Turtle Cupcakes
Serves: 2
Santiago Howell
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
51
Spice
48
Sweetness
50
Sourness
40
mins
Prep time (avg)
6.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
Directions:
1
For the tails: Place the small green gumdrops on the work surface standing upright
2
Cut each gumdrop in half by cutting straight down with a sharp knife
3
To assemble: Frost each cupcake with about 2 tablespoons buttercream
4
Place the green sanding sugar in a small bowl
5
Invert each cupcake into the sugar and press gently to adhere
6
Stick a green jelly bean straight into the frosting for the head
7
Using a #2 round piping tip, pipe on 2 buttercream eyes
8
Then dip a toothpick into the black or brown food coloring gel and create the pupils for the eyes
9
Push the flippers into the edges of the cupcake frosting
10
Attach a half gumdrop tail between the back legs
11
Pipe a little frosting onto 7 green and 7 brown candies before gently pressing them into the frosting on the "back" of each turtle to make the shell
12
Repeat steps for all cupcakes