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    Home » Cake » Cupcakes » Hamburger Cupcakes

    Hamburger Cupcakes

    by Lainey · Posted: Jan 7, 2014 · This post may contain affiliate links ·

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    hamburger cupcakes with red and orange frosting as hamburger sauce

    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! 

    hamburger cupcakes with toothpicks on a white plate

    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.

    hamburger cupcakes on a white plate

    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”.

    super moist yellow cake mix in a box

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

    putting yellow cake mix batter in cupcake pan

    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:

    sesame seeds on top of yellow cake mix batter

    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:

    adding oil to the ingredients of brownies for hamburger cupcakes recipe

    Mix thoroughly until you see no lumps:

    mixing the ingredients for brownies to be used in hamburger cupcakes

    Place in a rectangular baking pan and bake as required:

    pouring brownie batter on baking pan

    After brownies are baked, cut into circles:

    cutting circle brownies using a cookie cutter

    Slice cupcakes into halves:

    cutting the cupcake in half for hamburger cupcakes

    Layer bottom cupcake, brownies,

    holding a circle brownie for hamburger cupcakes

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

    putting green food color on coconut shreds

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

    mixing the butter and cream cheese for hamburger cupcake frosting

    Drizzle generously the “hamburger sauce” on top:

    adding red and orange frosting to the hamburger cupcake

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

    topping the hamburger cupcake

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

    assembled hamburger cupcakes on a white plates

    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.


    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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    Hamburger Cupcakes

    Make this super creative Hamburger cupcakes - vegetarian-friendly, no meat involved, delicious and easy to make dessert cupcakes all in one recipe!
    Author: Lainey

    Ingredients

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

    Instructions

    • Bake the yellow cake box in cupcakes and bake the brownies.
    • After brownies are baked, cut into circles.
    • Slice cupcakes into halves
    • Layer bottom cupcake, brownies, red frosting, shredded coconut, yellow frosting, and top of cupcake!
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    1. T. Degner says

      August 30, 2016 at 6:59 am

      These are adorable!

      Reply
      • Lainey says

        August 31, 2016 at 6:21 am

        Thank you!

        Reply
    2. Cath says

      November 13, 2018 at 6:26 am

      Wow! I need this recipe!

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      • Lainey says

        September 17, 2019 at 8:07 am

        Thank you for your appreciation Cath!

        Reply

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