watermelon cupcakes

Watermelon First Birthday Party

Dear Sis,

I was super fun planning and preparing a party for Evelyn! She looked adorable in her watermelon dress with her hair braided:)

Her Mama looked lovely too! One would never guess she is expecting Evelyn’s new sister or brother this coming winter:)

Menu

Ice Water & Pink Lemonade

Meatball Hoagies & Chili Dogs

Minted Cucumber Finger Sandwiches with Red Grapes

Buffalo Chicken Pinwheels with Carrots, Celery, & Ranch Dip

Potato Salad, Deviled Eggs, & Chicken Caesar Pasta Salad

Fruit Pizza & Watermelon Rice Krispy Treats

Watermelon Slices

Watermelon Cupcakes & Fondant Toppers

Ice Cream Cones

Love,

b

 

Watermelon Cupcake Test

Dear Sis,

Today has been a fun day at our house. There are cupcakes everywhere! …which is okay with William and Josh:)

The colors are flipped in cupcakes 1 and 2, because the component that contains the watermelon flavoring, is the component that has to be pink. 

CUPCAKE ONE

Chocolate Chip Watermelon Cupcakes
Yields 24
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Ingredients
  1. 1 box white cake mix
  2. 1 c buttermilk
  3. 1/3 c oil
  4. 3 egg whites
  5. 3 T watermelon gelatin
  6. red food color
  7. 1/2 c mini chocolate chips
  8. 1 recipe Swiss Buttercream, colored green
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 dozen cupcake tins with parchment liners.
  2. Beat together cake mix, buttermilk, oil, and egg whites until smooth.
  3. Stir in gelatin and red food color, until desired color is reached, but remembering that the color will appear slightly darker after it is baked.
  4. Bake 15 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
  5. Frost with Swiss Buttercream, recipe link below.
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Swiss Buttercream

Gelatin in cake creates a very moist, but slightly denser cake. Baking the chocolate chips into the cake makes the chocolate flavor much richer. In my opinion, I taste chocolate first with a hint of watermelon flavor. If my panel of taste testers picks this cupcake, I will add fondant toppers to complete the look.

CUPCAKE TWO

Watermelon Cupcakes
Yields 24
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Cupcakes
  1. 1 box white cake mix
  2. 1 c buttermilk
  3. 1/3 c oil
  4. 3 egg whites
  5. green food color
Watermelon Frosting
  1. 1 batch Swiss Buttercream, colored red/pink
  2. 1 pkg. watermelon Kool-aid
  3. mini chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line 2 dozen cupcake tins with parchment liners.
  2. Beat together cake mix, buttermilk, oil, and egg whites until smooth.
  3. Stir in green food color until desired shade is achieved. I even like to add a bit of yellow to brighten the green. Keep in mind that the color with be slightly darker after baking.
  4. Bake 15 minutes. Cool completely on wire racks.
  5. Prepare Swiss Buttercream as directed in the link above, but leave out almond extract, and add Kool-aid in its place. Color with red food color to desired shade.
  6. Pipe over cupcakes with a large star tip. Sprinkle each frosted top with some chocolate chips.
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The cake is lighter in this cupcake, since it doesn’t contain any gelatin. The Kool-aid adds a very slight grittiness to the buttercream, but the watermelon flavor is very apparent in this presentation. The chocolate chips take the back seat and become part of the ascetic. 

 

I will post the results in the comment section:)

Love,

b