Take Me Out to the Ball Game – doesn’t that simple song elicit warm fuzzy feelings in just about everyone? One of my greatest childhood memories was spending time with my dad at the Brewers Games in Milwaukee. We would occasionally tailgate with the grill – making hot dogs and brats to go with the chips and sodas we brought but often there were sandwiches on wheat Brownberry multi-grain bread. I remember the bag of peanuts that we would smuggle in and munch on as we watched the game. These Game Day Cupcakes are a nod back to those fun times.

Rollie Fingers, Stormin’ Gorman Thomas, Cecil Cooper, Jim Gantner, Robin Yount, Paul Molitor and more made the “dream team” of champions that were fun to cheer on. Many of them have gone on to become Hall-of-Fame inductees and legends in their own right. I remeber dancing at the 7-th inning stretch to Roll Out the Barrel, and seeing the balloons released every time the team scored a home run. Now, of course, we know that releasing balloons is a bad idea for the animals of the environment but back then? It was magical to kids in the moment on any given game day.

I’m not sure why I stopped going to games, the hubster recently got us back to going again with tickets from work. We have brought Miss Sarah and started passing some of those memories forward. Granted it is a little different, we now have a skybox or box seats, no longer tailgate because there is food provided, and my dad isn’t there to manually keep the score with his little pencil.

As a parent, I had hoped that Miss Sarah would be into T-ball like I was and then softball. I was on several teams through my teens and early twenties but that was me. Her thing is dance and volleyball. That is OK – she isn’t here to relive my life, but to create her own journey! These Take Me Out to the Ball Game cupcakes are for any parent who sits on the sidelines watching little league, JV or Varsity sports while they think back to their own fond memories of the classic American pastime. Have no fear, they start out with a boxed mix – the details are in the decorating. If you want to make the cupcakes from scratch, have no fear – you can start with our chocolate cupcake recipe here, and then continue when they have cooled!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game Day Cupcakes