{"id":4124,"date":"2013-07-27T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=4124"},"modified":"2013-07-23T15:27:27","modified_gmt":"2013-07-23T15:27:27","slug":"blue-velvet-smurf-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4124","title":{"rendered":"Blue Velvet Smurf Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To go along with my previous post <a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4083\" target=\"_blank\">Smurf Cake Pops<\/a> and my obsession with the new Smurfs 2 movie that is coming out this summer, I had to make these Smurf Cupcakes when I saw them on Pinterest!!\u00a0 I love that all of my favourite toys of the 80&#8217;s are in circulation today.\u00a0 Whenever my Kindergarten students show up with My Little Ponies, I get to have a happy flashback to my childhood filled with them!\u00a0 Oooh, or Strawberry Shortcake&#8230;or Rainbow Brite, or&#8230;..Cabbage Patch Kids.\u00a0 You get the idea.<\/p>\n<p>We have been getting requests for Blue Velvet cake for a while on our YouTube channel, so I figured these cupcakes would be perfect with blue velvet bases, topped with the blue and white buttercreams!\u00a0 **Spoiler Alert** Blue Velvet is the same as Red Velvet, but with BLUE gel paste!!\u00a0 Shocking, I know.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pj9s--96d7M\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">How to Make Blue Velvet Smurf Cupcakes<\/span><\/strong><br \/>Ingredients: <br \/>\u2022 1 \u00bd cups sugar<br \/>\u2022 2\u00a0 \u00bd cups all-purpose flour<br \/>\u2022 1 teaspoon vanilla extract<br \/>\u2022 1 cup buttermilk<br \/>\u2022 2 teaspoons blue gel paste food color<br \/>\u2022 1 \u00bd cups vegetable oil<br \/>\u2022 2 tablespoons cocoa powder<br \/>\u2022 2 teaspoons white vinegar<br \/>\u2022 1 \u00bd teaspoons baking soda<br \/>\u2022 \u00bd teaspoon salt<br \/>\u2022 2 eggs<br \/>\u2022 white and blue buttercream (buttercream video: http:\/\/youtu.be\/rjqOTM5icOE) <br \/>\u2022 candy eyes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_7691blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4126\" title=\"Blue velvet smurf cupcakes\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_7691blog.jpg\" alt=\"Blue velvet smurf cupcakes\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_7691blog.jpg 600w, http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/DSC_7691blog-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Procedure:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The first step is to make the Blue Velvet cupcakes.<\/p>\n<p>Combine flour, salt, and cocoa powder in a small bowl.\u00a0 Set aside for later.\u00a0 In a stand mixer, combine the oil, sugar, vanilla, eggs, and gel paste.\u00a0 Mix until combined.\u00a0 Add half of your flour mixture into the oil mixture, stirring on low.\u00a0 Add half of the buttermilk.\u00a0 Repeat until all the flour and milk is gone and mixture is combined completely.\u00a0 With mixer on low speed, in a small separate bowl, combine baking soda and vinegar, and quickly add to batter, allowing the mixer to mix for about 10 more seconds.\u00a0 This will make the batter light and fluffy.\u00a0\u00a0 Using a cookie scoop, fill cupcake liners 2\/3 full, and bake at 350F for 20 minutes.\u00a0 Allow to cool to room temperature.<\/p>\n<p>Prepare buttercreams (white and blue).\u00a0 Using an round open tip, pipe a blue swirl onto the top of the cupcake.\u00a0 Then, using a round open tip, slowly build up the white buttercream to a point, shaping it like the Smurf hat.\u00a0 Add a nose with the blue buttercream by squeezing a small dot onto the blue base of icing.\u00a0 Add the candy eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Happy Baking! <\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4124\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4124\" data-text=\"Blue Velvet Smurf Cupcakes\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4124\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D4124&amp;linkname=Blue%20Velvet%20Smurf%20Cupcakes\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To go along with my previous post Smurf Cake Pops and my obsession with the new Smurfs 2 movie that is coming out this summer, I had to make these Smurf Cupcakes when I saw them on Pinterest!!\u00a0 I love that all of my favourite toys of the 80&#8217;s are in circulation today.\u00a0 Whenever my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_2\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4124\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4124\" data-text=\"Blue Velvet Smurf Cupcakes\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4124\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D4124&amp;linkname=Blue%20Velvet%20Smurf%20Cupcakes\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,160,222],"tags":[814,815,8,816,817],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4124"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4135,"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4124\/revisions\/4135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}