Mwaaahaaa!!
Last May Michal posted the funniest pics of an awesome monster cupcake she bought and I've been dying to make some for Buddy to take to school ever since. And of course what day screams monster cakes like no other? So this is my version with way more hemajang mouths.
I baked these using a chocolate cupcake recipe from Jenn that turned out to be the perfect denseness for what I needed. I think if I had done my usual box mix they would have been too moist and crumbly and I would've had a hard time doing the mouths without it falling apart. I also used a super ono recipe for the frosting (from Jenn as well) in lieu of canned frosting which always tends to be too creamy and not stiff enough for my liking.
The eyes are mini marshmallows sliced in half and teeth are bits of cut marshmallows. I piped the eyes with melted chocolate and the horns with more frosting. As usual my piping sucks but I think this time my sloppy piping actually makes the monsters look even crazier which is good right?
And as usual with all my cupcake projects I am up way too late so I'm off to bed now. Thanks Michal and Jenn! Happy Halloween everyone!!
these look so cute! Happy Halloween!
Posted by: Kat | October 31, 2007 at 03:29 AM
Perfect! And hooray for you NOT using box mix. I TOLD YOU, BOX MIX IS THE DEVIL.
Posted by: justJENN | October 31, 2007 at 03:30 AM
so awesome. buddy has to be the coolest kid in class.
Posted by: hannah | October 31, 2007 at 04:00 AM
I sense that there's been some "Yo Gabba Gabba" invading the house along with those monster cupcakes... (YUM by the way, and awesome creepy-cute)!
Posted by: ek | October 31, 2007 at 06:42 AM
THose are fabulous! I may have to remember them for next year.
Posted by: nanette | October 31, 2007 at 07:37 AM
Coolest wacky cupcake ever! I want to make some.
Posted by: Jenifer | October 31, 2007 at 07:50 AM
an army! they look fantastic!
Posted by: meg | October 31, 2007 at 08:29 AM
These are so cute!
great idea
Posted by: Kristi | October 31, 2007 at 08:36 AM
those are ADORABLE!!
cutest monsters ever :)
Posted by: dee | October 31, 2007 at 01:56 PM
They are awesome cupcakes! Probably the scariest I've ever seen...
Posted by: Emma | October 31, 2007 at 03:45 PM
these came out so great! even better than the one i had.
Posted by: michal | October 31, 2007 at 07:51 PM
Hemajanged mouths are what make these look so great! They are very cute...ummmm I mean scary!!! Great job!
Posted by: Eva | November 01, 2007 at 08:43 AM
Fabulous! I saved a pic so I can do them myself sometime. Really, really darling!
Posted by: Bettsi | November 01, 2007 at 10:10 AM
i love the horns and teeth - and they look real ono too!
Posted by: debbie | November 01, 2007 at 05:47 PM
great job! they came out perfect!
Posted by: joyce | November 01, 2007 at 09:18 PM
awesome monsters!!!
I am from SAJ blog, just wanted to let you know you did a great job on these! keep up the good work!
Beth
Posted by: Beth | November 02, 2007 at 04:24 AM
I just stumbled upon your blog. This site is so adorable. And the cupcakes look delish! I'm saving this site to one of my favorites!
~Aloha, Kalei
Posted by: Kalei | November 02, 2007 at 12:21 PM
Gorgeous! I must be more creative with my cupcakes. They tend not to last to long so I don't get to spend that much time on them. Here's some incentive though. I'm actually off to make one of your snap baskets - I love that tutorial.
Posted by: Jude | November 02, 2007 at 07:50 PM
These look wonderful!
Posted by: Mer | November 03, 2007 at 10:43 AM
I loved these so much I made some of my own, thank you for the inspiration :)
Posted by: ysolda | November 03, 2007 at 02:40 PM
fantastic! I love the horns and the mouths!! The cake looks like it's a fantastic consistency.
Posted by: emily | November 03, 2007 at 08:46 PM
{screams} Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! These are so ADORABLE. I think your piping is perfect. Dang, what lucky lucky kids to have been the recipients of these!!!
Posted by: rowena | November 05, 2007 at 12:43 PM
you are the cupcake queen! Now if they were only dairy free!
;-)
Posted by: theresa | November 06, 2007 at 03:50 PM
They look adorable AND delicious!
Posted by: cindy | November 14, 2007 at 05:24 AM
where's el recipio?
mmm.. they look just scrummy !
^^
Posted by: tor | November 28, 2007 at 11:31 AM