Rob doesn’t like traditional birthday cakes (weird I know!), so I made him cupcakes instead. First I made chocolate brownie cupcakes from this Woman’s Day recipe (I substituted the eggs with “Better’n Eggs”). I also made chocolate cheesecake cupcakes from this BakeSpace recipe (I substituted the cream cheese with low-fat cream cheese). I enjoyed both types of cupcakes, but Rob preferred the cheesecake ones.
However, since I planned to decorate the cupcakes, I didn’t make either of the frostings included in the recipes. Instead, I made my own frosting by just mixing a little confectioner's sugar into light Coolwhip. I prefer this frosting because it’s healthier and not super sweet like traditional frosting.
I decorated the cupcakes with Phillies and baseball designs using Betty Crocker Decorating Icing and Wilton Color Mist food color spray. I must say that although the Betty Crocker icing was very tasty, the decorating tips it came with were nearly impossible to use. I had a lot of difficulty controlling the icing as it came out and wouldn’t use this icing again.
I was pretty disappointed I couldn’t design the cupcakes how I had hoped because of all the difficulty I had with the icing, but I managed to make a few baseball cupcakes, Phillies “P” cupcakes, red sugar cupcakes with “All Star” flags, and even Philly Phanatic cupcakes!
My favorite cupcake was the Philly Phanatic cupcake I invented. Check back tomorrow if you’re interested to see how I made it.
Despite my decorating mishaps, the baseball cupcakes were still a hit and Rob loved them! Here’s all of the cupcakes at the party:
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