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Photoset reblogged from A GIRL NAMED FRANGIPANE
<big>Fandom Flavors</big> Pretty Soldier <small>(Sailor Moon inspired cupcake)</small>(Sailor Moon inspired cupcake)
This pretty cupcake is just as cute as the Sailor Senshi themselves- And the first in our Fandom Flavors category!
‘Pink Berry’ cake- cherries, raspberries, and strawberries- filled with a light whipped cream and tossed in sanding sugar for a sparkly covering, all topped in with a lemonade whipped buttercream and a fondant heart.
Ingredients: (Makes 2 Dozen)
- 1/4 Cup Fresh Raspberries
- 1/4 Cup Fresh Strawberries
- 1/4 Cup Canned Cherries
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tsp Raspberry Extract
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 3 Cups self-rising Flour
- 3/4 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 4 Large Eggs
- Pre-heat oven to 325 Degrees. Set up cupcake wrappers in your favorite colored wrappers. (I did yellow. Sue me.)
- Puree’ your berries. Like, in small sized chunks. They look really pretty in your cupcake.
- Prepare the cake batter; in a large bowl, combine self-rising flour, sugar, oil, your pureed berries (Save 1/4 of a cup of your mix), vanilla, raspberry extract, and eggs.
- Fill cupcake wrappers 3/4 of the way full. Sprinkle your saved berry mixture on to the tops (Don’t go nuts or else those puppies won’t bake properly!)
- Bake 15-18 minutes or until toothpick comes away cleanly when poked through the centers.
The Buttercream:
- 1 Cup room temperature Butter (2 Sticks)
- 1/4 Cup Heavy Cream (Cold)
- 1 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 Tbsp Cold Lemonade
- 1 Cup Powdered Sugar
- Fresh Lemon Zest
- 1 Egg White
- 2 Drops Yellow Food Color
- Cream your butter on medium high speed. Add your powdered sugar in measured doses on low speed.
- Add your egg white, whipping on medium-high speed again. Slowly add your vanilla and lemonade.
- Mix on High for 3-5 minutes. Add your heavy cream slowly.
- Mix again for another 2 minutes, finishing with a liberal zesting of your lemon.
Oh my gosh, that sounds dirty.
For the little toppers, I just cut out a pink heart out of some fondant and dusted it in pink luster dust. I then cut out a crescent moon, dusted that in gold luster dust and finished it off with an edible sugar pearl. Ant is sometimes capable of pretty things.
