I am super excited about Mallory's second birthday. I will have to say I never knew how much time and planning goes into a child's birthday party. I am obsessed. I spin all my free time on pinterest pinning Minnie Mouse party ideas and practicing to see what I can make myself and what should be bought! Of course with the amount of time and money I have put in to practicing I might as well have saved myself the trouble and paid someone. My first practice session was with the Minnie cupcakes. I have seen tons of them on Pinterest, but I have decided these are the cutest and the simplest as well. I got the party cups at the Hob Lob. I learned from baking this batch that you should not fill them up over half way. A little less is best because you don't want the cupcake puffing up over the top. If you happen to fill them too full just cut off the top to make it flat. Be sure to pipe your icing to cover the entire cupcake top. I used yellow cake this time, but will use vanilla when I make them for the party. The icing is cream cheese with a little neon pink gel food coloring. I am going for the Preppy Minnie look. Check out these free printables on Whimsically Detailed. I piped the icing on twice, meaning that after piping one time I went back and did the same thing again not always starting at the outside and working in. I just started my second piping where I thought it needed it most, but the goal is to make it fuller and higher. You will need at least 2 tubs of icing. Once the icing is on I sprinkled on the pink pearls (Pearl Nonpareils - $4.49 at Hobby Lobby) and stuck in 2 chocolate melts for the ears. These are just the regular chocolate ones that can be bought the cheapest at Walmart. I'm thinking about using the black ones for the party, but you can't find those everywhere. Well there you have it Minnie Mouse cupcakes and I actually told you what I used to make them. That's my problem with all this pinning. No one ever tells you where they got there supplies or what they actually are using. I have scoured over the pictures trying to figure out what people used for the ears and how or where they bought the edible bows. I like how these turned out. They weren't too hard and I'm pretty sure the other ones were much more work!
Next week cake pops! Stay tuned for more practice sessions as I narrow down the party menu. Mallory will be TWO soon. She will be so excited with all the Minnie themed food!
