I was asked to make two dozen jumbo cupcakes for an 8 year old's movie themed birthday party. Half were cupcake versions of the large popcorn cake I previously made. Again, the popcorn is made of white chocolate...love making it! I was not able to find the red and white striped cupcake liners without having to order them online. Making them out of red and white striped paper I found at a craft store worked just as well! I was happy with the way these turned out!
Gave me a hankering to go see a movie...with popcorn of course!
The other half of the cupcakes were to have a lot more "bling"! Half had gold stars made of gumpaste, with gold glitter. Each was wrapped in a mini boa to really dress it up...so fun!!!
The other half featured gold gumpaste "8"s with more glitter and a bit of ribbon to make them a little more fancy!
The "bling" cupcakes were cotton candy flavoured. I've never made cotton candy cake/cupcakes before, and have actually never heard of them. Searches around the city for cotton candy flavouring were unsuccessful. I opted for using real cotton candy, which I found in pink and yellow, the colours that had been requested. Each cupcake was baked with cotton candy in the centre and small "whifts" of cotton candy candy were mixed in with the icing.
So glamourous!!!
hi,
ReplyDeletewould love it if you can share how the popcorn was made from white chocolate
Hi
DeleteTo make the popcorn, you take white chocolate and melt. Take a shallow pan, like a 9x13. Fill half way with ice water and ice. Should be a bit more ice than water and ensure that the ice is pellet size (must be smaller than ice cubes). Place the melted chocolate in a baggy or icing bag and ensure that only a small hole is cut. Squeeze the chocolate into random spots in the pan of ice water. Chocolate should harden within a minute or so. Once chocolate is hardened, remove from pan and place on paper towels to dry.
Hope this is helpful. If you have any trouble, don't hesitate to ask for clarification.
Heidi