Sweet as a Bee Chocolate Cupcakes

Fun for a birthday party or baby shower, these Sweet as a Bee Chocolate Cupcakes are sure to create a buzz! Use our simple fondant technique for making your own buzzing bumble bees, then use them to top your favorite chocolate cupcakes for a sweet treat that is sweet as honey! You can see these cupcakes and many more in the How to Decorate with Fondant Shapes and Cut-Outs kit, filled with lots of tutorials, inspiration and even a few must-have tools to make your treats shine.

Skill LevelBeginner

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Instructions

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Make bees.Make 24 fondant bees using How to Make a Fondant Bee technique. Set aside.
Bake cupcakes. Prepare chocolate cake batter following recipe instructions. Bake and cool cupcakes in polka dot cupcake liners.
Tint icing. Combine Buttercup and Lemon Yellow icing colors to get yellow icing color shown. Tint icing yellow using color combinations provided.
Decorate cupcakes. Prepare decorating bag with tip 2A and yellow icing. Pipe swirl on each cupcake. Attach fondant bee to each icing swirl.