Can you make hamburgers out of cupcakes?

I was always told, never go to a party empty-handed. My friend had a barbeque earlier in the summer. I wanted to bring something that was different; something that could be a conversation starter. After searching my document of recipes I wanted to try, I found these amazing hamburger cupcakes from Bakerella.  The attendees at the party described these as Café World Cheeseburgers. With little left to summer, feel free to make these hamburgers for your next barbeque. While I used mixes to save time, feel free to use a homemade recipe for the brownies, cupcakes, and vanilla/white frosting.


Hamburger Cupcakes

Your favorite yellow cake mix
Two of your favorite brownie mixes
Can of Vanilla Frosting
Food Coloring Gels


Prepare the cake and the brownie mixes as directed by the boxes. Bake the cake mix into cupcakes with liners. I yielded 22 cupcakes from the box. Prepare the brownie mixes into a 9” X 13” pans.

Let the baked goods cool.

Take a circle cookie cutter (approximately 2” the size of a cupcake) to cut out circles. I couldn’t find a cookie cutter this size, so I used the top of a double jigger. This worked out perfectly. These will be your hamburger patties.

Divide the frosting into three parts. Tint each third with food coloring gels into the following colors: green, yellow, and red. ***Note that the red takes a significant amount of gel to make the color. *** Place each of the colors into a large freezer bag. Set aside to allow the colors to darken.

Undo the wrappers of each of the cupcakes and cut into half. These are your buns. Place a hamburger patty (brownie) onto the bottom half of the bun.

Start to decorate the brownies by snipping off the bottom corner of each bag. Make circles or zig zags around the patties make lettuce, mustard (or cheese), and ketchup.

Finally, place the top part of the cupcake onto the rest of the hamburger. Enjoy!