Pink Princess #23- Kiss Me / The Princess and the Frog

Kiss Me

The Princess and the Frog

The title in the book is "Kiss Me," but I call them "The Princess and the Frog!"

This is #23 of 28 different designs inspired by the Pink Princess Cupcake Book that I am recreating. As I near the end of the book, I am left with the ones that I didn't choose to make first, since I have been making them all out of order. I wasn't so sure about this design to begin with. I couldn't find a similar froggy candy mold to the one used in the book and my froggy candy mold is quite different. I also I wasn't really digging the original colors. We love Disney around here, so being a Princess book with a frog theme, it hit me..."The Princess and the Frog!" Tiana is such an awesome Princess... because she cooks! I decided to change the colors to go more with the movie colors and the colors changed it all! I am so happy with the outcome here!

Aren't they cute?

The happy couple, Prince Naveen and Princess Tiana in the middle and their other little froggy friends all around! These would not only be great for a Princess and the Frog party or fan of the movie, but I think they would also be great for an anniversary for someone that loves frogs!

  I sang my way though making these cupcakes! I have the song memorized, since I listen the Disney Princess CD on repeat in my car! You can hear a snipit of Everyday Princess on Amazon.com!

Here are my favorite lyrics from the song Everyday Princess sang by Tiana (actually sang by Anika Noni Rose):

"Now life is what you make it
We can all be royalty
It’s a prize for you, so take it
You never know what you can be
It sure is great having breakfast in your bed
With a sparkly crown sittin’ on your head
But that’s not me, I wear mine cookin’ up new dishes
Because I’ll never be your everyday princess"

 

Be sure to check out all of the Pink Princess Cupcakes that I have made!

 

The next Pink Princess Cupcake that I will be making:

 Glass Slipper

 

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These Cupcakes are Shared at:

A Well-Seasoned Life: Sweet Indulgences Sunday
Six Sisters' Stuff: Strut Your Stuff
Serenity You: Serenity Saturday
Talking Dollars and Cents: Muffin (and Cupcake) Monday
Sweetology: Tea Party Tuesday
Hoosier Homemade: Cupcake Tuesday
The Artsy Girl Connection: Pin'Inspirational Thursday

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Harry Potter Butterbeer Cupcakes

If you want Butterbeer...

You have to go here...

If you want Cauldron Cakes...

You have to go here...

But, if you want to make Butterbeer Cupcakes...

You have come to the right place!

I have tried a "Harry Potter Butterbeer Cupcake" before, but it didn't scream "Butterbeer" at all. So, I have turned to the internet for inspiration in making my own "Harry Butterbeer Cupcake" and I found a recipe that sounds like it will do the trick and doesn't need remade at all! The recipe is from Amybites: Sunday Sweets: Butterbeer Cupcakes.

Butterbeer Cupcakes

recipe source: amybites.com

Makes 18

 For the cupcakes:

2 cups flour

1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed

3 large eggs

1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon butter flavoring

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup cream soda

  

*For the ganache: 1 11-oz. package butterscotch chips

1 cup heavy cream

For the buttercream frosting: 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened

1/3 cup butterscotch ganache

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon butter flavoring

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 16-oz. package powdered sugar

Splash of milk or cream (as needed)

For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pans with paper liners. Combine your flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, cream your butter until light and fluffy. Add your sugars and beat until well-combined. Beat in your eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Then beat in your vanilla and butter flavoring.

Alternate adding your buttermilk, cream soda, and dry ingredients in batches until all are well incorporated. Fill each cupcake liner 3/4 full, then bake for 15 to 17 minutes until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean and cake springs back to the touch. Cool completely on wire racks.

*For butterscotch filling: In a double boiler (heat-proof bowl over a pot of simmering water on the stove), combine butterscotch chips and heavy cream and stir until completely combined and smooth. Cool to room temperature. Fill a squeeze bottle with ganache and insert into the center of each cupcake, squeezing until filling begins to overflow.

For buttercream frosting: Cream butter in a large bowl until fluffy. Add in ganache, vanilla, butter flavoring, and salt and mix until well combined. Beat in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until reaching desired consistency. Add milk or cream by the Tablespoon as needed. Frost cupcakes and top with a drizzle of butterscotch ganache.

 
(*I actually skipped making the ganache and used butterscotch found in the ice cream section at my local grocer.)

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I decided to make homemade dark chocolate frogs for the top of my Harry Potter Cupcakes.

Chocolate frogs began appearing in the first movie "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on the Hogwarts Express. Each came in a fancy box with there own trading card and the frog would hop around and act like an actual frog!   

    These cupcakes were a hit with everyone!
The cupcake was moist and the butterscotch inside was awesome! The frosting drizzled with butterscotch tasted great too!

I actually knit this Slytherin scarf around the time of the 4th movie, according to the actual movie specifications, so this thing was 9ft long, I believe! I intended to make all of the scarves, but this one took so long, I never got around to it!

  In case you are wondering...

I had an amazing time at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter!

    

  Now everyone...grab your cupcake and enjoy the finale:

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- Part 2!

    

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Be sure to visit:

Amy Bites Sunday Sweets (source for Butterbeer Cupcake recipe)

  

These cupcakes are shared at:

Hoosier Homemade: Cupcake Tuesday

Screaming Sardine: Month Long Cupcake Party

Rook #17: A Little Birdie Told Me Tuesday

Lady Behind the Curtain: Cast Party Wednesday

This Chick Cooks: These Chicks Cooked

Daily Organized Chaos- Foodie Wednesday

Miz Helen's Country Cottage: Full Plate Thursday

Around My Family Table: Turning the Table Thursday

Alli N Son: Sweet Tooth Friday

Bacon Time with the Hungry Hypo: Party Mindie Style

Sweet as Sugar Cookies: Sweets for a Saturday

A Well-Seasoned Life:Sweet Indulgences Sunday
 
These Cupcakes are featured at:
Harry Potter Cupcakes and Food: Hoosier Homemade Rewind
Lady Behind the Curtain: Cast Party Wednesday
  
These cupcakes were the #1 most viewed link at Lady Behind the Curtain: Cast Party Wednesday
and that means she made them!

Awesome frogs! I love them!
Stop by Cast Party Wednesday to see more about her experience making these cupcakes!

Pick-ing Princesses and Kissing Frogs!

It's Flashback Friday!
This is a "now just occasional" segment that I post to show you some of my past adventures...

I had totally forgot about these cupcakes that I made last year to celebrate a milestone for my Littlest Princess!

Usually, I start my 1M Swirl from the outside of the cupcake and swirl in. For these cupcakes, I swirled from the inside to the outside and it kinda gave it a rose look. As a rose, it would make a very quick and easy Mother's Day Cupcake. However, I made these to celebrate a milestone for my Littlest Princess!

A liner and matching pick, some pink sanding sugar and poof...quick and easy cupcakes!

Lots of Princess Cupcakes!

When your child brings home a fundraiser catalog and you are trying to pick from all the overpriced stuff just what to buy (yep, I said it!)...THINK CUPCAKES!

I called these "Princess and the Frog" Cupcakes!

The little "Fudgy Frogs" were from a fundraising catalog. The frog had a mint flavor so I carried that through using some Peppermint flavoring and green icing coloring to color the "Funfetti" boxed cake mix....made with a can of diet soda...no eggs or oil! It looks like I got the cupcake a little too brown on top...but I didn't hear any complaints! A little leftover buttercream icing and a shake of the purple sanding sugar...and again quick and easy!

The Princess and the Frog Cupcakes!


These cupcakes are linked to Cupcake Tuesday where you can find all kinds of cute cupcakes ideas!