Twinkle Sprinkle Cupcakes #HappyBirthday EJ!

It's my son EJ's 9th birthday today so I baked some gluten free Twinkle Sprinkle Cupcakes with Pistachio Cream.  I am not a baker so I rely on  box mixes when I have to bake .  Luckily,  Glutino  has a complete pantry of  baking goodness.  You can find the recipe below.

Ingredients:

• 1 box of Glutino Twinkle Sprinkle Cake
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 cup milk
• a packet of red and green sprinkle
• 1 tbsp  pistachio cream (optional)

I used my silicon cupcake molds but I only  have 8 of them so I have to bake twice. I have to get me another set of these.

#GlutenFree twinkle sprinkle cupcakes with pistachio cream. Can't wait to dig in! Thanks @glutinofoods and @trytheworld

A photo posted by rose (@chubskulitrose) on Jan 15, 2016 at 8:26am PST

Procedure:

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• IN a large bow or mixer beat butter until fluffy.
• Add eggs, vanilla, and milk  and continue to blend.
• Add dry mix, continue mixing.
• Add 1/2 of the green and red flakes to batter and continue to mix
• Using a pre-greased  cupcake or muffin pan, scoop batter into pan.
• Sprinkle 1/4 on the top of  scooped  cupcakes that are ready to be baked
• Baked for 26 minutes.

You can put frosting or icing when the cupcakes are cooled down.  I prefer  cupcakes with no icing, it's too much sugar for the kids!

My son would be happy when he comes home, he would have something to snack.  We also got him an ice cream cake from Dairy Queen because he  requested for it.  Whatever will be left for these cupcakes, we will take it tomorrow on our road trip.  We are taking them to Kalahari for his birthday.

Sweet Treat for Classmates

I posted my daughter's Key Lime Cupcakes on facebook and one of her former teachers commented to bring some in school. It inspired my little pastry chef to make another batch.

I put the ones she wants to give for the teachers  in these cupcake containers.

Then she put the rest in a big container to  bring for her classmates.

I am glad that my daughter is very interested in baking.  That is something I lack of interest with in the kitchen.  I love to cook but not to bake!

Key Lime Cupcakes

School is closed since yesterday so my little chef got a little  productive by baking us some treats, key lime cupcakes.  We did not have enough ingredients that she needs so she just made  them small.  I am not sure how she made them but they were delicious.  The cake  reminds me of angel cake.

 She also made the icing from scratch.  She's definitely better than me in baking.  I would never bake anything from scratch.  I can bake but it has to be the pre-packaged in the box lol.

 My husband bought this  lime for  his beer but he never drunk  h it so Ms. Burrito used it.

 She gets this urge to bake  some sweet treat once in a while so I just let her.  When she was a little  smaller, I never let her do anything without me watching but now, even though I want to look, I am not allowed!  Luckily, I trust her enough so I am confident that she will be safe inthe kitchen without me hovering like a helicopter lol.

I will ask her about the recipe for this and may post it later.