Burger Cupcakes
Kick off BBQ season with these burger cupcakes. These burger cupcakes would even be perfect for an easy Father's Day dessert idea.
Equipment
- Cupcakes baking pan
- 2 piping bags
- 1 bowl
- 1 knife
- 1 spoon
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix + additional ingredients per instructions OR your favourite yellow cake recipe
- Coconut shreds about 1 cup or more to desired taste
- Green food colouring
- Sesame seed mix
- 6 Mini chocolate donuts homemade or store bought, ½ for each cupcake
- Light orange buttercream frosting in piping bag with small cut tip homemade or store bought
- Red buttercream frosting in piping bag with small cut tip homemade or store bought
Instructions
- Bake the yellow cupcakes per cake mix recipe and cool completely.
- To make the lettuce shreds, toss coconut with green food colouring in a bowl.
- Cut cupcakes in half horizontally to make burger buns.
- Cut chocolate donuts in half horizontally to make the burger patty.
- On the bottom hamburger cupcake (bun) place coconut shred lettuce.
- Next, add the donut meat patty.
- Now use the orange frosting to pipe on a square of cheese, letting the corners melt down over the patty.
- Use the red frosting to drizzle on the ketchup.
- Place the top bun on the cheeseburger cupcakes and sprinkle sesame seed mix on top.
Notes
FROSTING TIP
If you prefer to purchase the frosting instead of making it and can’t find any in orange or red, simply buy vanilla frosting and add food colouring until you have the desired icing colour.
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