Out for a Swim! Cupcakes
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Step 1
In advance: Make sea plants and sea urchins. Prepare Royal Icing recipe. Using combination Leaf Green/Lemon Yellow royal icing, pipe Leaf Decorating Tip 352 ruffle sea plants on waxed paper covered board. Using combination Rose/Violet royal icing, pipe Multi-Opening Decorating Tip 233 pull-out sea urchins on waxed paper covered board. Make 1 plant and urchin for each cupcake and let dry. Make cookie fish. Prepare Roll Out Cookie Dough recipe and roll ¼ in. thick. Use smallest round cutter from 101 Cookie Cutters Set to cut bodies. Thin dough with water to a piping consistency. Place dough in bag fitted with Round Tip 3 and use to pipe mouth, fins and tail. Bake for 7 to 8 minutes at 350°F. Let cool. Using white royal icing, pipe Round Tip 3 ball whites of eyes. Using black royal icing, pipe Round Decorating Tip 2 dot pupils.
Step 2
Bake and cool cupcakes in White Standard Baking Cups, and cool completely on Cooling Grid.
Step 3
Prepare Buttercream Icing recipe. Tint the icing using a small amount of Royal Blue Icing Color. Use spatula to ice tops of cupcakes with blue buttercream icing.
Step 4
Position iced cupcakes on stand. Insert fish cookies, sea plant and sea urchin.
Step 5
Why not change the color of your fish, sea plants and urchins? You can even add starfish and sea horses with tip 3 and royal icing.