Delightful Daisy Cupcakes

How can you not be happy looking at these Delightful Daisy Cupcakes? Topped with buttercream flowers, these cheerful cupcakes are sure to make any spring or summer celebration just a little bit sweeter!

Amount12

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Lemon Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.
3 cups Buttercream Frosting
Golden Yellow Icing Color, 1 oz.
3 cups Favorite cupcake mix or recipe

Tools
Flower Wave Fondant and Gum Paste Drying Rack - Cake Decorating Supplies
Black, Silver and White Cupcake Liners, 75-Count
Decorating Nail Set 4 Piece
Recipe Right Muffin Pan, 12-Cup Non-Stick Muffin Pan
Black Angled Icing Spatula, 9-Inch
10 x 16 Chrome-Plated Cooling Rack
Decorating Bags, 16-Inch Disposable Piping Bags, 12-Count
Petal Cake Decorating Tip 104
Round Cake Decorating Tip 12
scissors
Ruler
Unbleached Parchment Paper, 30 Sq. Ft.

Instructions

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Bake and cool cupcakes.
Bake and cool cupcakes in silver baking cups.
Prepare icing and icing squares.
Prepare buttercream icing following recipe instructions. Tint ¼ cup icing yellow following color formula provided. Prepare squares. Cut 12 wax paper squares measuring 2¼ in.
*Combine Lemon Yellow icing color and Golden Yellow icing color to get yellow color shown.
Make daisies.
Prepare two decorating bags, one with tip 104 and white icing, the other with tip 12 and yellow icing. Using daisy technique, 2 in. flower nail and wax paper squares, pipe 12 daisies. Transfer completed flowers to drying rack and freeze for 1 hour.
Decorate cupcakes.
Spatula ice cupcakes smooth. Peel icing square off back of daisies and position on iced cupcakes. Keep cupcakes chilled until ready to serve.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe a Daisy
Try some fun color combinations: yellow petals with yellow or blue centers, violet or blue petals with yellow centers and peach petals with orange centers. Highlight centers with Wilton Cake Sparkles, or colored sugars.