December Wedding Cupcakes

In December, I had the chance to make more wedding cupcakes! The bride and groom requested: strawberry, chocolate, red velvet, and cookies and cream!


You can use any of your favorite cake recipes for the basic flavors - strawberry, chocolate, and red velvet. I'll post the recipes for the cookies and cream, though. They were really good!

For the red velvet, I used cream cheese icing, which you can find here.

prior to the icing

For all the other flavors, at the request of the bride, I made a marshmallow icing.

Marshmallow Icing

8 large egg whites, room temperature
2 c. sugar
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar
2 tsp. clear vanilla extract

Set a saucepan on a large burner of the stove and bring the water to a boil. Once it boils, reduce heat to a simmer. Place egg whites, sugar, and cream of tartar in a metal bowl. Place the bowl over the saucepan and whisk the ingredients continually until the sugar dissolves and the mixture is warm to the touch. It should take about 4 minutes. Just keep whisking!

Pour the contents into the bowl of your electric mixer, with the whisk attachment and whisk on low speed, increasing to high until the icing stiffens and soft peaks start forming. Add the vanilla and mix until combined.

You will want to ice the cupcakes right away. I did them the day before and noticed, probably because of the cold, that the icing "fell" some from when I first did them. They still looked good, but if you're going for a big top, you'll want them fresh. Also, I know there is no marshmallow in it, but it really does taste like marshmallow! heh.

Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

1 1/2 c flour
1/2 c unsweetened cocoa
1 1/4 c sugar
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 c vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
3/4 c milk
3/4 c hot water
1 package of Oreos

I forgot where I got this recipe and I don't have anything "doodled" on it, so I must not have made any changes, or if I did, they were minimal.

Preheat the oven to 350. Line 24 cupcake tins. Place one whole oreo in the bottom of each liner.

Mis the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl with a wire whisk. Add the eggs, oil, vanilla, and milk. Mix well. Add the hot water and mix until it's all well combined.

The batter will be very loose, but don't worry about it - that's how it should be! Using a large cookie scoop or ice cream scoop, add the batter to the lined tins about 3/4 of the way.

Bake for 16-18 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle.

Cookies and Cream Icing

1 c shortening
1 lb powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-6 Tbs milk

At the wedding

Oreo cookie crumbs (optional)

Beat the shortening in a mixer until smooth. Add vanilla and mix well. Add the powdered sugar in small batches, scraping down the side as you go. Add the milk, 1 Tbs at a time, until you get the consistency you want. At this point, you can add the cookie crumbs, I skipped this part because the bride and groom wanted winter-white cupcakes.

For all the cupcakes, I used sugar sprinkles and beads to decorate the tops of the cupcakes. You can even add an oreo or crushed oreos if you'd like.

Have fun!!