Butterfly Cupcake Garden for Mom
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Step 1
In advance: Tint fondant green. Roll to 1/16 in. thickness. Use medium cutter from leaf Cut-Out to cut 28 leaves. Let dry on wave former dusted with cornstarch overnight.
Step 2
Bake 13 cupcakes in a combination of pink and yellow petal cups. Cool.
Step 3
Pipe swirl on tops of cupcakes with tip 2A and white icing. Sprinkle pink sugar on pink petal cup cupcakes and yellow on yellow petal cupcakes.
Step 4
Position butterfly icing decorations on cupcakes. Pipe bodies on butterfly icing decorations using tip 6 and blue or violet icing.
Position cupcakes on stand and attach leaves with fondant
Your homemade cupcakes will be even more tempting when you add a pretty peak of icing on top! We used tip 2A here, but any large round tip will work.
To create a variety of curved shapes, use both sides of Flower Formers to dry leaves. You can also add a colorful flair to leaves by brushing them with a mix of clear vanilla and icing color or use pearl dust and brush color onto leaves.