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Katniss Spicy Red Velvet Hunger Games Cupcakes

Katniss Spicy Red Velvet Hunger Games Cupcakes
“The Hunger Games” is a sensational trilogy about a dystopian United States that holds a gladiator-style fight to the death in a futuristic murder arena complete with hybrid creatures, force fields, and cameras to broadcast the carnage into every home with a television set. The participants in those Games? They’re children between 12 and 18. This is teen reading at its finest: think Lord of the Flies meets Twilight meets Spartacus.

The main character, Katniss Everdeen, is a headstrong, bow-hunting, coal mine girl who poaches local game and sells it to support her family.  She voluntarily takes her younger sister’s place in the Hunger Games.  She becomes known as "The Girl on Fire" after she wore a specially designed outfit that made her look like she was on fire.  She is a fearless fighter, and deserves to be honored with a cupcake.

Her cupcake is spicy and a little bit wild.  Firm, feminine, and fiery.  A dangerous cupcake.
 
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Step 1Ingredients

Ingredients
For the cake:

-  3 1/2 cups cake flour
-  3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
-  2 1/2 cups sugar
-  3 eggs, at room temperature
-  3 tablespoons red food coloring
-  3 tablespoons cocoa powder
-  1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
-  1 1/2 teaspoon salt
-  1 1/2 cups milk
-  1 1/2 teaspoon cider vinegar
-  1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
-  3 tablespoons cayenne pepper

For the frosting:

-  12 ounces cream cheese
-  1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
-  2 cups powdered sugar
-  1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
-  red food coloring
-  yellow food coloring

For the chocolate mockingjay:

- chocolate chips, melted

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12 comments
May 24, 2012. 7:05 PMDamn-Rat says:
Fantastic! And your mockingjay is ooh so good!
May 19, 2012. 10:40 PMDusk Shadows says:
your mokingjay is perfect and i love how you used the orange icing as fire
BTW i read the books before they were cool
Nov 21, 2011. 10:30 PMshenderson12 says:
The Hunger Games is NOTHING like Twilight.
Jan 13, 2012. 2:57 PMSplutterfly says:
AMEN
Jul 24, 2011. 4:22 PMplatypuser says:
one word, amazing!
Jun 26, 2011. 7:53 AMmydogolli says:
Wow! These are so great and very creative!
Jun 21, 2011. 6:56 AMMuffinPanMemoirs says:
I love these! the chocolate mockingjay is perfect!
Jun 21, 2011. 8:44 AMcdawisconsin says:
I think you managed to capture Katniss perfectly and they sound yummy.

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