Return of the Cupcakes

Well, I'm back with the images of my venture into the cupcake-making world. Obviously, my skills are, as yet, unhoned. Technically, it worked. You see the green triangle in the middle of the one I spliced? That is my success. True, you can't really tell it's a Christmas Tree unless I tell you (by the way, it's a Christmas Tree), but you couldn't really tell it was a christmas tree when I put it in the cupcake anyways. The ideas was actually simple enough. -Make any sort of a sponge-cake batter. -Spoon out about 1/3 of the batter. Cover the rest and put it to the side or in the fridge; you'll need it later - With 1/3 in front of you, mix in several drops of food coloring. -Bake the 1/3 at the suggested temp. until the batter is just firm enough to hold it's shape. Take it out and allow it cool COMPLETELY. - Use VERY small cookie-cutters to cut out the shape you want. - Make a foundation from the remaining uncolored batter. Gentle put in your shape, then spoon more uncolored batter around it to make walls around your shape and support it. Your cupcakes should be about 2/3 full. -Bake until done. Be careful; the center is already mostly baked, and the rest of the batter will cook at a different rate then your cake recipe says it will! IF you actually try this, I wish you luck with getting a better shape then I did! I'll have to try this again and see if a simpler shape works better. And I'll have to practice my icing skills a bit more before then. We'll see, I'll try it until I get it right!