Settlers of Catan Cupcakes

Photo by Serina Zheng 

Photo by Vicky Yee

My boyfriend turned 20 recently and I decided to plan a whole day of surprises just for him :) One of them was making "Settlers of Catan Cupcakes" as his birthday cake because we LOVE playing Catan and all its expansion packs. Let me just say, I couldn't have done it without my friends who helped me decorate these yummy cupcakes. 

Here's the website we followed for decorations: 

http://showerofroses.blogspot.ca/2012/07/cupcakes-of-catan.html

Here's what I did that "differed" from the website above 

• made 24 Red Velvet Cupcakes because most pre-made cake mixes make 24 cupcakes 
• 19 of them were used to make the resource cupcakes and the desert 
• 4 of them were used to make ports 
• 1 of them was used as an extra cupcake JUST IN CASE we screwed up one of the cupcakes
• we didn't make any "water" cupcakes because we thought that was too boring LOL 
• decorations: 
• All cupcakes had Vanilla Icing and we just added colour dyes for the different coloured backgrounds
• Ore = Oreo crumbs 
• Wheat  = Pecans that were chopped in half 
• Brick = Nibs 
• Sheep = Marshmallows
• Wood = Rold Gold Pretzel Sticks 
• you should cut the sticks into halves so it would fit better onto the cupcake 
• we personally wanted to make it look like a campfire for some reason LOL
• Desert = Crushed Graham Cracker Crumbs  
• for the robber, we used a candle since it was his birthday :)
• Ports = Pretzel Sticks put in the shape of numbers

Tips 

• when baking the cupcakes, make sure you fill each cupcake tin 4/5 high 
• this will guarantee that your cupcakes will have a nice surface perfect for icing and decorating
• let the cupcakes cool for at least 2 hours so the icing won't melt
• after icing and decorating, make sure you refrigerate it so that the icing won't "run down" the cupcakes at room temperature thus also making sure the decorations won't fall 
• when putting the Oreo or Graham Cracker Crumbs onto the cupcake, it's easier to just place the crumbs onto a plate and dip the iced cupcakes into the crumbs instead of sprinkling them on 

This was a really fun project to do! Any Catan fan would have fun making these cupcakes and of course eating them! YOU SHOULD TRY IT :)