Ice Cream Cupcake Contest Entry 2012

Well, I finally got around to creating my entry for the Ice cream cupcake contest. This contest was created by The Cupcake Project Ice Cream Cupcake Contest Page and Scoopalicious. So here is my prized entry, I have created:

Introducing... (Cue trumpets) The Burger Cupcake! A normal vanilla cupcake, iced with vanilla buttercream frosting, it has appetizing condiments specially crafted from fondant (lettuce and tomato), and the best part: The "Death by Chocolate" Ice cream patty! Don't you just want to take a bite? Below is my recipe for this mouth-watering creation:

(Basic cupcake recipe excerpt from Kiki Magazine)

Yield: About 12 large cupcakes

Ingredients:

· 1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp. soft butter

· 1 cup sugar

· 3 eggs

· 1 tsp. vanilla extract

· 1 1/2 cups plain flour

· 1 tsp. baking powder

· 3/4 cup milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit (180 degrees Celsius)

2. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Keep beating the mixture while you add the vanilla extract and eggs one at a time.

3. Sift flour and baking powder into another bowl; add half of this to the wet ingredients and old in. Then add half the milk, then the rest of the dry ingredients, and the remaining milk, mixing after each addition.

4. Place cupcake papers into a muffin tin. Fill each paper 3/4 full with mixture. Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden.

I hope you enjoy this recipe and my burger cupcake. To make your cupcake look like a burger, cut the cupcake in half and ice the top in beige icing. Sprinkle the top with orange sprinkles. Then place fondant lettuce pieces and tomato pieces into the cupcake, and scoop a flattened patty of chocolate ice cream into the center. Refrigerate immediately. Enjoy!