We spent the past weekend celebrating the Jewish New Year with our family in Toronto. Yes, I was anticipating the feast of chicken soup, brisket, kichel & fixings, and all the other traditional delicacies. But mostly, I was so excited for the project my niece had proposed. Hamburger cupcakes! I was instantly in love (both with her and the dessert). They are fun, creative, and a cinch. I also think they’d be delicious with brownie instead of chocolate cake in the middle, but my niece wasn’t having any of that. And she’s twelve-going-on-twenty, so you don’t mess with what she says.
Hamburger Cupcakes
Author: Cammi (my niece)
Recipe type: Baking
Cuisine: Dessert, Party food
A perfect party dessert. It’s easy and fun to make!
Ingredients
- Vanilla Cake Mix (and ingredients as explained on box)
- Chocolate Cake Mix (and ingredients as explained on box)
- Vanilla Icing
- Food coloring (red, yellow, green)
- Honey
- Sesame seeds (or sprinkles)
Instructions
- Bake the cupcakes as directed on the boxes.
- While cupcakes are baking, divide vanilla icing in 3 bowls. Add red food coloring (ketchup) to one bowl. Repeat with green (lettuce) and yellow (mustard).
- Put icing into ziplock bags and snip one corner.
- When cupcakes are finished, allow them to cool. Then slice them all in half. Move the chocolate tops to the side (and enjoy them as a muffin top for a separate treat.
- Start with bottom of vanilla cupcakes and squeeze icing (ketchup) into a flower shape with the icing dripping over the sides of the cakes.
- Place the chocolate cake on top of the iced vanilla. Squeeze the yellow icing (mustard) into a flower shape with the icing dropping over the side of the chocolate cake. Then, squeeze the green frosting (lettuce) around the perimeter of the chocolate cake (around the yellow).
- Place the vanilla cakes on top. Smear a little bit of honey on top and sprinkle sesame seeds (or sprinkles would be good too!) as the seeds of the buns.
- Be impressed with yourself!
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Shana Tova to you and your family!