Buttercream Frosting & Kid's Cupcakes

Sorry to be so slow in posting another cooking idea. Times are busy and catering is crazy right now! Anyhow, I just made cupcakes for my granddaughter's class yesterday and I used a recipe I hadn't done since my children were very small. These cupcakes are great for kids and grandkids because the recipients get very excited at the sight of them. The teacher even thought they were ice cream cones! They are great frosted with my homemade buttercream frosting and some sprinkles. The frosting is great on regular cakes as well, it's so easy to make and spreads amazingly well making you wonder why you ever bought premade frosting.



Kid's Cupcakes

Pick any cake mix, I used strawberry, and prepare per instructions on box. Instead of using muffin papers carefully pour the batter into old fashioned ice cream cones. They can be found at the grocery store in colors (not the pointed bottom ones, use the flat bottom type) and sit them in your muffin tins to be filled. Fill them about 3/4 full and bake per directions on cake box. Do not underbake! Let cool and then frost with buttercream frosting. They look like ice cream cones and the kids think they are very fun! I recommend making the cupcakes the same day you are going to serve them if possible as the cones get a bit soft. They are okay the next day just not as crispy as they are out of the box.



Buttercream Frosting

In a mixing bowl place 2 cubes of butter, softened or 1 1/2 cubes of softened butter and 1/4 c. crisco. Add 2 t. vanilla, 2 T. milk and 3 1/2 c. powdered sugar. Mix with a hand mixer until fluffy. Adjust sweetness by adding more powdered sugar. That's it! It tastes great and is so easy to make!

Another secret!!!

If you are baking a cake with a box cake mix you can always make it more moist and tasty by following the cake mix directions and then adding 1 small instant pudding mix (pick one that complements the cake mix) and 1/2 c. additional water. Bake as directed. The cake will come out extra moist and dense - yummy!!

....don't forget the Spice!