French Cheesecake

post from The Hungry Mouse on 03 July 2009 10:36:58 PM. © The Hungry Mouse

This French Cheesecake is my favorite Secret Weapon Dessert. Easy to make. Easy on the eyes. Practically guaranteed to stun everyone?including your best friend’s chatty new girlfriend?at your dinner party into blissful, dessert-nibbling silence.This recipe comes from an old family friend. In fact, a bunch of you requested the recipe when I first posted about [...]

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July 4th Patriotic No Bake Decorated Cupcakes by
Wilton.com

post from Zen Cupcake on 03 July 2009 10:15:00 PM. © Zen Cupcake

Fantastic Fireworks Cupcakes
by Wilton.com

Thiese are a no-bake cupcake that you literally make in a matter of minutes. The red, white and blue foil picks and patriotic themed cupcake liners make a last minute dessert ready to dress up a July 4th dessert table. Tools and instructions by Wilton.com

Tools:

Patriotic Cupcake Picks
by Wilton.com
Ingredients:

favorite no-bake cheesecake recipe
blueberry pie filling
cherry pie filling

Makes: Each cupcake serves 1.

Instructions

Prepare cheesecake and fill baking cups; let set.

Spoon pie filling on cupcake and insert pix; trim sticks if necessary.

Position cheesecakes on stand.

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Quick + Easy July 4th Cupcakes by Martha Stewart

post from Zen Cupcake on 03 July 2009 10:00:00 PM. © Zen Cupcake

Photo and recipe
by MarthaStewart.com

Need a simple and easy July 4th cupcake idea?

Follow Martha Stewart's July 4th cupcake recipe. Prepare her cupcakes in foil cups and spread with white frosting.

No time to bake from scratch? You could substitute box mix or purchase plain ready-made cupcakes.

Dress up your cupcakes in red, white and blue with fresh blueberries, strawberries, cherries and raspberries and they're ready for your July 4th foodfest.

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July 4th Patriotic Flag Cupcake Display by
Wilton.com

post from Zen Cupcake on 03 July 2009 09:15:00 PM. © Zen Cupcake

One Flag For All Cupcakes
Cupcake Idea and Instructions from Wilton.com

Tools:

Ingredients:

Makes: Each cupcake serves 1.

Instructions

*Brand confectionery coating

In advance, mold 12 stars using melted white candy.

Make 54 cupcakes; cover each with tip 1M rosette in buttercream.

Sprinkle 12 cupcakes with blue sparkles, 19 with red, reserve 23 white.

Position candy stars on blue cupcakes. Arrange cupcakes to form flag.

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July 4th Uncle Sam + Lady Liberty Cupcakes by
Wilton.com

post from Zen Cupcake on 03 July 2009 09:04:00 PM. © Zen Cupcake

Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty Cupcakes
by Wilton.com

Cupcake Idea, supplies and instructions from the website of Wilton.com

Tools:

Ingredients:

Makes: Each cupcake serves 1.

Instructions:

In advance: Prepare fondant pieces. Mix 2 teaspoons Gum-Tex into 24 oz. of fondant. Tint 1 1/4 in. ball skin tone, 1 in. ball red, 3/4 in. ball blue, 1 1/2 in. ball green; reserve remaining white. Roll out 1/8 in. thick. Use pattern to cut crown. For hat use pattern to cut white base. Cut red and blue strips about 1/8 in. wide for stripes; attach with damp brush. Let all pieces dry on cornstarch-dusted surface. Attach lollipop stick to back of hats with thinned fondant adhesive.

Bake and cool cupcakes in silicone cups supported by cookie sheet. Pipe tip 2A head, building up for dimension; round with spatula. For arms, cut lollipop sticks to 3 in. long. Insert 1 1/2 in. deep through tip 21 into bag of icing; squeeze as you pull out stick. For hands, divide skin tone fondant into 4ths. Roll each piece into a ball and flatten slightly. Shape hand and cut slits for fingers. Clean icing off 1/2 in. of iced arm; attach hand. Insert arms in cupcake. Use tip 3 to pipe dot or outline eyes; outline and pipe in mouths. Use tip 7 to pipe dot noses and tip 4 to pipe outline or pull-out hair. Insert flag picks; curl fingers around. Attach crown; insert hat.

Combine Red-Red with Christmas Red for red shown. Combine Lemon Yellow with Golden Yellow for yellow shown. Combine Brown with Red-Red for brown shown.

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July 4th Patriotic Fireworks Cupcake by
Wilton.com

post from Zen Cupcake on 03 July 2009 08:40:00 PM. © Zen Cupcake

Our Flag Was Still There! Cupcake
by Wilton.com

This is one of my favorite cupcakes based on style. The "creative piping" of icing is what creates the fireworks like appearance.

Tools:

Patriotic Stars Cupcake Liner
by Wilton

Ingredients:

Makes: Each cupcake serves 1.

Techniques Used:Pull-Out Star

Instructions

Step 1

Bake cupcakes in Stars & Stripes or Patriotic Themed Standard Baking Cups and cool completely on Cooling Grid.

Step 2

Prepare Buttercream Icing recipe. Tint 1/3 of icing with Royal Blue Icing Color. Tint another 1/3 icing with Christmas Red Icing Color.

Step 3

For fireworks, pipe a ring of fringe around rim of cupcake with blue icing and Multi-Opening Decorating Tip 233. Using same tip, pipe a concentric circle with white icing. Finish by piping red icing fringe in the center and inserting a 4th of July Party Pick.

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July 4th Patriotic Stars + Stripes Cupcakes by
Wilton.com

post from Zen Cupcake on 03 July 2009 08:28:00 PM. © Zen Cupcake

Stars and Stripes Cupcake
by Wilton.com
Tools:

Standard muffin pan
Baking Cups
Tip: 21
4th of July Baking Cups
Bite-Size Star Cookie Cutter

Ingredients:

Makes: Each cupcake serves 1.

instructions

Step 1

Bake cupcakes in Patriotic Themed Standard Baking Cups and cool completely on Cooling Grid.

Step 2

Prepare Buttercream Icing recipe. Tint 1/3 of icing with Royal Blue Icing Color. Tint another 1/3 of icing with Christmas Red Icing Color.

Step 3

For stripes, pipe alternating stripes of red and white icing on half of cupcake using Open Star Decorating Tip 21. Pipe in remaining half with blue icing stripes using Open Star Decorating Tip 21.

Step 4

For stars, roll out Ready-to-Use White Rolled Fondant to a 1/8 inch thickness with Perfect Height Rolling Pin. Use Star Bite-Size Perimeter Cutter to cut out 2 fondant stars for each cupcake.

Step 5

Arrange fondant stars on blue icing on cupcake.

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July 4th Cupcakes at Sprinkles Cupcakes

Red, White and Blue(berry) Cupcakes
Photo from the Sprinkles Cupcakes website

Sprinkles Cupcakes will be open until 7 PM tonight. It's your last chance to purchase the lemon blueberry and classic red velvet holiday cupcakes.

The Lemon Blueberry cupcake features scented lemon cake with wild blueberries and frosted with lemon cream cheese. All July 4th cupcakes are topped with a red or blue star.

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July 4th Patriotic Bursting Into Air Cupcakes by
Wilton.com

Bursting Into Air Cupcakes
by Wilton.com

These cupcakes take more time to decorate but they have a special flair that will impress. If you missed the boat in making these for July 4th, there's always the Labor Day Weekend.

Pattern: Fireworks Arcs Tools:

Ingredients:

Makes: Each cupcake serves 1.

Instructions

Step 1

In advance: Make fireworks. Prepare Royal Icing recipe. Tint half Red-Red/Christmas Red combination and half blue. Cover pattern with parchment paper. Using royal icing, pipe Round Decorating Tip 5 fireworks; make 240 red and 240 blue fireworks arcs (20 for each cupcake; number includes extras to allow for breakage); let dry.

Step 2

Bake and cool cupcakes in your favorite Patriotic Themed Baking Cups.

Step 3

Prepare Buttercream Icing recipe. Using white buttercream icing, pipe Large Star Decorating Tip 1M swirls on tops of cupcakes.

Step 4

Insert fireworks arcs and attach icing decorations using white buttercream icing and Round Decorating Tip 5 dots.

Step 5

To assemble, place 10 in. plate and pillars on Cake Base. Place 6 in. plate and pillars on 10 in. plate. Place one pillar on 6 in. plate. Position 1 cupcake on top pillar, 4 cupcakes on 6 in. plate, 8 cupcakes on 10 in. plate and remainder on Cake Base.

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Lady Liberty Cupcake by Wilton.com

Lady Liberty Mini Cake
by Wilton

Wilton is one of my favorite cupcake decorating supply companies. This tutorial is for a mini cake, which is a bit larger than a cupcake. But, what could be more fitting on July 4th than a Lady Liberty Mini Cake. Supplies and instructions by Wilton.com.

Tools:

Ingredients:

Makes: Serves 1.

Instructions

For head, tint cookie dough copper, roll out and cut with 2 in. round cutter; bake and cool. For torch, tint candy gray (with a small amount of black candy color) and mold ice cream cone from candy mold; refrigerate until firm, unmold. For book, pour melted gray candy into 2 in. round cutter; refrigerate until firm. Pop candy out from cutter and use knife to cut a 1 x 1 1/3 in. rectangle; set aside.

Insert a 3 in. length of wooden dowel rod in wonder mold cake for right arm. Ice cake smooth. Tint fondant light blue, wrap around dowel rod arm. Cut two 6 x 4 in. pieces of blue fondant for robe; gather in accordion shape and attach to body, one piece in front, the other in back. Cut a 5 x 4 in. piece of blue fondant, round off one side, gather as above and attach over robe with damp brush. Roll out a 3 in. long x 1/2 in. diameter piece of fondant for arm holding book; attach book to arm with melted candy. Attach arm to robe with damp brush, wrapping around back. Attach candy torch to other arm with melted candy. Pipe tip 4 dot hands and fingers on both arms. Spatula stripe decorating bag with yellow, red and orange icing and pipe tip 16 pull-out star flames on torch. Pipe tip 2 dot eyes, pupils, nose and string mouth. Pipe tip 4 outline ears. For spikes on hat, tint fondant light blue; cut 6 triangles, 3/4 in. high and let dry on cornstarch-dusted board. Attach hat spikes to back of cookie with melted candy. Pipe tip 4 string hair. Attach lollipop stick to back of cookie with melted candy and insert into top of body.

*Brand confectionary coating.