How To Make Love Bug Cupcakes Recipes

LOVE BUG CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Scoop out about ½ of the frosting and place in a bowl. Add 1-2 drops of the pink food coloring and mix well.
• Frost the cupcakes with the remaining white frosting. Then with the pink frosting, frost about ¾ of the cupcake leaving a little "V" wedge in the back. The pink will represent wings.
• Cut little slivers of black licorice to represent the antennas. You will need 12.
• Place a dab of frosting on the back of the candy eyes and place on the pink candy melts. Draw a smile with your edible marker.
• In the front of the cupcake, place a lovebug head and 2 antennas. Then, place 3 confetti hearts on each side of the wings.

HOW TO MAKE LOVE BUG CUPCAKES

Steps:

• If you are making your own cupcakes, follow the directions on the cake mix box.
• Scoop out about ½ of the frosting and place in a bowl. Add 1-2 drops of the pink food coloring and mix well.
• Frost the cupcakes with the remaining white frosting. Then with the pink frosting, frost about ¾ of the cupcake leaving a little "V" wedge in the back. The pink will represent wings.
• Cut little slivers of black licorice to represent the antennas. You will need 12.
• Place a dab of frosting on the back of the candy eyes and place on the pink candy melts. Draw a smile with your edible marker.
• In the front of the cupcake, place a lovebug head and 2 antennas. Then, place 3 confetti hearts on each side of the wings.
• You now have a cute little love bug cupcake! Enjoy!!

LOVE BUG CUPCAKES

Steps:

• For the frosting, cream together the butter, shortening, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Divide and color the frosting as desired.
• Fit a pastry bag with a grass tip. Fill it with frosting.
• Roll red fondant 1/8 inch thick. For each cupcake, use heart cutters to cut out one big heart and four small hearts.
• Roll out white and black fondant 1/8 inch thick.
• Cut out about 1 inch circles from the white fondant and 1/4 inch circles from the black.
• Stick the black dots on the white by just pressing them together or first dampening the back of a black dot.
• Squirt a little frosting in the middle of the big heart and press a cupcake on top.
• Pipe frosting around the sides and top of each cupcake until completely covered. The longer the fur, the better.
• For the antennas, place one end of a lollipop stick in the middle of a small heart. Use water to glue another heart on top.
• Push two antennas about halfway into each cupcake, and press on two eyes.
• Enjoy!

TASTY LOVE BUG CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Bake the cupcakes according to the instructions on the packaging. Then allow the cupcakes to fully cool. .With the red frosting, make the wings. To do so, simply apply the frosting as two triangles. The wide ends of the triangles should face the head white the pointed ends face the backside. Then with the white frosting, make two dots to attach the edible eyes to the cupcakes. Add an additional white frosting dot to attach a heart from the sprinkles to the cupcake to make the nose.
• Simply add additional sprinkles and decorations as desired. Then enjoy the cupcakes!

LADY BUG CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and coffee, beating well after each addition. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For lady bug wings, microwave chocolate wafers for a few seconds to slightly soften. Use a serrated knife to cut each in half. Cut off the tips to allow room for the lady bug face; save remaining wafer pieces to prop up wings. Frost both wings, and dip in red jimmies. Cut black jelly beans in half; add as spots to the wings. Set aside., For antennae, cut licorice into 1-in. pieces. Dip one end into frosting and roll in black nonpareils; set aside to dry., To assemble cupcake, frost with chocolate icing. Position decorated wings on cupcakes; if desired, add reserved wafer piece under wing tip to prop up. Add antennae and white hard candy eyes. Pipe a small frosting dot for eyeballs. Add a large curved red jimmie and two small ones for the mouth.