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Simple Cupcake Ideas

There could be no other way to make those cupcakes more appealing than decorate them with attractive designs. There are several cupcake ideas that you can try when decorating cupcakes at home. Try this easy guide on how to decorate cupcakes.

Butterfly Cupcake

All you need for a butterfly cupcake are the following: candy coated chocolates, chocolate stick cookies, 2 regular size cupcakes, licorice strips and 2 small-sized cupcakes.

First up is to coat the cupcakes with frosting. Try to use a different frost for each of the sizes. You can cover the small cupcakes with orange colored frosting and the regular cupcakes with yellow colored frosting.

Assemble the cupcakes to look like a butterfly, regular cupcakes right above the smaller ones. Decorate the cupcakes with candy coated chocolates around its edges. Decorate as well the center piece of your assembled cupcakes. Put in cookies across the butterfly’s body to cover the whole. And lastly, use the licorice strips for the antenna.

Snowman Cupcake

A snowman cupcake is perfect for the holiday season.  You can check this simple guide in making a snowman cupcake that would look stunning and spectacular. Ingredients you would need are as follows: black chocolate covered candy, 1 regular size cupcake, gel icing, orange jube, 1 piece red colored fruit strip, 2 white marshmallows, 1 pretzel stick, 1 chocolate after dinner mint and cupcake frosting.

Coat each of the cupcake with frosting. Stick the marshmallows together using icing. Then, stick these marshmallows on top of your icing covered cake. As for the snowman’s arms, break the pretzel into two equal lengths. Attach these pretzels on each side of the snowman.

Form a circle shape for the snowman’s hat using the chocolate after dinner mint. Attach the chocolate coated candy on top of the snowman’s hat using the frosting. Stick now the snowman’s hat on top of the snowman’s head.

As for the nose, cut a small portion of orange jube. Use a stick or a toothpick to make a hole in the marshmallow. Cut the fruit strip forming a scarf to be placed around the snowman’s head. As for the eyes and buttons of the snowman, use a black gel icing

Bee Cupcake

A bee cupcake can be very appealing to children. Here is a simple guide on how to make your very own bee cupcake.

Ingredients needed include the following: 11 cupcakes, butter cream frosting, 11 yellow jubes, black decorating gels, 11 square after dinner mint slices, yellow food coloring.

First thing is to color the icing to come up with a bright yellow hue. Using yellow colored icing, completely cover each cupcake. Cut each after dinner mint slice into half and place each of these slices right in the middle of each cupcake.

Cut the licorice strips into short sizes and position them under each wing. Use yellow jubes for the head of the bee. Lastly, apply two dots for the eyes. As for the nose, apply a longer stroke using black gel icing.

With this simple guide, you can certainly learn how to decorate cupcakes that would look alluring to children.

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