Cue JAWS music…

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

When deciding what to take for our Jimmy Buffett tailgating experience, I of course thought of making cupcakes! I made the Margarita cupcakes but also wanted something more traditional… I saw a picture of some beach and shark cupcakes and thought they were really cute and very fitting.

As usual, when I make more than 1 kind of recipe, I make one from scratch and one from a box. I made the margarita cupcakes from scratch and used the WW Diet Coke method on these babies.

Diet Coke Cupcakes – 2 WW pts

1 box cake mix – I used Devil’s Food
1 can of diet coke – any variety will do – I used Diet Dr Pepper
1 egg white (to help hold it all together)

Follow directions on box for cake or cupcakes except use only ingredients listed above.

I used store bought frosting that and dyed it blue.

Cupcakes, Dessert

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13 Responses to “Maple Syrup and Birthday Cupcakes”

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Brisbane Baker — March 29, 2010 at 12:32 pm

Mmmmm I love one dish cupcakes!

http://www.brisbanebaker.blogspot.com
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Carly — March 29, 2010 at 12:57 pm

Those cupcakes look delish! Can you tell me more about the “dipping in ganache” technique? Does the ganache need to be a certain consistency first?
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yumventures — March 29, 2010 at 2:38 pm

I have seen some maple cheesecake around the blogs, maybe that would be awesome use for the sugar? Or to top maple sugar cookies 🙂
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Joanne — March 29, 2010 at 5:36 pm

I made a seriously awesome maple mousse cake to go with Christmas dinner this year and it used maple sugar. It was one of the best desserts I’ve ever eaten. The link to the post is: http://joanne-eatswellwithothers.blogspot.com/2010/01/frozen-maple-mousse-pie-with-chocolate.html.
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KV — March 29, 2010 at 7:55 pm

Go Butler!! I think I’m going to use your “go to” cupcake recipe to make some Final Four treats for the office Friday
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Kelly — March 29, 2010 at 10:05 pm

Wow that maple syrup event looks really cool, I wish I had known about it- it looks like they only do it once a year!
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Jen — March 30, 2010 at 1:08 pm

Carly – I dipped the cupcakes in the ganache while it was still very liquidy. I did it a few minutes after making the ganache and then let it set up on the cupcakes. Hope that helps.
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Cara — March 30, 2010 at 1:44 pm

Jen, the maple syrup experience sounds like so much fun and I’ve always wanted to do it! I wonder if it’s too late this year.
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Lila — March 31, 2010 at 7:50 am

Those cupcakes look so pretty. Can you tell me what kind of liners you’re using? They stay so nice and bright.
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stephchows — March 31, 2010 at 1:10 pm

ooo I love sugar houses!!! The tastings are always the best 🙂
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Jen — March 31, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Lila, I get the liners online. Here is the link for the colored ones, and I also get brown liners as well.
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Memória — April 9, 2010 at 5:02 am

The cupcakes look beautiful and festive!! I love real maple syrup!
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Kyle — April 15, 2010 at 2:14 am

I should have a birthday more often. So good…