the very hungry caterpillar CUPCAKES!

My sweet Benny turned 1 (yes, over a month ago...I so do not have my act together!)

I let my sweet 4 year old, Logan, decide what we would make for his big celebration.

She instantly said she wanted to make him 'the caterpillar who eats pie and sausage...'

It was on.  

 I started by baking off vanilla cupcakes.  Make the caterpillar

as big as you want (you could gather a ton of mini cupcakes for the

body and use a standard cupcake for the head).  I used

standard cupcakes for the body and a large cupcake for the head.  

No rules.

Next whip up the frosting. 
It is super easy and SUPER tasty!

Then get out your food color.  

ROY G BIV.  I loved teaching Logan about primary and secondary

colors, while we mixed the color gel into the frosting.  

Doesn't this need to be on the Weather Channel.  Hurricane Frosting!

Frosting, ready to go.  You can do this days in

advance, if that is helpful.

Use a knife and randomly spread the green

frosting across the body of cupcakes.

We have all read the book and he is whimsy, so

keep it that way with your frosting.

Red face.

I pulled a little yellow and blue frosting in, around the edges,

to mimic the look of the caterpillar (this step is not necessary, but

I think it gives it an authentic look)

While I was trying to figure out what to use

for the antenna, my husband walked by eating

sour worms (this is not a joke) and they were

PERFECT!  I snagged two.  I smeared the 

yellow on for eyes.

I popped a bit of green in the microwave for

5 seconds, it was easier to apply to the yellow of

the eyes, when it was heated a bit.

 

Unfortunatley, we didn't have any pie or sausage to decorate

the cupcake with.  We made do with some fruit we had on hand.

 I made Benny a cupcake, just so he wouldn't be covered in coloring.

He looooved it!