Happy April Fool’s Day! My sister-in-law, Dawn, is the queen of April Fool’s food pranks in the family. Every year, she tricks her kids with meals and desserts that look like the real thing! I can not wait until the day that I can fool my little guy but for the time being, I thought it would be fun to try it out on my parents and brother. My mom came home from work starving so the “grilled cheese” I served her looked very appetizing. You should have seen her face when she bit into that sandwich and realized it was cake! I was literally on the floor laughing!
Since my parents were home to see me make the meatloaf cupcakes, I couldn’t fool them but I had my next victim in mind, my brother! I set the stage by sending him a text while he was in school to let him know I made cupcakes. With his sweet tooth, I can only image how he looked forward to getting home, pouring himself a nice glass of cold milk and biting into what he thought to be a cupcake. Unfortunately, I was not home to witness his facial expression as he bit into that “cupcake” but I received sweet satisfaction in the form of a text he sent later in the evening saying “lol u got me xD”. That’s all I needed to hear! My early April Fool’s Prank was a success. Here is how I pulled it off:
Meatloaf and Mashed Potato Cupcakes
What you will need for 12 cupcakes:
Turkey Meatloaf:
- 1 envelope of Lipton Recipe Secrets Onion Soup and Dip Mix
- I lb. of ground turkey
- 1/4 cup of an onion, finely chopped
- 1 cup of bread crumbs
- 3/4 cup of water
- 1/3 cup of ketchup
- 1 egg
Mashed Potatoes:
- 8 oz packet of Idahoan Original Mashed Potatoes
- 2 2/3 cups of water
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 4 tablespoon of butter or butter substitute
- 1 cup of milk
Garnish:
- Orange Bell Pepper
Hardware:
- 12 muffin tin
- 12 foil cupcake liners
- Large bowl
- Small plastic bag
- Vegetable peeler
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Insert the cupcake liners into the muffin pan slots.
- Combine the meat, onion, onion mix, bread crumbs, egg, water and ketchup in a large bowl.
- Take small handful of the meat mixture and shape it into 12 balls.
- Place the meat “balls” into each into the 12 cupcake liners and gently press down so that the mixture fills the liner.
- Bake for about an hour.
Prepare Mashed potatoes according to packet:
- Bring the 2 2/3 cups of water, 1 teaspoon of salt and 4 tablespoon of butter to a boil. Remove from heat.
- Add one cup of cold milk and stir in potatoes gently. To achieve a smooth consistency, add more milk.
Frosting the cupcakes:
- Scoop the mashed potatoes into a small plastic bag and cut a small corner off.
- Squeeze the “frosting” onto the cupcakes in a spiral motion to completely cover them.
Prepare the garnish:
- Peel the skin of the pepper with the vegetable peeler and slice the peel into long thin strips.
- Curl the strips with your finger.
- Garnish the cupcake with the curled orange pepper skin.
Pound Cake Grilled Cheese
What you will need:
- Pound cake, thinly sliced
- 1 cup of your favorite frosting
- Yellow and red food coloring
- 16 oz container of your favorite white frosting
- 1/2 teaspoon of whipped butter or butter substitute
Hardware:
- Frying pan
- Small bowl
Directions:
Color the frosting orange:
- Scoop out half of the container of frosting into a small bowl.
- According to my box of food coloring, I squeezed 6 drops of yellow food coloring and 2 drops of red coloring to make orange. Stir and continue adding drops of the appropriate color to obtain the shade of orange that resembles American cheese.
Grill the pound cake:
- Heat up the frying pan.
- If the pound cake is not precut, cut it into thin slices.
- Take two slices and butter one side of each slice.
- Place the buttered side down on the frying pan.
- Once the pound cake is nicely browned, spread the colored frosting on the other side.
- Lay the other slice down on top of the frosting, browned-side up.
- Gently press down on the sandwich to make the frosting ooze out to look like melted cheese and cut it in half.
- Serve and enjoy the reaction!
You can find more fun pranks like these at Family Fun. What are some of the food pranks you played on someone? I would love to hear your April Fool’s food prank stories!
