HS Handmakes

Recipe | Campfire cupcakes

by Hanaa - Friday, March 30, 2018

Every party I throw, I always tie in the food so that it matches the theme of that party ee.gee. (e.g) the ice-queen themed party I threw for my housewarming, we had chocolate snowballs or the surprise smart cookie graduation party we did for my sister, we ate...yes you guessed it...milk and cookies!

For the Neat and Tangled party challenge ( click here to check out that post) my theme for this party was camping, I turned to my trusty friend Pinterest to get ideas for what kind of food people have at camping; I've never been you see - maybe virtually, like watching it in a movie. Everyone knows you have marshmallows but I needed more.

There I found this:

Caramel Bonfire Cupcake

it was perfect!

Only I didn't make a caramel one, instead:

I made a devil's food chocolate cupcake filled with ooey gooey marshmallow fluff, topped with oreo soil and vanilla frosting flames and chocolate logs. Yeah, that is too long a recipe title.

but anyways here's how I made it:

ingredients | makes 24 cupcakes

1 box of Betty Crockers' Devil food cake mix
1 tub of marshmallow fluff (I found mine at Sainsburys)
chocolate spread of any kind
1 packet of "oreos", crushed to soil-like consistency (in Iceland they have a non-branded one which is way cheaper)
packet of Twirl (or you can use Flakes)
2x 250g tubs of vanilla frosting ( I got it from Poundland)
orange and yellow food colouring

method |

1. make the cupcakes following the instructions at the back of the box.

it told us to go to the website and adjust the measurements for 9 cupcakes but I didn't want 9, so stick to the instructions for the cake.

2. once baked, leave cupcakes to cool.

3. take a piping bag, fit it with a filling piping tip ( it would have long nozzle) or cut out small holes from the centre of the cupcakes. Fill with marshmallow fluff.

4. Spread some chocolate spread to provide something sticky for the next step.

5. Take the oreo soil and dip the edges of the cupcake so you have soil all around the cupcake, leaving the middle empty. This is crucial to successful flame piping.

don't do this at home!

6. Colour the tubs of frosting; 1 yellow and 1 orange. go bright or go home! Then take a piping with a closed star tip and fill it with alternating colours of frosting.

7. Pipe a good dollop of frosting onto the centre of the cupcake. This will hold the logs in place.

I had soil on the centre and as I was piping, the soil was coming off with the frosting. Ended up being so fidgety! (please heed my advice in step 5)

8. Twirl has a smooth coating of chocolate on the outside; you can't see those gorgeous layers which we need for the logs.

Take a Twirl and cut it in 1/3s then cut each 1/3 in half. place 2 or 3 on to the flame being careful not to break the flaky structure.

Fill the gaps with more flames and bring some up over the logs as if it is engulfing and consuming it. (wow! that got deep so quickly)

9. time to display and eat!

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Personalised name shaker card - Lawn Fawn

by Hanaa - Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Hello!

I got asked to make a baby card that has the child's name on the front and so I have come up with this. The shaker element was a last minute decision but a fun addition.

The card base was 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" so I trimmed to size and backed it with a blue gingham patterned paper.

I cut down Neenah solar white cardstock to 5.4" x 5 3/4" so that it was centered and using Cole's ABCs dies, die-cut the name of the child. Above the name, I mixed two stamp sets to form the greeting.

Next, I did second-generation stamping with Lawn Fawn Narwhal ink; so after inking I stamped it off onto some scrap paper and used the remaining ink to stamp the clothing from the Little Bundle stamp set. I wanted to make it look like the clothes were free-falling from the sky; you can see that some socks didn't come in pairs.

Now comes the trickiest part, the shaker element:

I didn't have acetate to hand so I used some packaging to create the window.

Using foam squares (so tedious) I made a border around the name, essentially a rectangle but I gave it a good amount of space for the sequins to move, making sure not to bring it close to the letters or leave any gaps.

(If I had foam tape I would double up so it could move more freely but alas! I didn't have the time. )

Before adding the sequins, I removed the tackiness from the sides of the foam tape using an embossing bag (or baby powder) to stop the sequins from sticking.

Added more foam squares to the rest of the card panel to even it out and carefully removed the backing of every foam square (please don't be me and use foam tape - for your sanity)

Just be careful not to get sequins on the tape or it won't stick to the card base properly. (EASIER SAID THAN DONE!!)

I then brought the card base to the shaker panel- carefully lining it up so that it was in the center. It really helps to have a grid mat for this part.

That's it! Thank you for stopping by!

Supplies used:

Lawn Fawn Little bundle stamp set

Lawn Fawn Narwhal ink
Lawn Fawn Coles ABCs dies

Neat and Tangled Itty Bitty Welcoming Committee stamp set

Neenah Solar white cardstock

Pre-made 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" card base

Pebbles Lullaby 6x6 paper pad

Lucy Abrams Pearl Necklace sequins