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Gender Reveal Cupcakes!

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Ruthanne

Is it a boy? Is it a girl? You’ll have to take a bite of this cupcake to find out! Such a fun way to reveal the gender of a coming baby!!!

About a month ago I was on a mission to create some gender-reveal party desserts for my cousin Ericka. I posted a gender reveal fudge cookie that she actually used and everyone loved. She’s a teacher and her students loved the idea that the cookies held a “secret”. I promised to post more recipes for gender reveal parties and this one is SO INCREDIBLY EASY!!! It uses a cake mix and some food coloring and thats IT. I was browsing the baking aisle a few weeks ago and came across a new product by Betty Crocker called “FUN da-Middles“. It is a cupcake mix that comes with a creamy filling. They come in both yellow and chocolate. I simply HAD to try this (because who doesn’t love filling inside of anything??!!). They work beautifully- easy to make and they bake up into the most beautiful cupcakes. But I wondered if you could change the filling color without causing a recipe fail.

This was the result: so much fun! Here’s how:

INGREDIENTS:

One box of FUN-da-Middles cupcakes with a white cream filling (plus eggs, water and oil to make according to box, and 12 cupcake liners).
One tub of Betty Crocker Rich Creamy Vanilla Frosting 16 oz
1/2 container of Cool Whip topping
Wilton Icing Color in pink and blue (or in any other color you want!)

DIRECTIONS:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Make cupcakes according to box- but instead of cutting a corner off the bag of cream filling and piping over cupcakes, pipe it into a bowl and color it 1st.
Color cream filling with Wiltons Icing color- it won’t change the consistency of the filling because it is a gel and you only need a TINY bit to create a bright color.
Place colored cream into a small ziptop bag. Zip it shut, clip a corner of the bag off and pipe filling on to cupcake batter as directed on box.
Bake according to box and cool completely.
Mix 1/2 of a container of Cool Whip with a can of white frosting.
Clip the corner of a large ziptop bag and slide a cake decorator tip into the open corner. Fill the bag with frosting, zip it closed and pipe generous amount on top of cupcakes.
Decorate as desired. (I used Wiltons candy melts in a Dessert Accents Candy Mold to top these gender reveal cupcakes).

Not having a baby? Not throwing a gender reveal party? These cupcakes can be customized for really any occasion or holiday. Next weekend is St. Patricks day– so how about these?