Hello Sweet Readers!Thank you to those of you who stopped by to comment on the last post! Most of you were right :) They were sweet little dalmatian doggie cupcakes! I made these for an order this weekend. They were quite fun and a bit time consuming to make, and the result made me smile! They were for a birthday party for a sweet 5 year old little boy. He wanted a firefighter theme, so I did the dalmatians and these:
I love how the fire hats and hoses came out! I made them with melted candy in a fire hat mold and I used some yellow candy strings for the hoses that I found in a multicolored pack at Marshall's. I just used some black frosting for the ends. They were all very fun when displayed together, too:
It was kind of tricky because I really wanted the dalmatian's faces to be white white. I didn't think the yellow tint of buttercream would look so hot and I really didn't want to use canned frosting (which I used to be able to eat, but cannot stomach anymore), so I went on a search for some white frosting recipes. I tried a couple with butter and they just weren't white enough so I ended up with a cooked frosting that was light, white and kind of marshmallowy. It set up quite differently than buttercream, and was very sleek and shiny. For these cupcakes, I think it went perfectly, but I must admit, buttercream is my favorite!Thanks again for playing and have a great week!
10 comments:
Wow I LOVE the ears on the dalmations! So cute! :D
WOW. These are amazing. My son keeps looking at them and asking me why I can't make those!
These are adorable! Wish I could eat one! Or two!
(Aside: Dalmatian is spelled with an "a".)
Thanks sweet readers!
bridget in oregon- thanks for the correction..just ran by one on my morning run and didn't know i did him the injustice of mispelling his name!:) made the corrections :) thanks!
My girls are having a dalmation birthday party the first week of June. They are obsessed with dalmations. I just did a search for ideas to make dalmation cupcakes and came upon your blog. Those cupcakes are absolutely adorable. What frosting recipe did you use?
Angela - Thanks! I used a sugar syrup frosting. It tastes a lot like marshmallow. It's very white and you boil water and granulated sugar to begin. There is no butter, however, so it's sweet, but not fattening! Well, sort of :)
These are just perfect for my little boys' birthday party next month @ our local firehouse! Thanks so much for sharing. I found you by googling dalmatian cupcakes!
No way! These are soooo cute!
I would love to make them for my sons first birthday party on Saturday. I am already making a fire engine cake. Do you have the instructions on how to make these?
Hi Christiane -There are detailed instructions for these in the book, "Hello Cupcake". Good luck!! The hats were a candy mold that I bought online some years ago.
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