Number 2 is turning 7 in July, but his first grade class wants to celebrate him before school is out for summer vacation. So, as the mom of a clan obsessed with Bear and his cliff-hanging, snake-eating, and camel-gutting, I did my part in creating a tough and dirty boy cupcake.
This is the closest I’ll ever get to eating worms.
One box cake mix makes 24 cupcakes plus a small section baked in a loaf pan, which I crumble and use for dirt:
Store-bought frosting…
…and a light dunk in the “dirt”.
With all that dirt…Don’t call me “cupcake!”
Eeewww…it’s an earthworm. Bear would’ve preferred a gummy scorpion or grub. Sorry to disappoint.
Now Number 2′s class will know that around here, we are all-boy, all-survival, all-dirt…
…and all very well-loved by a girlie Mama.
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I’m sure his class thoroughly enjoyed their worms and dirt! You’re an awesome Mama!
these are great. (crumbling up some extra cake is brilliant) my boys would go nuts over these. though last year one of my boys requested an all pink birthday after being introduced to the color with the arrival of his sister. it was like he thought, “where has this color been all my life??”
i’ll have to remember these for his 4th bday.
Kate, all of my boys have gone through the “pink stage” as well. It’s hilarious…boys wearing camo, but professing great love for the color pink.
I love how cute and simple these dirt cupcakes are; much easier to make than the typical oreo-pudding-cool whip concoction that usually goes into dirt cake.