Monday, April 29, 2013

Pentecost Dessert

UPDATE:  Check out Jen's Pentecost Flaming Cupcakes at Enter Under My Roof.
Jen's are so creative, festive and fun!

I saw this amazing idea for a Pentecost cupcake over at Catholic Cuisine 
and thought I would give it a go.
I read somewhere that it was tricky trying to get the sprinkles to stick to the mini marshmallows 
so I first checked with a friend for advice.


She said to dab a bit of sugar water onto the cut sticky part of the marshmallow to help it stick.
I also pinched the end of the marshmallow to help give it the shape of a flame.


It worked out well!


I brought them to my first graders so scaled down the amount of flames.
Didn't want to send them home on a major sugar high!

I also found another way to make the flames from melted hard candy.
They recommended butterscotch and cinnamon red hots.


Since it was for my class, I opted for a less strong flavor of Life Savers.


I only used the yellow, orange and red flavors and crushed them with my rolling pin.
Had to smack it a bit as if I was using a hammer.
I sprayed a non stick spray on my tin foil first then placed the crushed candy on top.
Placed it in the oven at 350 degrees for about 5-6 minutes until it was completely melted.
It looked like this when it was done.


I broke it up into smaller pieces and placed on my cupcake like this:


I brought a mixed platter of Pentecost flame cupcakes.


Due to the fact that I used so many different flavors in the melted candy, it had a yucky after taste.
I warned my students, but they didn't mind it at all.

It was a fun treat to teach about Pentecost!

I've shared this post at Monica's Catholic Bloggers Network and Lisa's Try a New Recipe Tuesday.

Blessings,
Noreen

20 comments:

  1. Noreen,

    We will HAVE to have some of these cupcakes! They look fantastic. Pentecost is creeping closer. Time for us to make our own plans for celebrating this special day.

    God bless!

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    1. They were fun to make and eat! Thanks for visiting Sue!

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  2. I've made the ones with the marshmallow flames, but haven't tried the melted candy. That sounds fun! Thank you for the great idea!

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    1. How did your flames turn out Cheryl? They were a bit tricky until I used the sugar water tip by my friend. They stuck much better.

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  3. Love this! Adding your link into my post on the cupcakes as another idea!!! http://enterundermyroof.blogspot.com/2013/04/recipe-pentecost-flaming-cupcakes.html <---you've been added :)

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    1. Thank you Jen! I will add your link to mine then!

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  4. These look great, Noreen! I was thinking about how I could adapt this to a savoury version but, then, my daughter caught sight of it and now I think we're having the sugary version!

    God bless, Noreen:-)

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    1. I would be so curious Vicky how you could turn it into a savory version. You should try both and post yours!

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  5. You really are very dedicated and have a lot of patience to do all this for your students.

    God bless you.

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    1. My husband says "I do too much" for a volunteer position but I think that's fine. I want the children to remember the lessons and I think book work and coloring is satisfactory. But if you add a special treat and a craft, then they're more likely to recall the importance of it.

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  6. I love it! Great job on the cupcakes!

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  7. You did a GREAT job!!! Your children are just so lucky to have you as their instructor, and I must say, I'd trust my own with you any day :)

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  8. Forgot to mention...my oldest daughter receives her sacrament of Confirmation on Pentecost Sunday this year! So exciting!

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    1. That is special Patty! It gives it more meaning that she receives this sacrament on our church's birthday!

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  9. The cupcakes look great! I remember Charlotte saying those marshmallos were hard to do, my key to NOT try them! Yay for you though!

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    1. It wasn't too bad using the sugar water. But I wasn't about to do more than 4 flames each per cupcake. It wasn't that easy that I felt I could do as Kelly did.

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  10. Nice job, Noreen! Those look awesome! : )

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    1. Thank you Stephanie! I know that you'd probably make yours out of fondant! If you do, please post the pictures.

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  11. These are just beautiful! Wow! I am very impressed! :-) Thanks for linking up with "Try a New Recipe Tuesday." I hope you will be able to join us again this week. God bless, Lisa

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