Quick Chocolate Cupcakes with Royal Icing

QUICK CHOCOLATE CUPCAKE RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup all purpose flour

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 cup water

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1 tbsp white vinegar

1 tsp vanilla

Procedure:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees celsius.
• Stir flour, sugar, egg, coca, baking soda and salt.
• Add water, oil, vinegar and vanilla. Beat with wire whisk until batter is smooth and well blended.
• Bake for 16-18 minutes.

Mallow Pops!

Mallow pops are marshmallows on a stick and dipped on a melted chocolate and dusted with candy sprinkles. It's so easy to make and so fun to do with your kids and loved ones!

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Sabor Bisaya Cake Decorating Contest

Last July 2012, there was a cake decorating contest held at Bacolod Pavilion Hotel and my cousin was a  representative of their school. Each school should have 3 representatives that would decorate the cake according to the event's theme which is, "It's more fun in Negros!". Of course the winning entry was my cousin's cake entry. They had the most beautiful decorations that stood among all other schools. The thing that wowed the judges is the smoke coming out from the 2 cylinder at the top of the cake which was an incense stick lighted by my cousin. So here's a photo of their winning design..

Front Design

Back Design

HERE ARE OTHER CAKE ENTRIES:

How to Make Cake Pops!

CAKE POPS RECIPE

1 box cake mix (cook as directed on box for 13 X 9 cake)
1 can cream cheese frosting (16 oz.) or royal icing
1 package chocolate bark (regular or white chocolate) or candy melts
wax paper

1. After cake is cooked and cooled completely, crumble into large bowl.
2. Mix thoroughly with 1 can cream cheese frosting. (It may be easier to use fingers to mix together, but be warned it will get messy.)
3. Roll mixture into quarter size balls and lay on cookie sheet. (Should make 45-50. You can get even more if you use a mini ice cream scooper, but I like to hand roll them.)

4. Chill for several hours in the freezer.

5. Melt chocolate in microwave per directions on package or through double broiler.
6. Dip lollipop sticks on to melted chocolate and insert into the balls.
7. Roll balls in chocolate and stick on styrofoam block to dry.  (Use a spoon to dip and roll in chocolate and then tap off extra.)

I also only melt a few pieces of chocolate bark at a time because it starts to cool and thicken. It’s easier to work with when it’s hot.