March 4| St. Patricks Day Social – Cupcake & Cocktail/Mocktail-Making

Put on your favorite green party outfit, grab your apron and join us for an early St. Patrick’s Day celebration with cupcake and cocktail/mocktail-making compliments of our members Susan Huntington and Lindsey Hagen! At this event, you’ll make community-minded friend while getting a taste of our club culture as we celebrate birthdays/anniversaries all in a safe, virtual environment.

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CUPCAKE-MAKING DETAILS

In Susan’s session, she’ll teach you how to whip up a homemade buttercream frosting and decorate your cupcakes using tools you all have at home.  In order to follow along, you’ll need to come prepared with the below items.  

To prepare: Make sure you take your butter out of the fridge a couple hours before we begin so that it’s at room temperature!  Also, have an electric mixer ready. Bake (don’t frost it yet!) any cupcake you’d like beforehand – chocolate, vanilla, espresso, you name it!! You can make it from a box or from scratch.  

If you need some inspiration:

• Chocolate cupcakes: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/classic-chocolate-cupcakes-with-vanilla-frosting/
• Vanilla cupcakes: https://www.lifeloveandsugar.com/moist-vanilla-cupcakes/
• Gluten Free cupcakes: https://glutenfreeonashoestring.com/perfect-gluten-free-chocolate-cupcakes/
• Use a box from the store!

Buttercream frosting ingredients: https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/vanilla-buttercream/

• 1 cup unsalted butter (ROOM TEMP)
• 5 cups powdered sugar (pre-sifted if you have time!)
• 1/4 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
• 2 tsps Vanilla Extract
• Pinch of salt

For the decoration:

• Ziplock baggies: sandwich or larger (thicker/heavy-duty plastic works best)
• Green food coloring (Gel kind works best here)
• Rolos
• Airheads Xtremes rainbow sour belts

To recap, your grocery list:

• Cupcake ingredients!!
• Butter
• Heavy Whipping Cream
• Vanilla Extract
• Powdered sugar
• Ziplock baggies: sandwich or larger (thicker/heavy-duty plastic works best)
• Green food coloring
• Rolos
• Airheads Xtremes rainbow sour belts

COCKTAIL/MOCKTAIL MAKING DETAILS (MAKES 1)

• 2 fl oz Irish whiskey (Recommended: Jameson) – Mocktail option: Barley tea
• 1/6 fl oz sugar syrup (2 part sugar, 1 part water)
• 3 dash orange bitters (Recommended Angostura Aromatic Bitters)
• Orange slice and rind for garnish

*Old fashioneds are served best over a chunk of blocked ice