Birthdays | Cupcakes in a Mug

I decided to break away from the ordinary party packs for school this year {those packets never get finished anyway and a lot goes to waste}.  Birthday = Cake!

I found that cupcakes work perfect for kids as it is less messy and each has its own individual portion with no leftovers. I put the cupcakes in 'blikbekertjies' {small enamel mugs} and as an extra surprise a handful of speckled eggs underneath the cupcake at the bottom of the mug.  For some detail and to personalise the cups, I put the kid's names on name tags and tied it to the handles.  The colour of the speckled eggs worked perfectly with the colour of 'blikbekertjies' and I coloured the icing in the same type of blue.

When Danru walked past the finished cupcakes the day before, he immediately stopped and pointed to the cupcakes to investigate - I managed to stop him just in time before his finger could go into the icing!  This was a confirmation that his classmates will love it too!

As predicted , the children enjoyed this special treat and the teachers even decided to keep the cute mugs at school for the kids to have their tea and biscuits in every morning. Mission accomplished!  

Birthday = Cake!