In this week’s tutorial we show you how to make a cheeseburger cupcake! These fun, quick and easy cupcakes add novelty to birthday parties, garden parties, picnics and barbecues. Present them in bright open cupcake cases and add to the novelty factor with a tiny can of soda! Why not turn this tutorial into a big cake by baking 9 inch layers and adding sugarpaste / fondant pickles, onion rings and sliced tomatoes! To begin this tutorial take a look at the list of things you will need below.

Tutorial Tuesday: How to Make a Cheeseburger Cupcake!

One vanilla cupcake
One chocolate cupcake
Fondant rolling pin
A sharp knife
Yellow sugarpaste
Red buttercream (we used Wilton’s Red gel paste to custom colour our buttercream)
Green buttercream (We used Wilton’s Leaf Green gel paste to custom colour our buttercream)
Piping tips (we used these to create the holes in the slices of cheese)
366 leaf piping tip

Step one: Using a knife (do ensure your knife is sharp as a blunt blade could ‘pull’ apart your cupcake) cut your vanilla cupcake in to two halves. Repeat this with the chocolate cupcake and discard the top half.

Step two: Put your sliced cupcakes to one side and roll out your yellow sugarpaste. Using a blade tool, sharp knife or pizza cutter cut a triangle out of the rolled fondant.

Step three: Using a selection of different sized piping tips (or cutters if you have them small enough) begin to punch out holes in you cheese to create a fun cartoon effect.

Step four: Take the bottom half of your vanilla cupcake and place on slice of cheese atop. Using your green buttercream begin to pipe to create a lettuce effect. It doesn’t matter if your piping is messy or uneven as it will be hidden inside your burger.

Step five: Now place the piece of chocolate cupcake atop of your lettuce and push down to hold in place. Place another slice of cheese on top of your burger and pipe your red buttercream (you don’t need a tip to do this, simply snip the end off of a piping bag) to add tomate ketchup!

Step six: Now it is time to add the top layer of your burger bun using the top piece of your vanilla cupcake. Press down to secure in place and you’re done; you now have your very own cupcake cheeseburger!

If you’ve followed this tutorial step-by-step you will now have a basic cupcake cheeseburger so why not take it further? Make tomatoes, gherkins / pickles, onions, eggs, bacon, fries out of sugarpaste and add as much detail as you like for extra fun!