Tuesday, August 3, 2010

jawesome!!!




it's shark week!!! i don't even have cable, and i'm excited! so excited that i made shark week cupcakes. i don't think these needs much more of an explanation. on to the shark week sweets.

Shark Week Cupcakes
  • one box dairy egg free cake mix (i used duncan hines classic yellow)
  • 3 small bananas or 2 large
  • juice of one lemon
  • water
  • oil
  • cupcake liners
  • icing (you can make this or buy in a can. i used duncan hines classic vanilla)
  • food coloring
  • swedish fish
  1. follow instructions on box for water and oil amounts. mine called for 3 eggs, and this is where the bananas and lemon come in. one banana is equal to one egg as far as replacers go. mine were fairly large so i used just 2 bananas. chop them up then squeeze the juice of one lemon of them and mash. they should turn to about the consistency of an egg...there's your binder!
  2. i divided my batter in two leaving half yellow, and the coloring the other to a sea-foam green. then put equal parts of each into the cups, and used a knife tip to marbleize them.
  3. bake according to box. i actually had to leave mind in a tad longer. just use a toothpick or knife to poke the center of a cupcake; if it comes out clean they are finished! let cool.
  4. while those are cooling mix some of your white icing with blue food coloring for the water, but be sure to leave some white for the splash.
  5. after cupcakes are cool cover top with blue icing then add a dollop white in the center for a splash. the final touch: swedish fish! these vegan no meat treats will serve as our veracious jaws!

keep in fridge until serving or icing will melt! making these with kids would be a blast. these are so good good that my new un-named cat pulled one of the counter into the sink and ate almost the entire thing. i hope you do too!

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