Monday, April 12, 2010

Glee Cupcakes 4/13

Update: Our Glee Cupcakes were named #2 on the "20 Most Inventive Cupcakes Known to Man" by koldcast.tv Also, due to the response and requests to make these cuties, there's another update further below to help explain the process.

We are Gleeks and we are proud of it. We are fans of Glee and enjoy every second of it. Glee returns today and we couldn't be more excited. To celebrate its return, we are dedicating a Post to it. We present to you: Glee Cupcakes.


On the show, the Glee kids are considered unpopular and targets for teasing. The main attack is what is called a slushie facial. The football players throw slushies in the faces of the poor Glee Club students. So, not that we condone this sort of behavior but our cupcakes are meant to look like the slushies. We even watched the episodes closely to see that they are called "Big Quench" as opposed to "Big Gulp".
We've been planning this for months. The cupcake challenge was involved too. As has been said before, we do not believe in looks over flavor. We could not let the presentation be better than the taste.  The cupcake challenge yielded a chocolate cupcake as the winner. That doesn't work so well for a slushie cupcake. The vanilla cupcake came in last place at the challenge but we liked it. We did some research, made some improvements and went for it.  Our recipe was a combination of the amended Magnolia Bakery recipe from Cast Sugar and the highly praised one from 52cupcakes.blogspot.com. We went with the following ingredients:
1 3/4 cups cake flour
1 1/4 cups unbleached all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1 tbspn baking powder
3/4 tspn salt
1 cup unsalted butter
4 eggs
1 cup yogurt
2 tspn vanilla extract
Then we followed the steps on the 52 Cupcakes site. 


The decoration was the next big step for us. We made the frosting and then split it into 3 bowls. We planned on dyeing one blue, one red, and one purple to match typical slushie flavors.


Then we topped them with colored sanding sugar in the same color. 

UPDATE (more details): Then they went into the cups.
We cut down 9oz plastic cups to the point where the cupcakes don't slide into the cup anymore. Then we wrapped the labels that we made around the cups and tucked the ends into the cup.



We have to say they came out super cute!!



Happy return of Glee, everybody!

Lessons learned: We don't use as much frosting as most recipes call for, we ended up with A LOT left over. Cake flour is great for cupcakes, we ended up with a nice soft texture that we were aiming for.

20 comments:

  1. Those look so great! Look very tasty too. Wish I could grab one from my computer.

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  2. These are adorable and so creative!! What a great idea!!

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  3. Those are awesome! I can't wait to watch the show tonight!

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  4. Ahh! These are awesome! Where did you get the Big Quencher wrappers?

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  5. We made the wrappers ourselves with a barely working knowledge of photoshop and then put them into word and printed them out. We like to share though so if you'd like us to email you the file, let us know at bakeodyssey@gmail.com

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  6. These are too adorable. I reposted on my blog. :)

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  7. Love these. I just sent an email requestion the big quench file! Thank you for sharing!

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  8. Those are super cute! Did you use regular plastic cups with a filler in the bottom to hold up the cupcake?

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  9. oh, those are just SO darling! are they standard cupcake size?

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  10. The plastic cups are 9oz. We cut them down to where the cupcake doesn't slip down anymore. The cupcakes are standard size.
    We are surprised and excited about the response to these cupcakes. It is completely unexpected but we are thrilled that people want to recreate them for their friends and family. E-mail us if you have any questions. We're happy to help.

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  11. Jenna and I are huge GLEE fans! These cupcakes are SO awesome!

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  12. I just showed my co-worker and she loved them!!! I wish I could've sampled one!!! They look great...keep up the fabulous work ladies! I think you've inspired me to pull out my mixer and baking pans, lol!!

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  13. After doing a search online for the best looking/most practical to make glee themed cupcakes- these are the best! I don't really want to mess with fondant or pictures and the big quench "cups" are priceless- perfect for our season premier girls night on Thursday! :D

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  14. This was the cutest idea I came across as I searched for Glee themed party ideas. I am making them for a party tomorrow and can't wait to see how they turn out. Thanks for the "Big Quench" labels! They are adorable!

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  15. I actually made these for one my best friends and fellow gleek for her birthday and everyone loved them! so cute! thank you!

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  16. What a cute idea for a Glee party! Cant wait to try them!

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  17. Thanks so much for posting this, these turned out great. I just made them for a party and they were a huge hit--they are even more delicious than they look!

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  18. I know I am the biggest gleek in the world!!!
    I am making these for my birthday party in September. I am in LOVE with glee!!!

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  19. How did you make the labels? I'm going to make these for my sister's birthday! She is the biggest Gleek and freaked out when she saw a picture of these!

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