Make this super creative Hamburger cupcakes! It is super fun to do, and yes, there are no meat patties involved! Vegetarian-friendly, delicious and easy to make Hamburger cupcakes all in one recipe! 

One of my goals for this year was to try more fun desserts for my YouTube channel!  So I was searching around google and I came across a picture similar to this and thought to myself I have to try this!

I had a little trouble with frosting the cupcakes because the piping bags I used, which were Wilton piping bags had holes!  On top of that, I accidentally picked up the wrong cake box mix so these cupcakes were very moist!  Honestly whenever I film, whatever can go wrong will go wrong.  When I took out the cupcakes out of the oven, I was a little disappointed because the cupcakes were too yellow, maybe I should have used a different cake box mix.

I may have mentioned this before, but I am learning how to be a better food photographer.  After I took multiple pictures of the cupcake hamburgers, I decided it needs a little color!  I piped a red squiggle down the plate, but it was not uniformed so I just made the picture worse, haha.  Do you have any tips for garnishing the plate?

Thanks for reading, let me know what you would like me to blog about!

Tips and Tricks for Making This Hamburger Cupcakes Recipe: 

• Before cutting the cupcake in half, make sure they are completely cooled to avoid tearing or crumbling the cupcakes.
• Make the frostings ahead in one big batch and just chill it. When you make another batch of hamburger cupcakes, they are ready to be used as “catsup” and “hamburger sauce”.
• Just as you would do in a regular and real hamburger, place a toothpick in the center of the hamburger cupcake. This will ensure that the “patty” and other condiments stay in place.

How to Make this Hamburger Cupcakes Recipe:

Gather the ingredients for this Vegetarian Congee and once the ingredients are all ready, let’s begin!

• yellow cake box mix
• brownie box mix
• sesame seeds
• unsweetened shredded coconut
• red frosting
• yellow frosting
• green food
• red food coloring
• yellow food coloring

 

Bake the yellow cake box into cupcakes. These cupcakes will be used to resemble the “hamburger buns”.

Follow the baking instructions in the yellow cake box mix and bake as required:

Before popping the cupcakes into the oven, sprinkle a generous amount of sesame seeds, just as what you would see on top of a regular burger bun:

Let the cupcakes cool down completely after baking and start working on the brownies. The brownies will resemble the “burger patties” in the hamburger 🙂

With the dry ingredients, add in the eggs and oil:

Mix thoroughly until you see no lumps:

Place in a rectangular baking pan and bake as required:

After brownies are baked, cut into circles:

Slice cupcakes into halves:

Layer bottom cupcake, brownies,

Get the shredded coconut and drop a few green food color and mix. This will resemble the lettuce in a hamburger:

To make the hamburger sauce, make a buttercream frosting and color them red and orange to make the “catsup” and hamburger sauce:

Drizzle generously the “hamburger sauce” on top:

Place the cupcake top to serve as the top of the hamburger bun, just like so:

Doesn’t that look so fun?!? You can serve this on birthday parties, Thanksgiving parties, or a sweet “treat” on April Fool’s day!

Frequently Asked Questions for the Hamburger Cupcakes Recipe:

Q: How many hamburger cupcakes does this recipe make?

A: This recipe makes 12-15 hamburger cupcakes.

Q: Can we make this ahead and freeze it? 

A: Yes, you can freeze the cupcakes and the brownies and assemble the hamburger cupcakes when you are ready to serve.

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More fun cupcake recipes you can try:

• 3 Ingredient Chocolate Cupcakes
• Nutella Cupcakes
• Ferrero Rocher Cupcakes
• Halloween Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
• S’mores Cupcakes

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