"Some Pig!" cupcakes for Charlotte's Web

The one thing I love baking for as much as preschool snack day are school bake sales!
ESPECIALLY when there is a theme involved.  My bonus middle child is in a play this weekend! They are doing a production of one of my all time personal favorites, Charlotte's Web.

These are the cute little Wilber cakes I just finished making for the opening night bake sale.  I love their little personalities.  So adorable!  It is just a Devil's food with a basic buttercream frosting.  I didn't want to get too fancy schmancy since I was baking in bulk and my audience is going to be a lot of Elementary age kids.

I used the Wilton #11 round tip to make the head and the snout and a small leaf tip for the ears.  The nostrils are Nestle Toll House Mini Morsels.

I also finally got to try out using the Wilton Candy Eyeballs.  I kept seeing them in the store and finally picked up a pack.  They really did give these little guys a little extra boost of adorable!

Orange, apple, kale & honey cupcakes

For the cupcakes:
2 cups, packed raw kale leaves, woody stalks discarded or two cups of baby Kale
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup of honey
1/2 cup of applesauce
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 orange, zest and juice
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt 

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line or grease a muffin tray.
Tear kale leaves into bite-sized pieces and boil or steam for a few minutes until tender. Refresh in cold water, drain and puree in food processor. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, and then beat in the kale, vanilla, applesauce, honey, orange juice and zest of entire orange.
Sift in the flour, baking powder and salt and stir to gently combine.
Fill the muffin cups ¾ full with the batter and bake for 18 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow to cool in the tins for 10 minutes then remove and allow to cool completely on a wire rack. 

We served with some strawberry jam in the middle. Made for a healthier dessert alternative. The kids totally thought they were getting cake, but these cakes are filled with happy vitamins!

Lemon buttercream cupcakes

I made these as well. They are what I might imagine heaven would taste like. I need a shirt that says, "I LOVE BUTTERCREAM"
Thank Jeebus I work at a large office now where people are happy to eat my baking experiments. Otherwise I'd be 300 pounds by the holidays at the rate I've been baking!