Cupcakes That Look Like REAL Food

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I'm not exactly sure why you would want to make cupcakes look like mashed potatoes and gravy or spaghetti and meatballs. I mean, fruits and vegetables should be made to look like cupcakes! Not the other way around! Anyway, feel free to post a picture of cupcakes masquerading as brussel sprouts if you can find it!

Hamburgers

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I love how they use brownie mix to make the patty— GENIUS!!

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by chelsea  07/22/2009

WOA!!! THAT’S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

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by elisa  07/23/2009

I’d totally want to make these— although I don’t think they’d come out half as pretty as these did!

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by sam4sports  11/18/2010

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Cheeseburgers

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Love the Styrofoam box— so authentic!

by amandab  03/17/2010

I wonder what they used for the cheese? Love these!1

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by sam4sports  11/18/2010

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by mphrank  04/11/2012

@amandab Probably fondant icing. That’s the only thing that makes sense in my head.

Mashed Potatoes with Gravy

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I wouldn’t touch mashed potatoes and gravy with a 10 foot pole, but these I would eat!

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by susie  07/22/2009

You don’t eat mashed potatoes?? Wow! I don’t hate them but I’ve always wondered why people get sooo obsessed with them!

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by elisa  07/22/2009

I don’t hate them— I’ll eat them at a fancy restaurant if there’s like tons of butter and something yummy in them like chives or wasabi. I’m just not really much of a potato person!

by matty  01/12/2012

WTF! who doesnt like mash and gravy, everyone in Yorkshire loves it. Gravy’s best thing ever

Pizza

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Mmmm…fake olives made out of chocolate…

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by susie  07/22/2009

Haha how are these even cupcakes??!?! This is incredible!

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by elisa  07/22/2009

I know— I’d love to get a better look at this— I’m really curious to see what the cheese is made out of!

by genna  10/23/2010

The cheese is white chocolate :) Check out the books “Hello Cupcake” and “Whats New Cupcake?” they have all of these ideas & a lot more.. and VERY simple to make

Pop Corn

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These are RIDICULOUSLY cute. If I was an amazing hostess a la Martha Stewart I’d make these for an Oscar party.

Snow Cones

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A perfect sidekick of the pop corn cupcakes!

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by elguapo  07/24/2009

Oh really? That is cool.

Thanksiving Dinner

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Thanksgiving dinner on a cupcake. Now why didn’t I think of that?

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by susie  07/22/2009

I actually had a Thanksgiving dinner cupcake in Chi, which had a ton of Thanksgiving flavors, but this is something totally different and amazing!

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by elisa  07/22/2009

Did that mean it tasted like cider and pumpkin? Not turkey, right? I saw a recipe for bacon-chocolate cupcakes while I was writing the guide, and your Thanksgiving cupcake reminded me of it!

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by thequill  06/29/2012

Love this!

Sticky Rice With Mangoes

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Totally random, I know. But there’s delicious coconut on them and I feel like these really do taste like sticky rice with mango, but in cupcake form!

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by elisa  07/22/2009

OMG. These look DELICIOUS. I want one now!!

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by jcsuperstar  07/28/2009

dittttto.

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by elisa  07/28/2009

I don’t know where these come from, but they must be brought to Los Angeles somehow!

 

Sushi

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Fish is the LAST thing I want to think about while I’m eating a cupcake, but these are still pretty cool.

by just  06/13/2012

This is adorable when I get a little bit braver I may attempt to make this.

Spaghetti and Meatballs

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I’m hoping that cheese is there for the photo shoot and not for consumption on top of the cupcakes.

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by susie  07/23/2009

Maybe the cheese is white chocolate!!! That would be the best idea ever!

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by elisa  07/23/2009

OOOH.

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by sam4sports  11/18/2010

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Ice Cream Cones

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Can’t decide whether you want cupcakes or ice cream? Have a cupcake that looks like an ice cream cone! Or you could just have both…

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by chelsea  08/23/2009

This is seriously impressive.

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by elisa  08/25/2009

Impressive for sure, but also the teensiest bit deceptive… :)

by amily  03/26/2012

woo, so delicious, I am hungry

TV Dinner

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I love how a normal-looking cupcake is including in here as dessert.

by brittanyh  04/15/2012

It is actually supposed to be chocolate pudding.

by just  06/13/2012

cute cute cute

Brains

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In some parts of the world brains are considered to be a delicacy— didn’t you see “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom”?

Apples

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The stalk is a little piece of pretzel!! LOVE it.

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by ghosty  07/22/2009

If these are apple flavored I might just NEED one of these.

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by elisa  07/23/2009

I don’t see why you couldn’t throw some apple schnapps in there…

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by thequill  06/29/2012

Cute!

Corn on the Cob

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I’m a little obsessed with these. I love how they made the corn two-toned!

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by susie  07/22/2009

Yup, I’ve ALWAYS wanted to make these! Martha Stewart has a fab recipe!

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by elisa  07/22/2009

It’s SO cute! Even though it doesn’t seem like it would be all that easy to eat a cupcake covered in jelly beans, I’d still want to try one!

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by mphrank  04/11/2012

“Guilt in every bite.” lol You get probably 12 jelly beans in every bite.

Bacon and Egg Cupcakes

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I dunno. It looks more like t-bone steaks and mashed potatoes with butter to me, but they’re calling them bacon and egg cupcakes. I think I could do better!

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by elisa  07/22/2009

Haha, they DO look like T-bone steaks! And the sunny side up eggs kinda look like the mashed potatoes—the yolk looks more like a pat of butter! You could SO do better.

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by susie  07/23/2009

Right?? Gosh, new goals in life here I come!!

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by mphrank  04/11/2012

They look nothing like “bacon and eggs,” but I think if the frosting was a little smoother, they would (especially the egg part).

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