For the second year I've volunteered to feed the Vacation Bible School volunteers before they serve the kids at church. This year we did half catered and half homemade which meant making 16 pounds of taco meat and 16 pounds of sloppy joe ahead and freezing it in prep. Since it was Bronwyn's birthday on the last day of VBS I decided dessert would follow the carnival theme and be cupcakes. I made three batches of cupcakes in liners that looked like bags of popcorn and froze them. Then I piped an entire recipe of buttercream into popcorn kernel. I saw a few videos and really didn't see any that explained it well, but taking a very small star tip quickly squirting out frosting so it curled up and around the tip and it looked amazingly like popcorn! I painted some yellow food coloring inside the bag too for that "Extra butter" look. It was so fun and people were very surprised it wasn't actually popcorn. Our pastor thought they were flowers. Maybe he didn't have his glasses on... hard to say. You tell me - do these look like bags of popcorn? Please say yes.
I don't know the theme for next year - but I'm all for a challenge!
Buttercream Frosting
1 1/2 cups butter, at room temperature (3 sticks)
4 1/2 cups powdered sugar
3 - 4 Tbsp heavy cream
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, using the paddle or whisk attachment whip butter on medium-high speed (if using whisk attachment whip on high speed) until nearly white and very fluffy, about 7 - 8 minutes, frequently scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Add in powdered sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla extract and mix on low speed until blended, then increase speed to medium and beat until very light and fluffy, about 5 - 6 minutes, frequently scraping down the sides of the bowl.
Immediately spread over cooled cake or cupcakes.
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