MOLTO GOOD-O!!!! Spaghetti & Meatball Cupcakes!!

They taste as good as they look! A little birthday treat for my sister...Happy 28th!



What is a Spaghetti & Meatball Cupcake?
It's delicious!!! ;) It is a vanilla cupcake with cream cheese frosting topped with a Ferrero Rocher (hazlenut chocolate goodness) which serves as the meatball and strawberry preserves which is the marinara. I actually used raspberry preserves just because it's what I had and loved it, make sure it's seedless.

SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS

Makes 1 platter of spaghetti and meatballs: 10 cupcakes

Drinking milk with spaghetti and meatballs might get you run out of your favorite Italian joint, but when your guests realize this is a platter of cupcakes with frosting pasta and strawberry sauce, everyone will want some. The chunk of Parmesan cheese in the background is actually white chocolate, and best of all, the meatballs are hazelnut chocolates right out of the bag.

10 vanilla cupcakes baked in white paper liners
1 can (16 ounces) vanilla frosting
1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder

3 drops yellow food coloring
11 hazelnut chocolates (Ferrero Rocher), unwrapped
3/4 cup low-sugar strawberry preserves (low-sugar has the best color)

2 tablespoons grated white chocolate, plus an additional chunk for garnish

1. Tint the vanilla frosting with the cocoa powder and yellow food coloring and spread a thin layer on top of the cupcakes. Arrange the cupcakes on a serving platter so that they are touching.

2. Spoon the remaining frosting into a ziplock bag. Press out the excess air and seal the bag. Snip a 1/8-inch corner from the bag. Pipe the frosting all over the cupcakes to make the spaghetti, piling it high and allowing some of the spaghetti to hang over the edges.

3. Place the hazelnut chocolates and the strawberry preserves in a medium bowl and toss to coat. Spoon some of the preserves on top of the cupcakes. Place 1 hazelnut chocolate on each cupcake and 1 on the platter. Top the cupcakes with the remaining strawberry preserves. Sprinkle with the grated white chocolate. Place the chunk of white chocolate on a separa

te plate with a small hand grater and bring to the table with the platter of spaghetti.