My cupcakes bring all the boys to the yard...

The book titled, "Hello, Cupcake! irresistible playful creations anyone can make" by Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, is filled with creative cupcake recipes for all occasions. I came upon the book while trolling the aisle in Target and found only one recipe that tickled my fancy. Rather than buy the book, I jotted down the simple recipe for spaghetti and meatball cupcakes in my moleskine. (turns out you can find the full recipe on the web) I'm a sucker for ludicrous imitation. I love when shit looks like other shit, its one of my many Homeresque qualities.

Vanilla cake mix, vanilla frosting with 3 drops of yellow food dye and cocoa powder added, Rocher ferrero chocolates, low sugar strawberry preserve and white chocolate is all you need. It's cinchy!

The caveat: In the process of putting it all together there are some idiosyncrasies. Like the jelly has to be the low sugar preserve because of both the color and texture. To create the noodle effect you either need a top quality FREEZER zip-lock bag (don't cheap out with some 99cents store sandwich bags, you WILL regret it) or some professional cake decorating tools, and the white chocolate to grate on top to resemble the parmesan cheese is harder than a mother fucker to find.

I took these to HELL for our end of the year, farewell to the team, Italian food themed pot luck and they were a graveyard smash.