Twilight Birthday Party Cupcakes

Though none of the characters in Twilight were particularly skilled in the baking department, these easy-to-make cupcakes echo the theme perfectly and are super delicious to boot. The hardest part will be resisting their temptation all evening.

How To Decorate the Cupcakes:

Step 1: Create regular red velvet cupcakes with a standard white cream cheese frosting. Bake the cupcakes in black or red cupcake wrappers.

Step 2. Purchase a small bottle of white or translucent luster powder to cover the frosting with. This will give the white cupcake frosting an irresistible dazzle', just like Edward himself.

Step 3. Top each Twilight birthday cupcake with a mini red crab apple to pull together the temptation theme.

Step 4. Alternately, dip a pair of fake gag teeth into corn syrup dyed with red food coloring. Then, gently press the top teeth down against one side of the cupcake to mimic a vampire bite.

Step 5. If you'd like, wrap a red ribbon a la Eclipse around the base or edge of a cupcake stand, and place the cupcakes on top for a gorgeous dessert table centerpiece.

note: cupcake photo via Paula Deen