We decided to celebrate our family kids' November birthdays at one party since we had several to celebrate. I needed to make a cake for 5 kids ranging in age from 6 to 13 and for both boys and girls. I decided to go with a generic birthday theme rather than trying to accommodate each kid so I put brightly colored cupcakes on top of the cake (white icing with edible glitter). Since they were going on the cake, I wanted the entire cupcake to be edible so I used silicon baking cups and Wilton candy melts to create edible cups for them. It turned out cute and the kids loved that they could eat the entire cupcake, wrapper and all!
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| Cupcake Birthday Cake |
Here's how I made the edible cupcake cups:
I used silicon baking cups as molds and also to bake the cupcakes in to ensure the cupcakes would fit in them. The paper wrappers seemed to be slightly larger than the silicone mold. I particularly like this one made by Wilton because the flower petals around the sides made it easy to remove the candy cup. I used Wilton white candy melts, but they would be cute in various colors.
I used about 10 candy melts for each one and microwaved about a minute and a half. I then used a knife to spread the melted candy around the sides of the mold.
I put the mold in the freezer until the candy had hardened. Then gently pulled the "petals" of the mold away from the candy to release it and peeled the mold off.
Here's the finished, totally edible, cupcake wrapper! Just drop in a cupcake and decorate :-)
