In honor of my (arguably slightly creepy) adoration of Taylor Swift and the recent concert I attended in Pittsburgh, I decided to make Taylor Swift decorated cupcakes.
The cupcakes were inspired by her most recent album "Speak Now". I admit that being 29 years old and being starstruck by Taylor Swift is slightly odd but A.) I can't help it B.) I am ecstatic that my nieces have a positive role model to look up to. I feel much better when they are running around singing "Love Story" instead of Katy Perry's "Let me see your pea
cock cock cock" (yes, they have sung this out loud in public). If you haven't had a chance to see a concert of hers, I would highly recommend forking out the dough for a ticket. It really was such an amazing concert. Taylor is stunning in person and despite her mishaps in a few music award shows where she sounded less than ideal live, she sang flawlessly. The concert was very theatrical with multiple costume changes, acrobatics and play-like skits for specific songs. Here is a shot from the sold out concert in Pittsburgh:
So anyway, the cupcakes were a huge hit with my boyfriend, nieces and sister. I made the decorations using ready-made fondant from Michaels. I have done fondant before but I was too lazy to make it myself. I was also too lazy to make mycupcakes from scratch so I used Pillsbury White Cake mix and Pillsbury Vanilla frosting. The tie-dye appearance was really cool if I do say so myself :). Enjoy!
taylor swift cupcakes.
1. Mix cupcake batter according to box directions. Any type of white cupcake batter will work.
2. Separate into 3 sections in separate bowls.
3. In one bowl add the desired amount of pink dye, in another bowl add the desired amount of purple dye, and leave the third bowl plain batter with no dye.
4. Add one spoonful of white batter to each cupcake paper.
5. Add one spoonful of purple batter on top of the white bat
ter (see below).
6. Add one spoonful of pink batter on top of the purple batter (see below).
7. Swirl the 3 colors together with a toothpick.
8. Thats it! Now just bake according to directions on the box and adore your beautiful results.
9. So from here out, you are on your own. I just used premade frosting from Pillsbury and added some food color. I also dyed the fondant and cut out fondant shapes using cookie cutters or my own non-artistic ability to cut out the numbers and letters.
