Speckled Egg Cupcakes
Additional Information
Step 1
Make Candy Clay 2 days in advance. Prepare Candy Clay recipe with bright white Candy Melts candy following recipe directions. Let set overnight.
Step 2
Make eggs 1 day in advance. Make balls, 1/2 in. dia. from Candy Clay. Shape into eggs. Let set, about 2 to 3 hours.
To make each color of paint for speckles, mix 1 teaspoon lemon extract with a few drops of white-white icing color. Tint mixtures rose, blue and yellow. Place eggs on parchment paper. Use brush to dip into mixtures, then tap brush handle against your hand to splatter color onto eggs. Let eggs dry, about 2 to 3 hours.
Step 3
Make cupcakes. Prepare batter following recipe directions. Bake and cool cupcakes. Prepare buttercream icing following recipe directions. Tint icing green. Use tip 233, a cut disposable decorating bag and green icing to pipe pull-out grass on cupcake tops. Position eggs.
Products
corn syrup
Rose Icing Color
Sky Blue Icing Color
Lemon Yellow Icing Color
Favorite cupcake recipe or mix
Moss Green Icing Color
Products
Unbleached Standard Baking Cups
Standard muffin pan
12 in. Disposable Decorating Bags
food-safe scissors
The grass tip creates the most celebrated, easily accomplished decorations! The serrated edges of the grass tip makes ridges in the icing as you squeeze it out. Our step-by-step video shows you how!