Tasty Love Bug Cupcakes Recipes

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!

SUCCULENT CUPCAKES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350˚F (180˚C).
• Prepare the cake batter according to the package instructions.
• Line a 12-cup muffin tin with the orange liners.
• Scoop ¼ cup (30 G) of cake batter into each cup. Bake according to the package instructions, until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Let cool for 30 minutes.
• Frost each cupcake with a flat layer of chocolate frosting.
• Divide the buttercream frosting between small bowls and dye with gel food coloring as desired. Transfer the colored buttercream to piping bags fitted with your desired tips.
• Pipe succulent shapes onto the cupcakes.
• Enjoy!