How to Bake Messages Into Cupcakes

By: Bonnie Singleton

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Take a tip from fortune cookies by creating your own messages, and hiding them in cupcake batter to bake up an unusual treat. Using special paper and ink, your carefully crafted missives will survive intact, and can be used with any cupcake recipe or box cake mix. Press the papers into the batter for a message that will both surprise and delight.

Step 1

Cut parchment paper with scissors into small strips to match the number of cupcakes you plan to bake.

Step 2

Use a pen to write a message on each strip of paper, allowing the ink on the messages to dry thoroughly. Use nontoxic edible ink to write messages, available from crafts stores, instead of permanent markers or regular pens. Run a finger across the surface to make sure the ink doesn't smear.

Step 3

Fold the parchment strips in half. Make sure the message is on the inside of the fold to prevent any ink from bleeding into the batter or any possible smearing of the ink.

Step 4

Prepare the cupcake batter according to your recipe. Preheat the oven as specified.

Step 5

Place one cupcake liner in each space in the muffin pan. Fill each liner with batter only halfway up the sides.

Step 6

Press one folded message into the batter in the center of of each cupcake liner. If needed, use a toothpick to push it deeper into the batter so it can’t be seen.