Blooming Bunny Ear Cupcakes

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Instructions

Download Bunny Ear Pattern

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Bake cupcakes. Bake cupcakes in white cupcake liners and cool completely.
Make bunny ears. Download and print the Bunny Ears Pattern. Position pattern on cake board and tape down to secure. Cover pattern with wax paper.
Melt Candy Melts candy according to package instructions. Prepare a parchment bag with melted candy; cut a small tip. Pipe ears on wax paper. Chill until set, about 10 to 15 minutes.
Tint frosting. Prepare frosting following recipe instructions. Tint icing using the following color combinations provided.
- Tint 1 cup frosting purple by combining Violet, Pink and Black food coloring
- Tint 1 cup frosting blue by combining Royal Blue and Black food coloring
- Tint 1 cup frosting green by combining Leaf Green, Brown, Golden Yellow and Black food coloring
- Reserve remaining 1 cup frosting white
Prepare decorating bags.
- Prepare a decorating bag with tip 103 and stripe with purple and white frosting
- Prepare a decorating bag with tip 103 and stripe with blue and white frosting
- Prepare a decorating bag with tip 2D and stripe with blue and white frosting
- Prepare a decorating bag with tip 2D and stripe with purple and white frosting
- Prepare a decorating bag with tip 352 and fill with green frosting
Decorate cupcakes. Using decorating bags with tip 103, alternate piping purple and blue sweet peas around the outside edge of each cupcake (about five sweet peas per cupcake).
Using a flower nail and decorating bags with tip 103, pipe purple or blue 5-petal roses and place one in the center of each cupcake.
Alternate piping purple and blue 3-petal roses. Position on cupcakes to form a circle around the center rose.
Using decorating bags with tip 2D, alternate piping purple and blue drop flowers around rose and in between sweet peas.
Using a decorating bag with tip 352, pipe leaves.
Using angled spatula, gently remove ears from wax paper and insert into top of the cupcakes.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe Buttercream Roses
Instantly elevate your dessert with an elegant buttercream rose. Made by layering petals on a flower nail, this blooming buttercream flower is easy to make once you get the hang of it! Use a standard petal tip and stiff buttercream frosting to make a whole garden of roses for your next baking project.
How to Pipe Swirl Drop Flowers
Made by adding a simple twist motion, swirl drop flowers have petals with a bit more flair and dimension, leading to open-looking Blossoms.
Sweet Peas
Here is one of the fastest, easiest-to-make flowers in the garden. Try piping them in variegrated shades.
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.