Flowerpot Cupcakes, chocolate devil’s food cake baked in mini terracotta flower pots, topped with frosting, Oreo crumbs and pretty paper flowers to mimic flowerpots!
Hi everyone, it’s the last week of the spring desserts series so I really wanted to leave it with a bang! I think these flowerpot cupcakes MIGHT be the cutest dessert I’ve ever seen… I don’t know it’s a close call! I’ve seen different versions of these floating around the internets and just had to make one myself!
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Flowerpot Cupcakes, chocolate devil’s food cake baked in mini terracotta flower pots, topped with frosting, Oreo crumbs and pretty paper flowers to mimic flowerpots!
Hi everyone, it’s the last week of the spring desserts series so I really wanted to leave it with a bang! I think these flowerpot cupcakes MIGHT be the cutest dessert I’ve ever seen… I don’t know it’s a close call! I’ve seen different versions of these floating around the internets and just had to make one myself!
They are very easy, fun and would be a great activity to decorate with kids! Wouldn’t they just get a kick out of “planting” the flowers after sprinkling dirt on their cupcakes?! I know I would have loved that!
So, to make these I just used a boxed devil’s food cake because it’s the darkest color there is to mimic dirt and well… because it’s freaking delicious. Topped with my chocolate malt buttercream frosting (I TOLD you I had plans for that recipe!) and just sprinkled with Oreos that were turned into crumbs in a food processor.
I picked up the paper flowers off a shop I found on etsy. You can literally find everything on there and it’s always so cute!
Flowerpot Cupcakes
Flowerpot Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 devil's food cake mix
- 1 1/4 Cup water
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 recipe chocolate malt buttercream frosting
- 10 Oreo pulverized into crumbs
- Paper flowers on toothpicks or any other decoration you desire
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix cake mix, water, oil and 3 eggs in a large bowl with hand mixer on low speed for 30 seconds. Turn it on to medium speed a mix well for 2 minutes.
- Pour into terracotta pots that are set out onto a sheet tray. Make sure pots are washed thoroughly and dried completely. Pour in batter 1/2 of the way to 2/3 of the way up, do not over fill!
- Bake for 19 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Place the sheet tray on a wired rack and let cool completely. After cooled, trim off any excess cake that flowed over the top if that happened to you.
- Make the frosting and place a heaping tablespoon on top and smooth out with a knife. Add a sprinkle of the Oreo crumbs. Decorate as you wish, serve with a spoon and enjoy!
I got the smallest terracotta pots I could find at the craft store. Make sure they are safe to use for baking and are not glazed. Wash them thoroughly before hand and use after they have dried completely.
I accidentally filled mine a little too much so I had to scrap off some of the excess cake before frosting. No worries, they still came out super cute and the frosting covers up any mistakes!
These would be so cute to surprise your kid’s class with and then after they finish eating them, they can plant a little plant themselves!
I really really hope you liked today’s fun recipe/project!! Now, go on and head over to Parrish’s last spring desserts recipe for Lemon Cheesecake Cookie Bites, yum!
For more yummy spring recipe ideas, visit my other posts below:
Orange Curd Vanilla Meringue Cookies
Individual Frozen Creamsicle Pies
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Erin @ Miss Scrambled Egg says
March 31, 2015 at 10:34 amHow cute are these? They are simply perfect for a party or shower. I love the cake toppers as well. 😀
Teresa says
March 31, 2015 at 3:06 pmThese look so yummy!
Lavender and Suze says
March 31, 2015 at 8:26 pmThey are fantastic, I love them!
swapna says
April 1, 2015 at 2:30 amThese are the cutest cupcakes ever!! they look amazing!
Maria says
April 1, 2015 at 1:29 pmHow cute! Such a fun cupcake idea for spring! Love the flowers, too 🙂
Nikki Frank-Hamilton says
April 1, 2015 at 1:29 pmThose are absolutely adorable! I love the idea of having them for a kids class and then they plant their own plant, very cool. A treat and a gift!
Annemarie says
April 1, 2015 at 3:33 pmVisiting from Whimsy Wednesday, love love love your cupcakes! I would be thrilled if you would join my link party on weekends as well.
Have a lovely day!
Best wishes from The Netherlands, Annemarie
Erika says
April 4, 2015 at 5:51 amHI Dana, I love these cupcakes! They are just too cute! Thank you for sharing this recipe on the Tursday Favorite Things link party!!
Erika
Katherines Corner says
April 4, 2015 at 2:03 pmextreme cuteness! Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things blog hop.Watch for your feature on Monday. xo
Carmia says
April 8, 2015 at 5:34 amThis is so adorable! Found you featured at the Your Whims Wednesday link party 🙂
Kyla @HouseOfHipsters says
April 8, 2015 at 5:00 pmThese are tooooo cute!
Anna D Kart says
April 9, 2015 at 10:19 amThis is the coolest idea ever! I will PIN it for later
http://www.mygirlishwhims.com/2015/04/your-whims-wednesday-206-and-features.html
Bevin says
June 24, 2015 at 3:09 amI love these!!! What Etsy shop did you buy the paper flowers from?
Coleen steward says
July 26, 2016 at 10:15 pmI bought some clay pots in Joanne’s craft store in the artificial plant section. As long as I wash these are they the correct ones to use?
Can’t wait to try them they look great!
Dana DeVolk says
July 27, 2016 at 8:47 amYes, I used the same ones!
Bri says
March 26, 2017 at 10:52 pmI can’t find terra cotta pots that dont have the hole at the bottom. Any suggestions on places that might have them?
Dana DeVolk says
March 27, 2017 at 8:52 amI’m not sure, the ones I used in this recipe did have the hole. They didn’t leak too much as you can see in the photos.
MaryEllen says
April 19, 2017 at 6:13 pmHow did you prep the pots? Grease and flour? Grease only?
Dana DeVolk says
April 19, 2017 at 6:17 pmI didn’t use anything on the post before hand. You have to eat the cakes with a spoon, they will stick no matter what!
Mary says
May 6, 2019 at 2:47 pmEpic fail. The cake wouldn’t get done, kept testing and toothpick was still wet. Finally took them out after about double the time. Put the pan on a cooling rack, and they then all fell with the exception of 1. They were puffed up and beautiful when I removed them from the oven, but again all fell about half way down,. I tested one with a spoon and still very undone half way down. So that was a waste of time and money. ARGHHHH