Michele’s Push-Pop Cupcake Recipe!

When I saw the fabulous push-pop cupcakes from Michele’s Movie Party I posted Thursday I had to have the recipe and instructions!

Thankfully she was happy to share! She said she used these push-pop containers from amazon.com. They are disposable bust they can be washed and reused {love that!}

Here is what she said:

“Since Martha knows how to get things done, I used her recipe for chocolate cake:  http://www.marthastewart.com/346395/one-bowl-chocolate-cake

and added chocolate chips to the batter.  I mean really, so many things in life are just a little bit better with the addition of some chocolate chips!

Same for her recipe for vanilla cake:  http://www.marthastewart.com/315436/versatile-vanilla-cake

I baked them in 9×13 pans and torted (is that a word?) after they were cool, but I think next time I just might divide the batter between two 9×13 pans and skip the torte step. 

The frosting was a simple buttercream recipe 

Marshmallow buttercream

2 sticks of unsalted butter

4 cups of powdered cane sugar

a pinch of salt dissolved in 1 tsp of water 

1 tsp of marshmallow flavoring (I use LorAnn Oils)

1/4 tsp of Almond extract **

Cream the butter and liquid until creamy and slowly add the powdered sugar until all incorporated and it looks like frosting.  I’ll add a tsp of milk, 1/2 & 1/2 CoffeeMate or whatever I have available until it gets to the creamy consistency I need.  More liquid, thinner icing.  I made this pretty thick so probably one 1 or 2 tsp of liquid max. 

Orange Dreamcicle Frosting

follow the recipe above just substituting 1 tsp orange extract for the Marshmallow flavoring and i substituted 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract** for the almond.  

**I tend to play fast and loose with the extract adding a little more vanilla or almond as I think is necessary. 

Then I just cut the cake into little circles using a round cookie cutter that about the same size as the push-pop container (http://www.amazon.com/Ateco-5357-Piece-Plain-Cutter/dp/B00004S1CI/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1307639715&sr=1-1)  I subsequently put the cookie cutter down the garbage disposal.  I recommend you skip this step. 🙂  

Pipe a dollop of frosting into the bottom of the push-pop layer with cake and frosting until you reach the top.  Top with sprinkles and you are ready to party! 

Hope you get a chance to make them.  The push pops were fun to eat and I saved the containers (yes, I am cheap), washed them out and plan to use them again! “

Thanks so much for sharing this recipe and idea, I will definitely try this! Michele use the cupcake wrappers from the Movie Party Kit to decorate the push pop containers, genius!

Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!