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Happy Earth Day Cupcakes

Delight in the beauty of the land and sea with these bold and beautiful Happy Earth Day cupcakes. Decorated using a variety of piping techniques, including the rosette, ruffle, star and dots, these cupcakes are a tasty and fun way to celebrate the Earth's abundant beauty. Use a variety of green and blue shades of icing to help bring your cupcakes to life.
  • Skill LevelBeginner
    Amount24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • Favorite White Cake Recipe or Mix

  • Leaf Green Icing Color, 1 oz. - Green Food Coloring

  • Creamy White Decorator Icing, 4 lb. Tub

  • Kelly Green Icing Color, 1 oz.

  • Teal Icing Color, 1 oz.

  • Black Icing Color, 1 oz.

  • Royal Blue Icing Color, 1 oz. - Blue Food Coloring

  • Tools

  • Non-Stick Cooling Grid - 14.5 x 20-Inch - Cooling Rack

  • White Cupcake Liners, 75-Count

  • Open Star Cake Decorating Tip 16

  • Leaf Cake Decorating Tip 352

  • Standard Round Tip 6

  • Recipe Right Muffin Pan, 12-Cup Non-Stick Muffin Pan

  • Leaf Decorating Tip 67 Carded

  • Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count

  • #199 Open Star Piping Tip

  • Leaf Tip 352

  • Large Drop Flower Tip 2F

Instructions

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  1. Bake cupcakes. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool cupcakes in white cupcake liners.
  2. Tint icing. Using Royal Blue icing color, tint 2 cups icing royal blue. Using Kelly Green icing color, tint 1 cup icing kelly green. Using Leaf Green icing color, tint 1 cup icing leaf green. Tint 1 cup icing each dark blue, dark teal and light green using color combinations provided. Combine Royal Blue and touch of Black icing colors to get dark blue color shown. Combine Teal and Royal Blue icing colors to get dark teal color shown. Combine Teal and Kelly Green icing colors to get light green color shown.
  3. Prepare decorating bags. Prepare decorating bag with tip 2F; fill with royal blue icing. Prepare remaining decorating bags, separately, with remaining tips. Fill each bag separately with desired icing color.
  4. Decorate cupcakes. Using tip 2F, pipe one large rosette on each cupcake. Fill remaining top of cupcake with ruffles (tip 67), stars (tips 199 and 16), leaves (tip 352) and dots (tip 6).

Notes

How To

  • How to Pipe A Rosette

    Learn how to pipe beautiful rosettes, big and small, to add charming floral accents. Rosettes are a great way to create quick decorations. Different tips create different petal effects. Rosettes can be used to add a simple floral accent to a dessert, or cover a cake and cupcakes.

  • How to Pipe Ruffles

    Ruffles add a decorative top border to your cakes or cupcakes. Pipe ruffles around plaques or to trim doll dresses or bonnets.

  • How to Pipe a Star

    One of the most popular techniques, stars come in a range of sizes and styles. Experiment with open and closed stars for variation in look. The star technique is timeless and can be used as a classic border or as a stunning fill-in for the top of a dessert.

  • How to Pipe Icing Leaves

    Make a simple, versatile leaf to add realistic details to flowers. Leaf tips can also be used to make simple flowers, such as sunflowers.

  • How to Pipe Dots

    Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.

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