Thursday, November 29, 2012

Triathlon Themed Brownie Cupcakes - May 2012

I made these triathlon themed brownie cupcakes for my daughter, Carissa's, 1st grade teacher.  She participates in triathlons and had taken part in an Ironman Triathlon recently (wow), so we thought that she would enjoy this set of cupcakes.  She mentioned on a 'favorites' sheet that she liked brownies, so we made brownie cupcakes for her instead of regular cupcakes.

Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Swimming, Cycling, Running Set 1

Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Swimming Cupcake

Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Close-Up of Fondant Swimming Topper
 
Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Cycling Cupcake

Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Close-Up of Fondant Cycling Topper

Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Running Cupcake

Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Close-Up of Fondant Running Topper

Triathlon Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes - Swimming, Cycling, Running Set 2
To make these cupcakes I started by baking brownies in cupcake liners.  When the brownie cupcakes were baked and completely cooled I used a large star tip to pipe chocolate buttercream icing on the tops of the brownies.  Then I put the hand painted fondant pictures I had made in the icing to top the brownie cupcakes.
 
To make the fondant toppers I rolled out some fondant and lightly painted the basic lines of the pictures I would be drawing with peach food coloring.  Then I went back and painted in all the details with the different colors of food coloring.  For some of the thinner or smaller black details I used a food coloring marker.  Then I used a small paring knife to cut around the pictures.
 
As I mentioned in the previous post, Star Wars Themed Teacher Appreciation Cupcakes, if I were doing these again, I would attach a lollipop stick or toothpicks to the backs of the toppers to make them more stable (and less 'fragile') on the top of the cupcake.
 
Carissa was very excited about giving the brownie cupcakes to her teacher, and her teacher really liked them!  :)
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Little Monster Cake Balls Featured!

The little monster cake balls that I made for a guest blogger post on Doodles and Doilies [and for my family to enjoy :) ] was featured on Sun Scholars!


Every Friday Rachel over at Sun Scholars hosts her For the Kids Friday link party. You can post a link to one of your kid related activities, games, recipes, parties, gifts, crafts, traditions, lessons, etc. for others to browse through and look at (and there are plenty of great ideas to look through yourself). The following week she posts some of her favorites from the previous week's party (and pins them on Pinterest here). Awhile back I posted a link to the monster cake balls that I made, and I was honored to see it featured the following week! Thanks, Rachel! You can check out Rachel's post that includes the cake here. You can also check out my original post for the monster cake balls here! :)






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