A Trip In Wonderland
I recently made red velvet cupcakes for my lovely friend Thrya’s Alice in Wonderland themed Birthday party! We all met at Sketch; a fittingly psychedelic center for food, art and music. I placed them in a nice decorative box and surprised her with them. They got devoured in a instant! Here are a few snapshots of the evening:
My husband the Mad Hatter, I was the WHITE Queen of Hearts, the beautiful Mad Hatter birthday girl, and a lovely Rabbit!
The birthday girl!
Alice
This is a room in Sketch… can you guess which room?
To get baking here’s what you’ll need:
For the cupcakes (24 cupcakes)
2 cups of cake flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups sugar
1 cup softened margarine
2 eggs
4 tablespoons red food coloring- you may choose it to be tartrazine free
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk (1 cup milk and 1 teaspoon of white vinegar, let sit 10 minutes)
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 cup sour cream
For the cream cheese frosting
1/2 cup of butter at room temperature
1 package of philadelphia cream cheese (8 oz.)
3 cups of sugar
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
To get the Alice in Wonderland theme:
1 bag of sugar letters
1 red icing food piping tube
Preheat oven to 4G/350F/180c. Put a dab of butter in each muffin cup and put in the oven for 5 minutes till melted. Make sure you spread evenly around the muffin cup and then line the muffin cups with cupcake liners. Let sit till ready to add the mixture.
In a mixer or food processor, cream the butter and sugar on high for about 1-2 minutes till light and fluffy. Add 1 egg at a time continuously beating
In a separate bowl mix together all the dry ingredients: cocoa, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda
In another bowl mix together liquid ingredients: red food coloring, buttermilk, vanilla extract and vinegar
Add the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mix, alternating with the liquid mixture, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Continue to beat on medium until the mixture is fully combined. Now mix in the sour cream and continue beating for about 1 minute.
Now spoon into the muffin cup to about 3/4 full
Bake in the oven for about 25-30 minutes. To check their readiness, stick a tooth pick through the center and if it comes out clean then they are ready
Preparing the cream cheese frosting:
First, cream the butter and cream cheese together for about 2 minutes, scraping the sides to ensure all is incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and sugar and mix well for 2 minutes. Now pipe onto the cooled cupcakes.
Take half the cupcakes and gently place the “eat me” sugar letters onto the cream cheese frosting. With the other half, in one go, pipe a rectangle. Now also in one go, draw a small heart inside
And VOILA!
Ah, Alice in Wonderland– I’ve no doubt the “Eat Me” cupcakes are sure to make the eater bigger! Ha ha ha. Well done! They look delicious!
u are so creative!!! looks soooooo good
How fun! Sounds like it was a lovely party with delicious food … and CUPCAKES!! They are all the rage these days.
Thank you for letting me know that you are one of my regular readers. Feel free to comment often. If you bake pies, I hope you will be participating in the pie and tart roundup on Nov. 14th! You’re invited.
I’ll be visiting again.
Very cool party, looks like you had tons of fun. It was nice of you to make cupcakes, especially “eat me” and card cupcakes.
Mangy- Thank you! They worked their magic
Jo-C- Thank you x
Joy- Yes they are and I can see why… they are so much fun to make Thanks for stopping by and I would love to participate
Bethany- It was a very special night!
creative and pretty… just like you! can you believe that i’ve only eaten red velvet cupcakes just once, i think.. somehow, the pink/fuschia stuff doesn’t attract me.. but i think i’m gonna change my mind soon. ;o)
Looks like you and your buddies had a wonderful party!. Decadent and creamy cupcakes:)
Jescel- Thank you for your kind words. Yes I thought they were a bit strange at first but once you bite you can’t stop… they are delish
Yasmeen- Yes decadent and creamy indeed! Thank you for your comment
What a cute idea for the cupcakes!
Hey! Big congrats for ur listing in the London Eater
that’s just fab