One of the teachers appreciation gifts I made were these apple cupcakes. I know I have posted this recipe before
here, but this time, I thought I would post pictures of each step.
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Bake your favorite cupcakes. I chose white cake so that it would resemble an apple when bitten.
Take mini donuts and
Slice them in half.
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Prepare your frosting with red paste coloring. I tried regular food coloring as well as red gel coloring, but nothing makes it more red than using paste. I use Wilton's brand.
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Prepare your candy.
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I pulled the chocolate tootsie roll and cut it in half. In the end, it looks like a golf T. The apple tootsie roll was flattened with a rolling pin and then cut into a leaf shape.
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Take your cooled cupcake
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and
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add half of your donut
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and
refrost, covering the donut
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Take red sugar sprinkles
Sprinkle the red sugar over the frosting
Decorate your cupcake with the stem and leaf, and voila, you've made an apple cupcake.
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Now you are ready to make a bunch more
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For a nice touch, add a basket.
For easier transport, wrap in cellophane bags and deliver.
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Love.
I am utterly and completely in awe of these cupcakes! I WILL make them this weekend! You did a GREAT job!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! I am a teacher, so I'm going to make them for the teachers I work with as well as my sons' teachers next year!
ReplyDeleteHi these are amazing I am going to make them for my daughters pre-school! x
ReplyDeleteI was searching ideas for my daughter's Snow White themed birthday party and I came across these cupcakes. I love them! I think they will be a big hit at the party. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteYou are crazy crafty, I love it!!!
ReplyDeleteWe just got the ingredients.... this is going to be fun.......
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