St. Patricks Day Cupcakes (Recipe)

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St. Patricks Day Cupcakes

 

your favorite box cake, any flavor

chocolate icing (recipe below)

green decorator gel

green decorator frosting

green and white sprinkles

green sugar

cupcake liners

 

Prepare cake mix as directed. If desired, you can make green cupcakes by

adding a few drops of green food coloring to a prepared white mix. Put

cupcake liners into muffin tin and fill liners as directed on box cake

mix. Bake as directed and allow to cool thoroughly before frosting and

decorating.

 

Prepare the chocolate icing by following the recipe below.

 

Chocolate Icing

6 tbsp butter or margarine

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

2 2/3 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted

1 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup milk

 

Cream butter and vanilla in a small bowl with mixer and medium-low

speed. Mix until completely creamed together. Alternating, add cocoa and

confectioner's sugar, beating at medium speed until creamy. Add some of

the milk with the remaining sugar and cocoa until you reach desired

consistency. You will use all the cocoa and sugar, but may not use all

the milk, depending on your desired consistency. Set aside.

 

Decorate

That's really not much to decorating cupcakes, especially in the eyes of

your admiring children. Just a dollop of frosting is artistic enough for

them! Here are a few simple tips that will help you decorate your

holiday cupcakes.

 

Sprinkles -

Open the container, hold frosted cupcake upside down and dip into the

sprinkles. Another option is to roll the outer edge of the cupcake in

the sprinkles.

 

Sugar -

Using decorator sugar, follow the same instructions as the sprinkles.

The green sugar creates a sparkling blanket effect that is very eye

catching! It almost appears to be velvety.

 

Decorator Gel -

Use gel to draw on a shamrock. Shamrocks are simple, think of them as

three heart shapes, all three meeting in the middle with their bottom

tips. Then simply add a stem.

Combinations -

 

Roll the edges in sprinkles and dip the center in sugar, or vice versa.

Or dip edge and decorate center with gel.

 

Variations

Another option is to make white icing and tint it green.

 

Be sure to store your cupcakes in a tightly covered container so they do

not harden or go stale. That is, if they last that long!

 

Lori