Balloon Cupcakes
Votes: 1
Time: 20 min.
Complexity: average
Quantity: 1 cupcake
Complexity: average
Quantity: 1 cupcake
These charming, colorful balloon cupcakes will be the perfect addition to any children's party. They look bright, striking, and fun, and they're incredibly easy to make. You'll need ready-made cupcakes in any flavor, and for decoration, gather square cookies, frosting, decorative sugar in various colors, small square gumballs for highlights, and black licorice twine for string. Following the recipe's instructions, you can easily assemble these balloon cupcakes from these ingredients.
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Recipe:
Using icing, attach a square shortbread cookie (such as Lorna Doone) flat side down to the top Classic cupcake Place the cupcakes in a circle, allowing one corner to extend beyond the edges to give the "ball" some volume. Freeze for 15 minutes, then spread more frosting over the cookies and cupcake and shape the top into a balloon. Press 4 small white squares of gum paste (such as Chiclets) into the top right corner of the cupcake. Dip the top in decorative sugar and press to shape the ball. To attach a string to the "ball," poke a hole in the cupcake with a toothpick and insert a piece of black licorice twine.
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Author of the recipe - Karen Tack and Alan Richardson (food writers)
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