3D Patriotic Cookie Hat

Patriotic Holidays are ahead of us, with Memorial day coming this Monday I think a little Blue Red and White is in order.
If you remember I've made 3D cookie hats several times already. Not so long ago I made  Bunny in the Hat Cookie Centerpiece and then also St. Patrick's Day 3D Cookie Hats. One of my You Tube fans suggested that I make red and blue hat and I took that suggestion and made an edible 3D Patriotic Cookie Hat.

To make 3D Patriotic  Hat you need:

Round Cookie Cutter Set , large medium and small
Ateco 6-Piece Graduated Star Cookie Cutter Set , small star cutter
Professional Needle Tool
AmeriColor Student Soft Gel Paste Food Color 12 Pack Kit, royal blue and super red
Star and Swirl Stencil

Sanding Sugar White 1 lb Food Writer Set, Black Marker

Royal Icing

Sugar Cookie dough

• Divide dough in half, keep one half uncolored.  Divide other half in 2. Color one part with blue and rest with red food coloring.
• Using plain cookie dough, cut out 3 medium rounds. Using large cutter cut out 1 blue round, and then using same medium cutter you used for the plain cookie dough cut out 2 red rounds.
• Also cut out small stars from plain cookie dough.
• Bake the cookies, once cookies are baked and still warm, using a small cutter, cut out centers : 1 plain cookie, 1 red and also cut out center on the large blue cookie. Let cookies cool.
• Using food marker and a star stencil transfer star outline onto the blue cookies.
• Using white royal icing, outline and flood the stars. Flip the cookie and place it into the sanding sugar, or sprinkle sanding sugar on top of the stars. Turn the cookie, if present, using a small brush remove excess sanding sugar from the cookie.
• Let the icing dry.
• Using royal icing, glue all the cookie together.
• Flood the small star cookies with white icing, let dry.
• Fill the hat with small star cookies and enjoy.

Ruffle Cupcakes and Bella Cupcake Couture Party with Giveaway

Few weeks ago Betsy from Java Cupcake invited me to participate in a super fun Bella Cupcake Couture Blog Party,  featuring beautiful cupcake wrappers from Bella Cupcake Couture Shop.  Each blogger received a set of  pretty cupcake wrappers and then we all created cupcakes to match the  wrappers.  21 Bloggers, 21 Cupcakes Ideas. 

And there is also an amazing GIVEAWAY!

I received beautiful Bird and Blossom Wrappers, they are made from a thick textured paper and come in sets of 12. Wrapper is adjustable into 3 sizes. You can see how easy they are assembled Here.

 Vanilla  Cupcakes(12cupcakes)

5 Tbl(70grams) room temperature butter

3/4 cup(150grams) granulated sugar

3 egg yolks

1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/4 cup cake flour

1 1/4 tsp baking powder

pinch of salt

1/4 cup (60ml)milk

1/4 cup(60ml) plain yogurt or  sour cream

3 large egg whites

Preheat oven to 350F, line a muffin pan with cupcake liners, set aside

• Wipe the bowl of your mixer with  white vinegar and wipe it dry, add egg whites, pinch of salt and beat egg whites until medium soft peaks are formed, add  1/4 cup sugar an beat until firm but not dry peaks are formed, scrape the meringue into a small bowl and set aside
• In  the same bowl you made the meringue  cream butter with sugar until creamy, 5 minutes
• While your butter is creaming sift together flour, baking powder and salt, set aside
• In a small dish combine together milk and yogurt.
• Add egg yolks to the butter and beat well, add  vanilla extract, scrape the bowl and continue beating until smooth and well combined
• On slow speed  alternatively add  milk mixture and flour,  on low speed beat until smooth
• To the batter add about 1/3 of meringue, fold into the batter until smooth, fold in the remaining meringue
• Fill the prepared muffin pan, about 2/3 full
• Bake for 18-20 minutes
• Remove from the muffin pan  and cool the cupcakes on the cooling rack

American Buttercream - (this buttercream is  rather sweet, if you prefer less sweet buttercream, you can option for Swiss Buttercream)

3 sticks(340grams) room temperature unsalted butter

5 1/2cups (624grams)powdered sugar

3-4 tbl water

2tsp Vanilla Extract

pinch of salt

• In a bowl of your mixer beat room temperature butter until smooth, gradually add powdered sugar and salt. Beat until smooth, gradually add water and then add vanilla.
• Color frosting with desired colors.
• If icing gets little soft while piping you can place it in the fridge to firm up.

Ruffled Cupcakes
Wilton Decorating Tip-#125Large Flower Petal
12 Inch Disposable Pastry Bag, 100 Bags
AmeriColor Student Soft Gel Paste Food Color 12 Pack Kit

Food Coloring

• Divide icing, color one part light pink, and rest with dark pink.
• Marble icing: lightly stir two icings together, just until you can still see streaks of dark pink in the icing.
• Fit the piping bag with the petal tip.
• Fill the bag with icing.
• Frost the cupcakes: watch me frost the cupcakes in my video tutorial : Pretty Ruffle Cupcakes Video Tutorial

Pretty Ruffle Cupcakes Video Tutorial








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