Designing and Decorating Firework Cupcakes

To design the cupcakes for bonfire night I first collected pictures of fireworks and did drawings of these in my scrap book.

I then looked at all the decorating icings that I had and started to plan how I would do the cupcakes. For some I chose dark icing as a background to represent the night sky. I wanted to use shiny balls to represent the firework explosion.


I used the basic cupcake recipe of;

6 oz--175gm self-raising flour

4oz--110gm butter or margarine

4oz-110gm castor sugar

2 tablespoons of milk

Method

Beat the butter and sugar together, add the eggs and beat in each one fully, add the flour using a sieve and add the milk. Place in cupcake cases and bake in the oven gas 5, 190C or 375F for 12 to 15 mins. Cool

FIREWORK CUPCAKES

It is now the time in England when on November 5th we celebrate Bonfire night. This came about In 1605, thirteen young men planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament. Among them was Guy Fawkes, Britain's most notorious traitor. Guy Fawkes (April 13, 1570 – January 31, 1606), also known as Guido Fawkes, born in York, was an English soldier and member of a group of Roman Catholics who attempted to carry out the Gunpowder Plot on 5 November 1605.
The plot was an attempt to assassinate the Protestant King James I (James VI of Scotland) and the members of both houses of the Parliament of England, by blowing up Westminster Palace during the formal opening session of the 1605 Parliament, in which the king would address a joint assembly of both the House of Lords and the House of Commons. Guy Fawkes was in large part responsible for the later stages of the plan's execution. His activities were detected, however, before the plan's completion. Following a severe interrogation involving the use of torture, and a trial in Westminster Hall by Judge John Popham, Fawkes and his conspirators were executed for treason and attempted murder. Guy Fawkes' failure is remembered with Guy Fawkes Night also known as Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night on November 5.
I decided to design a selection of crazy cupcakes that use the patterns of fireworks as their theme.

This is the Catherine Wheel Cupcake which has a red icing base, sweets to make the curve, shiny edible balls and writing icing for the details.

This is the Rocket Trail Cupcake, with a purple base, silver balls and writing icing.
Rocket Shower cupcake, has a dark purple layer of icing, red writing icing and cake decorations to make the shower.
In the U.K. we have traffic lights in red, green and yellow. This is the Traffic Lights Roman Candle Cupcake. Yellow icing base with three sweets, writing icing and shiny green balls.
The Rocket Trail Cupcake with a white base, sweets and writing icing.
The Green Star Cupcake with red icing base,writing icing and shiny balls.
The Yellow Comet Cupcake with a red icing base, writing icing and shiny balls.

I had great fun making these cupcakes and they tasted great as I used the tangy Lemon Cupcake mixture.

ENJOY