Ah, to be a kid again, and have cupcakes like these at your birthday.
Or have a bouncer like this, shaped just like the Mystery Machine, with a slide inside that convinced even adults (including your crazy, curly-haired aunt) to bounce the afternoon away!
I was tasked with making cupcakes for the kids at my nephew and niece’s birthday last week. I had a lot of fun making them because I got to tint the frosting in Scooby colors (they actually sell gel icing colors as a Scooby set).
The cupcakes were vanilla ones from a recipe by Alyssa Torey and Jennifer Appel of Magnolia Bakery fame, with buttercream icing, also by the same folks. They were moist and yummy and brought all kinds of happy memories. After all, they’re called Traditional Birthday Cupcakes in the cookbook!
I felt like a cheat because all I did was tint the frosting and put a pre-made Scooby hard sugar topper on top of each cupcake after frosting it. Haha.
I just noticed how the bottom right Scooby looks like he’s up to no good!
Here are all the cupcake colors, after arranging them on cake stands with a sprinkling of confetti.
A great compliment I got about them was when my Tita Jess, the kids’ grandma exclaimed, “Look at the cupcakes J. made,” to which my cousin Josie (the kids’ mom) said, “I never have to worry when I ask J. to make something!” 
And of course, this smile from my niece, was the BEST compliment of them all.
Shaggy: Who’s your best buddy?
Scooby Doo: Raggy
Shaggy: That’s right. And who’s my best buddy in the whole wide world?
Scooby Doo: Rooby Doo!
May 28th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
I totally thought you made those scooby hard sugar things at first. Those look yummy!
I must say i HMPHed aloud when i read something in your post - guess which part…
May 28th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Jen
Thanks for HMPH-ing!
- I KNOW which part!
May 28th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
Man, those look delish! I’m so gonna try to make cupcakes one of these days. I don’t know what’s keeping me!
I never had those birthday parties. Maybe when I turn 30. lol
May 28th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Mmmm… Cupcakes. Can I have the recipe of Magnolia Bakery?
May 28th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I thought you made the Scooby Doo toppers. Still, they look so yummy! :)Have you tried making such sugar toppers? The bouncer looks fun too.
May 28th, 2008 at 10:56 pm
that looks like a way cool party J! i love the cupcakes! those are such cool toppers! I don’t see much of them here. sigh. will scour the stores soon and see what i find
May 29th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
i love the colors too!
and that very pretty smile from the birthday girl, she’s indeed very pleased.
May 30th, 2008 at 3:06 am
Gracey
- Man, you’re a BABY! Heehee.
Noel
- If I gave you the recipe, can you make them for Via’s birthday?
Jayme
- I’d love to get the chance to make hard sugar cake decors. And the bouncer was so fun I practically broke my back going on it, haha.
Caryn
- I’d be interested to see what kind of baking supplies you have where you are — I bet you have awesome ones!
Odette
- Pleased she was, and bouncing off the walls from all that sugar!
June 5th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I had a blow-up Mystery Bus at my 27th birthday!
June 6th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
Parmela
- I’ll pay to have a blow-up anything-you-want at your next birthday.
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