spaghetti and meatball cupcakes

by clori osso
(harrington park, nj, usa)

I host a Back to School Pasta party every year for my daughters' new classmates. Tired of serving pizza, I thought why not do spaghetti and meatballs? I even made the dessert reflect the theme....
*vanilla cupcakes, pretty standard recipe
*ice the top with vanilla buttercream
*fill a tube (ziplock bag with a small pin hole :)) and *squeeze icing in thin tubes resembling spaghetti
melt down some strawberry jam, no seeds
*unwrap and roll "Rocher" chocolate balls in warmed and thinned out jelly. they really look like meatballs!
*place upon the "spaghetti" and use a cheese grater to top with white chocolate shavings.