Mini Hedgehog Cupcakes

These adorable little guys are the perfect addition to your guest list. Transform mini chocolate cupcakes into adorable mini hedgehogs with a handful of almond slivers and a chocolate kiss.

Skill LevelIntermediate

AmountMakes about 2 dozen.

Ingredients & Tools
Instructions

Ingredients

Favorite chocolate cupcake recipe or mix
Ready-To-Use White Decorator Icing - 1 lb. Can
Color Right Performance Food Coloring Set
Chocolate kiss candies
slivered almonds

Tools
White Cupcake Liners, 75-Count
White Cupcake Liners, 75-Count $2.52
Round Cake Decorating Tip 2
Large Round Tip 2A
Recipe Right Mini Muffin Pan, 24-Cavity
10 x 16 Chrome-Plated Cooling Rack
12-Inch Disposable Cake Decorating Bags, 50-Count Pastry Bags
Standard Coupler

Instructions

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Bake and cool two dozen chocolate mini cupcakes.
Tint icing using Color Right System and QuickCount color formulas in the following shades:

Summer Sand: 8 B + 1 R + 14 Y

Black: 70 B
Using a decorating bag fitted with tip 1A filled with Summer Sand-colored icing, pipe a large bead on each mini cupcake.
Unwrap chocolate kisses and attach a kiss to the front of each bead of buttercream.
Attach slivered almonds to bead of buttercream in rows.
Using a decorating bag fitted with tip 2 and filled with black icing, pipe two small black eyes and a nose.

Notes

How To

How to Pipe Beads
The bead shape makes impressive borders outlines and accents on letters and designs; also a cute trim on clothing and gingerbread houses. The basis for making piped hearts and figure piping.
How to Pipe Dots
Perfect for classic borders or cloudlike decorations, dots are a versatile technique that can be piped in a range of sizes. The dot technique can be used as a simple border for cakes and cookies, as well as for icing cupcakes or piping meringues.