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Fortune Cupcakes (with Surprise Messages Inside)
Author/Submitted by:
THE DESSERT SHOW SHOW# DS3259
Servings: 12
Categories:
Cupcakes
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Desserts
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Frostings
Ingredients: 1
cup
Butter 1 1/2
cups
Honey 4
Eggs 2
cups
Sifted all purpose flour 2
teaspoons
Baking soda 1
teaspoon
Ground cinnamon 1
teaspoon
Ground ginger 1/2
teaspoon
Salt 1 1/3
cups
Sour cream
--Cream Cheese Frosting--
8
ounces
Cream cheese 2
tablespoons
Honey 1
teaspoon
Vanilla extract
Food coloring,
if desired
Other non-food items for fortunes:
Messages: Pieces of index cards or stiff paper
Writing pens, small squares of foil, skinny ribbon
Directions:
1.
Cupcakes: preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix together butter and honey in large bowl of electric mixer. Beat until smooth. Beat eggs lightly with fork and then beat into batter. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and salt. Add flour mixture and sour cream to batter. Adding a bit at a time. Beat well. Spoon batter into paper or foil lined muffin cups almost, but not quite full. Bake 25 minutes. Let cool before frosting.
2.
Frosting: beat together cream cheese, honey and vanilla. Beat on high until smooth. Add food color if desired and beat until well blended.
3.
To assemble, write secret messages very small on pieces of stiff paper. Wrap message in aluminum foil. Punch a small hole in the top of foil and tie on a piece of ribbon with a few inches left hanging. Frost tops of cupcakes. Punch a slit in top of cupcake and carefully push in message. Tie ribbon into bow. Just have guests pull on bow and out comes the secret message!
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