part of the party's activities. Lay out frosting and decorations and let the kids go wild.
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Top a cupcake with a layer of ganache and drizzle with melted white chocolate for a gourmet touch.
