We had two high school seniors graduate on Friday the 12th, so some celebrating was in order.
"Hello Cupcake's" blog has struck again. I found these adorable Graduation Cupcakes and had no trouble making them from Healthy Choice Devil's Food cookies, chocolate covered grahams, and a little yellow licorice.
I made the vanilla "from scratch" cupcakes, and they are amazingly delicious. Here's the recipe:
VANILLA CUPCAKES
2 1/2 cups flour
2 tsps. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk (evaporated milk would be really good, or buttermilk)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 Tbsp. vanilla extract
1 stick of butter, cut into small pieces
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1. Oven 350. Cream the butter and sugar; add the eggs.
2. Add the dry ingredients
3. Add the milk and oil, beat until smooth.
4. Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full, and bake about 20-23 minutes until golden.
To make the little diplomas, I just took a box of Golden Oreo "Fun Stix" and cut each one in half, wrapping a bit of licorice around it. Our school colours are black and gold, and honestly, the black licorice would have probably worked better. But the yellow was fine -- just a bit gooey in the middle, and we had to get creative with scissors.
I absolutely love Hello Cupcake in all its many forms. The blog, the book, it's all full of amazing designs that work with real ingredients -- and they work for those of us who are sewers and not chefs! Or bakers!
xoxoxox
