Thursday, September 15, 2011

Vanilla Poké Ball Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting


Hey guys!

The Internet has been down on campus and it's really frustrating.  It's finally back though so I'm a happy camper now.

Okay, so as I was sitting in my Digital Media class, my professor was talking about blogs and then he started talking about podcasts.  After that my mind started racing with ideas.  I was like "Hey, I'm gonna make a podcast for my blog!"  So my plan now is to get a good microphone and start a What Katie's Baking podcast.  What do you guys think?

I could talk about these awesome Poké Ball cupcakes I made.  We had a community builder, which is an event (a movie this time)  for our hall that everyone goes to, so my RA asked me to make cupcakes since I'm "Baking Katie."  That's really my nickname now, isn't that silly?  Anyway, our hall theme is Pokémon so my job was to make Poké Ball cupcakes and I was so proud of how cute they were!  And they tasted even better.  :)  I made 41 and they were all gone by the time the movie was over. I'm usually kind of wary about making plain vanilla cupcakes because they're so delicate and hard to mess up, but these turned out so well.  I  definitely recommend this recipe.






Vanilla Poké Ball Cupcakes with White Chocolate Frosting
Adapted from: All Recipes
*Note that my step-by-step pictures will not have the same amount of ingredients as the following recipe because I had to triple it.



Ingredients

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • Frosting: the BEST white chocolate frosting

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x9 inch pan or line a muffin pan with paper liners.
  2. In a medium bowl, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine flour and baking powder, add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Finally stir in the milk until batter is smooth. Pour or spoon batter into the prepared pan.
  3. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven. For cupcakes, bake 20 to 25 minutes. Cake is done when it springs back to the touch.
  4. Frost with white chocolate frosting.


23 comments:

  1. oh my gosh, katie! hahah my boyfriend is obsessed with pokemon (did i just admit this for all the world to see?). he would get a kick out of these. i'm going to have to surprise him :)

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  2. This looks so pretty.You gotat be creativ to think of something like this;) Great job;)

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  3. These are so awesome. I kind of want them for my next birthday... when I'll be turning 21. Too old? Never.

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  4. This is totally awesome. I grew up with Pokemon, and this is possibly one of the best decorating ideas I have seen in a while! 

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  5. I love that flavorful frostings. It's making me crave for it.

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  6. Haha! "Baking Katie" is a pretty badass nickname, my dear. These came out awesome! I really have had the Pokemon theme song stuck in my head all weekend... Not quite sure why.

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  7. A podcast what a great idea! This would be so much fun!

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  8. Katie, how I wish I'd had this years ago when my sons were small. They would have loved this!

    Ben
    http://kissthecook-ben.blogspot.com/

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  9. pod cast IS a good idea! and these are tooooo cute! Ill need a order of them for next june 6th hahahah

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  10. thanks, even. my next birthday will be my 21st, too...definitely never too old!!!

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  11. thanks! i think i'm gonna do it!
    haha okay, you got it girlfriend!

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  12. thanks, gen! i haven't purchased a microphone yet, but when i do, i'll get right on it!

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  13. lol thanks, i love it!
    haha you just knew i was going to make these... that's probably why. ;)

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  14. thank you :) i'm obsessed with white chocolate.

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  15. thank you, emily! i love pokemon.  i appreciate that!

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  16. haha!! it's okay, allison, we all have our 'things.' you should make them for him!

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  17. These cupcakes are absolutely adorable!!! Well done!!

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  18. Oh my gosh, SO CUTE! I love these cupcakes...so adorable and they look super yummy too! :)

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  19. these will be the next cupcakes I make! What a brilliant idea to make Poke Balls.  I've been madly in love with Pokemon since it first came out and need these cupcakes in my life!  Is it frosting in the middle of the cupcake or is it a gummy candy?

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  20. I just made these and they are literally the best cupcakes i have ever had...

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  21. I came across your blog and was pleased to see that someone else makes Pokeball cupcakes too.  Before ever finding your recipe, I made these for my son's birthday party.   I used food coloring spray to make the red and then piped the black. 

    http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/394977_10150612719902316_699807315_11155654_899463186_n.jpg

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  22. Oh man, these are the bee's knees!

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