

Happy Earth Day Cupcakes
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Skill LevelBeginnerAmount24 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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- Bake cupcakes. Prepare cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool cupcakes in white cupcake liners.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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