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Spring Flower Cupcakes

Spring Flower Cupcakes

Published: March 31, 2016 Last Updated: May 28, 2018

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These spring decorated cupcakes are so pretty and can be used for birthdays, Easter or baby showers.

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I love this time of year, it stays lighter at night, the flowers are blooming, it’s like life has come back after being asleep all winter long. Living in the desert doesn’t allow much for those beautiful spring bulbs you see everywhere in magazines and cooler weather states. So I like to bring spring into my kitchen by making spring decorated cupcakes.

I start out with a delicious almond flavored white cupcake and buttercream frosting and added some gel color to make spring colors for the flowers.

I made two different ones today. One is the rose and the other is a drop flower as Wilton describes it. These are both simple flower techniques, but look beautiful.

To start with the rose flower, you can tint the buttercream frosting any color you want the rose to be. You will be using a 1M tip by Wilton for this one. You also need a piping bag. Once you color the frosting, add the tip first into the bag and then add the frosting. Starting in the middle of the cupcake squeeze some out and then swirl your hand clockwise slowly until the cupcake is completely frosted. When you come to the end, release pressure and push down.

This is where you can add some green leaves with a 352 Wilton tip to finish it off. To make the leaves hold the tip up and down against the cupcake and squeeze out and come to a point. You can always practice these on wax paper.

Spring Flower Cupcakes with tips

Next move to the drop flower cupcake. You will need a Wilton 104 rose tip. This one is bigger on the bottom and narrows at the top. Start with your hand tilted to the right. Big end of the tip on the cupcake. Small end tilted up but to the right. Then you will make upside down U’s. Starting with the outside going around in a circle. Once you have finished go inside the circle until you come to the end and then around in the middle 4 or 5 times. Once you are done add some sugar pearls to the middle.

Spring Flower cupcakes with 104 tip and 1M tip

You can make the roses in under a minute and the drop flower in under 2 minutes.

I hope you have fun with these spring flower cupcakes and stop by and see some more of my desserts over at A Day in Candiland.

Spring Flower Cupcakes

Spring Flower Cupcakes with tips

Spring Decorated Cupcakes

These spring decorated cupcakes are so pretty and can be used for birthdays, Easter or baby showers.
Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time18 mins
Total Time38 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12
Calories: 325kcal
Author: Candi Elm
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Ingredients

Cupcakes

  • 1 stick Softened Butter
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Almond Extract
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 cup Milk

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 3 cups Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

  • Preheat the Oven to 350 degrees and Line a cupcake pan
  • Mix the butter, sugar, eggs, and extract in a stand mixer until smooth
  • In a large bowl mix the dry ingredients together and sift.
  • Alternate the dry ingredients and milk into the creamed mixture
  • Scoop into the liners and bake for 18 minutes, Cool
  • While cupcakes are baking mix the frosting.
  • Cream the butter with confectioners sugar
  • Add the extract.
  • Once the cupcakes are cool take get bowls for frosting to color. Add gel color into frosting with toothpick. Then Decorate. Have Fun. Enjoy

Nutrition

Calories: 325kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 181mg | Potassium: 82mg | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 290IU | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 0.9mg
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