{hello, cupcake!}

THANK YOU for all the compliments on the cupcakes I made for Gerard's birthday party. YES, I made them, and NO they were not difficult. In fact, they were MUCH easier than the Lightning McQueen cake I made 2 years ago and the Sonic the Hedgehog cake for last year. But I also cannot take the creative credit here -- I got the idea out of this FABULOUS book, Hello, Cupcake.

First I tinted the frosting with yellow food coloring and unsweetened cocoa powder and lightly frosted each cupcake (I used store-bought frosting).



Then I used a piping bag to make the frosting look like spaghetti, although you could also use a ziploc bag with a corner snipped off.



The meatballs are Ferrero Rocher chocolates, the sauce is low sugar strawberry preserves (the low sugar kind has the best color, according to the cookbook), and the grated parmesan cheese on top is grated white chocolate. Easy peasy!