Brownie Slider Cupcakes

First, take your yellow cake mix and mix it per the instructions (you’ll typically need water, eggs, and oil, as directed in mix package). Make sure to mix well so that there are no cake mix clumps. Using a mini cupcake tray, cook your yellow cupcakes first. Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees F.

Once your cupcakes are done and cooling, combine your brownie mix per instructions (you’ll typically need water, eggs, and oil, as directed in mix package). Fill each mini cupcake tray only about halfway full to make your brownies. Do NOT fill it anymore, because otherwise the brownie “burger” middles will be too thick.

As your brownies are cooling, take your yellow cupcakes and slice them in half, right under the “cap”. Next, take your sweet water mixture (that’s the water mixed with the cinnamon and brown sugar) and, using a coating brush, brush the top of each cupcake and sprinkle them with sesame seeds. The water will make the sesame seeds stick and give it a more authentic “burger” look.

Next, take your icing and divide it into three bowls. Mix in the red, yellow and green food coloring into the three different bowls to make the lettuce, ketchup and mustard icing.

Once your icing is ready, put each one into a separate ziplog bag and cut a tiny corner off. Stack your slider cupcakes, the bottom yellow cupcake first, followed by the brownie burger middle. Next, ice the cupcakes with the “lettuce” icing first, followed by the “ketchup” and “mustard” icing.

Finally, put your yellow cupcake “burger tops” on and pierce them with a colorful toothpick.