Adapted from Hello, Cupcake! Irresistably Playful Creations Anyone Can Make
1 batch of cupcakes
white frosting
strawberry jam
chocolate truffles, preferably Ferrero-Rocher hazelnut chocolates
white chocolate for grating
1. Bake a batch of cupcakes (any kind you like). Frost them lightly with white frosting and place them close together on a plate.
2. Use a pastry bag (or ziploc bag with a corner cut off) to pipe frosting over the tops of them, like a heap of spaghetti.
3. Use strawberry jam (Low sugar Smuckers seems to have the best shade of red) to make a pool of “tomato sauce” over the top of the “spaghetti.”
4. Place chocolate balls on top for “meatballs.” The book recommends Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates
5. We also skipped this step, but the book recommends that you grate white chocolate over the top to look like grated cheese. Cool idea, but I was out of white chocolate, and the kids weren’t complaining anyway.
It was that easy! Who can resist this kind of fun with frosting? –Danielle Bean
