Crawfish Boil Cupcakes… with Corn & Potatoes!
If you’re not from the South, you may not be aware of the common practice of crawfish boils. Personally, I haven’t been to a lot of them, but they’re very common around here (in Mississippi) and even more-so in Louisiana. So today I had to translate that to cupcakes… Crawfish Boil Cupcakes with Corn & Potatoes!
The basics of a good crawfish boil (as I understand it) include a HUGE pot… throw in fresh crawfish, potatoes, corn, lots of spicy Louisiana seasonings… sometimes onions or sausage or mushrooms or lemons…. or all of the above.
When it’s all done, you spread it all out on a big table covered in Newspaper and everybody digs in.
These cupcakes were ordered for a birthday… a man’s birthday and he loves crawfish. His wife just knew he’d love them!!
To make them a little more interesting, I included potatoes on some of them…
…and corn too.
The crawfish were made from Wilton Red candy melts… and this Lobster chocolate mold. Yes… lobsters and crawfish do look alot alike (crawfish are just much smaller) and I had it on good authority from a true Louisianan that they would pass as crawfish. The potatoes and corn were made from homemade marshmallow fondant.
The cupcakes were yummy vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream swirled on with a large Ateco round tip.
I am very happy with how these turned out… and it’s a good thing! I have another order for them coming up… for a Crawfish Boil Engagment Party!
Any questions about these cupcakes? Please leave them in the comments!
I immediately thought crawfish, so the lobster mold definitely worked! They turned out great! 🙂
Thanks Susan!!
They look fantastic!!! Yep. I haven’t seen too many lobster in person…so they look like crawfish to me! 🙂 Another interesting addition to the crawfish pot in recent years is artichoke. Glad to know me being a true Louisianian comes in handy sometimes. 😉
Haha!! You know I love ya Kristen…. and your infinite supply of knowledge in SO many areas!! <3
What a cool idea! Thanks for sharing on Cupcake Tuesday!
I’ve pinned them on my Cupcake Tuesday Pinterest Board!
~Liz
Thanks Liz!!
Love these! Super cute!
Question: what did you use to texture the “corn on the cob”? I’m guessing they’re made from fondant?
I think I rolled them on a clean paper towel that had lots of “bumps” texture!
WHERE DID YOU GET THE MOLDS FOR THE CRAWFISH.PLEASE AND THANKS
Here on Amazon: Lobster Crawfish Chocolate Mold.
Can you tell me how you made the corn? I can see some texture “kernels” and was wondering how you did that.
I found a piece of Nylon strap in the craft area that had a good texture. I rolled the fondant on that.